Collings OM1A Julian Lage SN-28524
A brilliant collaboration between two of the best in the business, Julian Lage and Collings Guitars. Having watched the development of this guitar over the course of several years we can say without doubt it was done right. Julian did not settle on the first guitar they handed him and Bill of course did not except anything less than perfection. The result is the closest thing to an old Martin guitar in a new instrument we have heard. Collings has a nice write up of the project here. We order these the same way Julian plays them. Adirondack top and the 1 11/16" nut width.
Top | Adirondack spruce |
Back & Sides | Honduran mahogany |
Construction | Animal protein glue |
Neck | Honduran mahogany |
Body Binding | Tortoise with custom wood purflings |
Fingerboard Binding | None |
Peghead Binding | None |
Bridge | Ebony belly-style with 2 3/16" spacing |
Fingerboard | Ebony with gold MOP short dots |
Bridge Pins/End Pin | Ebony with MOP dot |
Nut | Bone, 1 11/16" |
Saddle | Bone, drop-in |
Neck Profile | Custom JL carve |
Peghead Profile | Tapered square |
Neck Joint | Mortise & tenon hybrid |
Truss Rod | Fully adjustable |
Frets | Medium 18% nickel-silver |
Peghead Veneer | Ebony with gold MOP Collings script logo |
Tuners | Relic nickel Waverly with vintage oval buttons (16:1 ratio) |
Backstrip | 1-style (walnut) |
Rosette | Custom wood rosette |
Scale Length | 25 1/2" |
Brace Material | Sitka spruce |
Brace Pattern | Custom Traditional Series pre-war scalloped X-brace (no tongue brace) |
Fingerboard Radius | 14" - 26" compound |
Body Finish | Custom satin nitrocellulose lacquer |
Neck Finish | Custom satin nitrocellulose lacquer |
Pickguard | Tortoise |
Strings | D'Addario NB1253 (.012"- .053") |
Case | Collings Traditional handcrafted case |