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mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
edited August 2022 in Acoustics
Picked up a Collings OM1-AJL the other week from @chrisT and am struggling to put it down.

a Strange but intoxicating guitar. 

Pics up tomorrow 
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  • chrisTchrisT Frets: 10
    That’s good to hear Mark. I know what you mean though.  It can seem unforgiving but has real character and edges you toward playing with greater accuracy.  The bass, especially with that Adi top, is great and it’s only going to get better.
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    edited August 2022
    mgaw said:


    a Strange 
    why "strange"  ?

    Ive only ever played one Collings, at the LGS when they had it at the ExCel centre so few years ago now............. it  was very uninspiring,  I felt "cheated" in a way,   :s

    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • LewyLewy Frets: 3795
    chrisT said:
    It can seem unforgiving but has real character and edges you toward playing with greater accuracy.  
    I saw Julian Lage talking about the voicing of that guitar and in his own whimsical way he essentially said that what comes out of it is 'the truth', which I interpreted as meaning it's going to hold you responsible for pulling the tone out of it. 
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  • TanninTannin Frets: 4394
    Yep. I know exactly what you mean. Some guitars are forgiving. Some are exacting - you have to o everything just right. But if you do ... wow! They are very rewarding. 

    (But it's good to have another one you can relax with.)

    Looking forward to your pictures @mgaw
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    Lewy said:
    chrisT said:
    It can seem unforgiving but has real character and edges you toward playing with greater accuracy.  
    I saw Julian Lage talking about the voicing of that guitar and in his own whimsical way he essentially said that what comes out of it is 'the truth', which I interpreted as meaning it's going to hold you responsible for pulling the tone out of it. 
    In a nutshell.  
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    Understated in looks, immense in most other things
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    bertie said:
    mgaw said:


    a Strange 
    why "strange"  ?

    oh,  ok 
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    bertie said:
    bertie said:
    mgaw said:


    a Strange 
    why "strange"  ?

    oh,  ok 
    @bertie its the only acoustic I have played that absolutely demands your full attention, it’s going to take my playing to a far better place and I won’t ever out grow or feel complacent of it as an instrument 

    stunning guitar that makes your good work shine and your blunders so so obvious 
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    The bass alone is worth the admission fee
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  • greejngreejn Frets: 112
    Maybe there's a bad Collings out there, never found it though! The clarity and piano -like tone are what I like about them.
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    I have owned a few of theirs. 0002h was a peach. This one is in a different class certainly to my tastes
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  • wesker123wesker123 Frets: 477
    Dibs!  :o
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    edited August 2022
    I have an Iris DF with an adi top on . so excited to welcome another fantastic guitar to Chez Mgaw
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    edited August 2022
    greejn said:
    Maybe there's a bad Collings out there, never found it though! The clarity and piano -like tone are what I like about them.
    @greejn quite right, it’s all a matter of taste and I certainly find it hard to see that “feeling cheated “ isn’t an odd response considering the build quality of Collings.  

    if you don’t like em then you don’t like em 
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    edited August 2022
    wesker123 said:
    Dibs!  o
    @wesker123 pretty sure this one is staying!

    I am totally in awe of it 
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  • bertiebertie Frets: 12145
    mgaw said:


    stunning guitar that makes your good work shine and your blunders so so obvious 


    ah right,  thats every one Ive owned   -  =)
    just because you don't, doesn't mean you can't
     just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    Same here.  I have found most flatter the player which is obvious great.  This one is like hitting the accelerator and realising for the first time it’s has way more oomph than you thought possible.  
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  • LewyLewy Frets: 3795
    I spy the Bluechip. A flatpicked hog/Adi OM is such a righteous sound.

    I read Bill saying it was his favourite combination of woods.
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    Good spot @Lewy ;
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  • mgawmgaw Frets: 4979
    It’s got the best bass I have heard on any om so it’s great for flatpicking
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