Description
New • SN# 29289
1 3/4″ width at nut • 2 1/4″ pin spacing
25.4″ scale length
If you love Mahogany OM’s, but don’t want to spend the money for an old 1934 Martin OM-18 (Cost: $16K – $25K), perhaps you should grab one of these new Collings OM1 with a torrefied top. In just a few minutes of playing this fine guitar you’ll hear right away that it delivers much of the sound of the old original OM’s, but at a fraction of the cost.
When you directly compare the tones of this new guitar against a 1930’s Martin, you’ll hear very similar quickness of attack, great balance, singing high notes and fat and bouncy lower register… and all delivered with the guitar sounding “older than it is”… This beautiful sound from a new guitar that rivals older guitars comes from excellent luthiers using excellent materials and careful hand voicing of the top. The “older than it is” sound comes from the torrefied Sitka top.
Mahogany back, sides and neck. Torrefied Sitka spruce top. Ebony fingerboard, bridge and peghead overlay. Nickel Waverly tuners. Peghead veneer has Collings
