Serial: 37154

The Collings OM1 JL is Julian Lage’s signature acoustic, developed as a highly personal extension of the Collings Traditional Series. Built around the OM platform, it combines Sitka spruce and Honduran mahogany with a custom neck carve, satin nitro finish, and details drawn directly from Lage’s long-played 1939 Martin 000-18.

The body pairs a Sitka spruce top with Honduran mahogany back and sides and uses Collings’ Traditional Series build and voicing. Custom pre-war scalloped X-bracing, tortoise binding with custom wood purfling, a custom wood rosette, and walnut Style 1 backstrip give the OM1 JL a restrained, vintage-inspired presentation.

One of the defining features is the custom JL neck carve. Collings modeled it from Lage’s 1939 000-18, including the asymmetrical wear that developed over decades of use. The Honduran mahogany neck retains the original guitar’s relatively narrow 1 11/16" nut but extends the scale to Collings’ 25 1/2" length.

The ebony fingerboard features a 14"-26" compound radius and understated gold mother-of-pearl short dot inlays. Collings also uses a custom satin nitrocellulose lacquer on both the body and neck, developed to create a thin, broken-in feel without artificial aging.

An ebony belly-style bridge with 2 3/16" spacing, relic nickel Waverly tuners with vintage oval buttons, ebony bridge pins with mother-of-pearl dots, and the vintage-style Collings script peghead logo complete the build. A Collings deluxe hardshell case is included.

Highlights

• Julian Lage signature OM developed with Collings
• Custom JL neck carve modeled from Lage’s 1939 Martin 000-18
• Traditional Series construction and voicing
• Sitka spruce top with Honduran mahogany back and sides
• Custom satin nitrocellulose lacquer finish

Specifications

Body

• Body Style: OM
• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
• Back and Sides: Honduran Mahogany
• Construction: Traditional Series Build and Voicing
• Bracing: Custom Traditional Series Pre-War Scalloped X-Brace
• Brace Material: Sitka Spruce
• Body Binding: Tortoise with Custom Wood Purflings
• Backstrip: Style 1 Walnut
• Rosette: Custom Wood
• Pickguard: Tortoise
• Body Finish: Custom Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Body Width: 15"
• Body Length: 19 1/4"
• Body Depth: 4 1/8"

Neck

• Neck Wood: Honduran Mahogany
• Neck Profile: Custom JL Carve
• Scale Length: 25 1/2"
• Fingerboard Wood: Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: 14"-26" Compound
• Fingerboard Inlays: Gold Mother-of-Pearl Short Dots
• Nut Width: 1 11/16"
• Nut Material: Bone
• Neck Joint: Mortise and Tenon Hybrid
• Peghead Veneer: Ebony
• Peghead Logo: Gold Mother-of-Pearl Collings Script
• Peghead Profile: Square
• Neck Finish: Custom Satin Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Hardware

• Bridge: Ebony Belly-Style
• Bridge Spacing: 2 3/16"
• Saddle: Bone, Drop-In
• Bridge Pins/End Pin: Ebony with Mother-of-Pearl Dot
• Tuners: Relic Nickel Waverly with Vintage Oval Buttons, 16:1 Ratio

Miscellaneous

• Strings: D’Addario NB1253 Nickel Bronze, .012-.053
• Case: Collings Deluxe Hardshell Case

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