Anduin Gabriel Vaid

Anduin Gabriel Vaid NYC-represented artist...check out my life-size detailed guitar drawings:

http://vaid.boundlessgallery.com/description/p/107008.html
http://vaid.boundlessgallery.com/description/p/95479.html
http://vaid.boundlessgallery.com/description/p/89434.html

...I have done such drawings for musicians all across the US. Would love to... do such a drawing (with full-color) of a Collings Guitar.

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Collings Guitars and Mandolins

Collings Guitars and Mandolins This is the original 12-fret dreadnought shape, first designed as an oversized Hawaiian guitar almost a century ago. We've retained the shape and wide neck with slotted headstock from that bygone era, but our DS models are thoroughly modern guitars with a unique sound all their own. The longer body, with the bridge clo...ser to the center of the lower bout, delivers an open, airy tone with smoothness and warmth not typically found in modern, 14-fret dreadnoughts. Whether flatpicked or played fingerstyle, these guitars have lots of headroom and the wide dynamic range invites everything from mellow accompaniment to biting leads.

Collings DS2H
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November 24 at 8:59pm
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Barbara Holliday
Barbara Holliday
These are beautiful!!
Thu at 8:52pm
Jim Digby

Jim Digby I cannot find a Collings MT mando in the whole state of Colorado!!

November 24 at 11:38am · Report
Jim Fine

Jim Fine Just bought the D2 with European spruce top. Incredible. Now my old D1 has a friend. Great guitars. Great people on the phone in Austin. Thanks very much.

November 22 at 9:47pm · Report
Collings Guitars and Mandolins

Collings Guitars and Mandolins Chris Tomlin with his Collings OM41 SB during a performance with the African Childern's Choir. Photo Credit: Daley Hake

November 19 at 5:16pm
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Marie J Miczak
Marie J Miczak
Go Chris! "Holy is the Lord, God Almighty!" There's a Holiday Guitar Gear Give-Away going on at Eclectic Sound til Nov. 24th so there's still time to enter: http://mariejmiczak.blogspot.com/2009/10/holiday-guitar-gear-give-away.html
November 21 at 11:13am
Jim Moreland
Jim Moreland
I'm a huge Collings fan. I am planning to own one soon!
November 22 at 3:14pm
Guy Gola

Guy Gola That looks sweet!

November 17 at 5:02pm · Report
Collings Guitars and Mandolins

Collings Guitars and Mandolins We featured this guitar several weeks ago while it was still in the build process. It was impressive in raw wood, but the depth of the quilt really comes alive with a high gloss finish.

Collings 360 Crimson Lefthanded
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November 16 at 1:34pm
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Marie J Miczak
Marie J Miczak
Breath taking! Is that curly maple under that high gloss finish? I'm still looking at some "Les Paulish" styles.
November 21 at 11:23am
Michael Harris

Michael Harris One from the Grey Eagle.

November 15 at 8:45pm · Report
Michael Harris

Michael Harris Here she is in Charlotte.

November 15 at 8:44pm · Report
Michael Harris

Michael Harris This is certainly a fine specimen of the D1-A variety.

November 15 at 8:38pm · Report
Glen Brown

Glen Brown

November 14 at 7:01am · Report
Thomas Mladic

Thomas Mladic i'm interested in the history...when were the first collings built? where? where was bill trained ...etc. anyone know good research on-line...thanks

November 14 at 3:00am · Report
Glen Brown
Glen Brown
Bill Collings began his career as a instrument repairman in Houston, 1973... became a luthier in the mid-1970s... First breakthrough: Lyle Lovett began using the guitars Collings built...Collings moved to Austin, Texas in 1980... received a commission from George Gruhn in Nashville to make 24 guitars in 1988. This established his national ... See Morereputation. Sources: The Illustrated Directory of Guitars, ed. Ray Bonds & Nick Freeth, 2006. On a personal note, I have own Martins, Taylors, Santa Cruz, Fender, Gibson, Guild but nothing compares to Collings!
November 14 at 6:57am
Thomas Mladic
Thomas Mladic
thanks glen. i owned a d2h for the summer but i had to sell it for travel money...now i'm re-habbing a 1916 maurer...but someday i will have another collings. i used the d2h for a lot of recording. fantastic sound and the best all around guitar i ever owned.
November 15 at 6:37am
Glen Brown

Glen Brown D2HBaaaA

November 13 at 9:26pm · Report
Glen Brown

Glen Brown

November 13 at 9:24pm · Report
Allison Ann Green
Allison Ann Green
awesome but it needs a cut out for hard core pick'n
November 16 at 2:21pm