80 years after the orchestra model body shape was first designed it has become the most popular 14-fret model with fingerstyle guitar soloists who choose to play on steel strings… yet with custom German Spruce top, flatpickers also find it very appealing with virtually unlimited headroom, complex overtones, and lots of power when you need it.
The compact shape makes the Collings OM equally easy to handle onstage or when sitting on the couch. The tone is focused and powerful, as are all Collings' guitars.
This custom OM features a German Spruce top-wood. German Spruce, a special appointment on this guitar, provides a rich, complex tone and is perfect for many players who play fingerstyle as well as flatpick. German Spruce is stiffer than Sitka, providing more headroom and power, yet more flexible than Adirondack so that it responds well to a lighter attack. This allows the guitar to be played fingerstyle while maintaining a high level of comfort, without sacrificing the invaluable headroom offered by a stiffer spruce.
This custom model features a cutaway for increased access to the upper frets. The nut width was upgraded to 1 3/4" for comfortable chording.
Specifications:
- Top: German Spruce
- Back and Sides: Indian Rosewood
- Scale: 25 1/2"
- Nut Width: 1 3/4"
- Cutaway
- Neck Material: Mahogany
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony
- Headstock Shape: Solid Square
- Headstock Overlay: Brazilian Rosewood
- Headstock Inlay: Pearl Logo
- Tuners: Waverly Nickel
- Inlays: Diamonds
- Rosette: Black/white wood nitrate strip rosette
- Purfling: Herringbone
- Body Binding: Ivoroid
- Fretboard Binding: none
- Headstock Binding: none
- Backstrip: Zig-Zag
- Pickguard: Tortoise Style
- Nut Material: Bone
- Saddle Material: Bone
- Bridge Pins: Ebony
- Frets To Body: 14
- Body Depth: 19 1/4"
- Lower Bout Width: 15"
- Case: Hardshell Case Included
- List Price: $5000
This instrument has been spoken for. Please call 866-265-5993 or email info@artisanguitars.com to inquire about a similar instrument. Tags: collings, cutaway, german spruce, indian rosewood, om, om2h, om2hg
