Not only is this one of the coolest looking finishes in our shop, this Collings I-35 Deluxe Semi-Hollow electric with Quilted Maple in "Tiger Eye Sunburst" is one of the finest looking guitars we have ever seen. "Wow," is the first thing our customers say when they first lay eyes on this guitar. Combine such a beautiful finish with special appointments such as a Brazilian Rosewood fretboard, grained ivoroid bindings, parallelogram inlays, and custom ivoroid knobs and pickup rings and you truly have on of the finest looking guitars being made.
On to the sound... the first customer who tried this guitar was glued to it for nearly 3 hours. You can tell just by playing it acoustically that you have something special in your hands... but plugged into one of our Carr amplifiers, this guitar screams! Jason Lollar pickups are known as some of the finest in the business and the humbuckers made for this guitar feature 50's style wiring made for this guitar definitely does it justice. You can hear every note in every chord all the way up and down the neck and will hear overtones you never noticed before in tunes you've been playing for years. From soft and sweet to thick and dirty, this guitar is up to the task with a sound is clear, focused, and articulate and sustain that goes on for days.
Collings collaborated with Jason Lollar for all their pickup designs. While the particular pickups they use are specially wound to Collings specifications, they are very near in design to the Lollar standard Imperial Humbucking models. Lollar manages to capture the airy top end, tight lows, balanced midrange, and complex overtones of the best original PAF pickups.
In reviews, they are consistently given high marks for their balanced frequency response. Unbalanced coils keep the bottom end tight for the intense richness the pickups provide, as overtones build after each note is played. Alnico 5 magnets are de-gaussed to specific levels, unique to the neck and bridge positions.
The sound Collings has developed with these pickups can certainly be described as mature. The neck position pushes out a lovely warmth and depth - ideal for jazz chording or chunky blues. None of the pesky midrange honkiness that can be found with bridge humbuckers is present. The bridge pickup is certainly hotter and more aggressive, but maintains full-bodied presence without any harshness.
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