2007 Collings OM1A. I bought this guitar in 2010. Since then it has done a fair few miles and shows signs of its working life with a few dinks and scrapes. I've tried to show these as best as possible in the photographs. It has been my daily guitar since I bought and has rarely been in its case. The guitar has been without fault and continues to play and sound as you would expect a Collings to do. It has a clarity and what is often described as a piano like ring to the notes. Impossible to objectively describe suffice to say it sound amazing. The sound never compresses the stronger it is played it just gets louder. The Adirondack top has opened up beautifully and this guitar is singing with the voice that it was always designed to do.

It's a delight to play and very rewarding.

It has just had a complete refret as well as its annual check over and set up. Other than this it has never needed anything other than routine maintenance i.e. nut and saddle replaced, fret dressing or polish, occasionally a seasonal truss rod adjustment. All these are carried out by a professional luthier.

It's not a case queen but a working guitar just as Bill Collings appreciated.

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