Collings I 35 LC Walnut Finish Guitar ID-9823

Collings I 35 LC Walnut Finish

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. One reviewer had this to say about the pickups, "As they're pushed, they react with a smooth compression without becoming excessively bright."

The top, back and sides are made from a piece of book matched maple. This not only looks more like the "original" late 50's and early 60's instruments, but more importantly, sounds like an older guitar.

Collings collaborates 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.

This guitar has been customized with a gorgeous Walnut finish, Ivoroid Body Binding, and the outstanding Lollar Humbuckers.

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Specifications:

Shipping Weight: 20

Serial: 15685

Top Wood: Maple

Back Wood: Maple

Nut Width: 1 11/16"

Scale: 24 7/8"

Bracing: Inset maple center block

Inlays: MOP Dots

Neck Wood: Mahogany

Fretboard: Rosewood 12" Fingerboard radius

Nut Material: Bone

Tuners: Nickel Gotoh SG301 tuners w/ vintage-style buttons 1:18 ratio

Body Binding: Grained ivoroid

Headstock Shape: Collings Haircut Peghead

Headstock Overlay: Ebony

Headstock Inlay: Collings Logo

Neck Profile: Medium-Fat "C" neck shape

Body Depth: 1 5/8"

Lower Bout Width: 15"

Body Length: 17 5/8"

Total Length: 40"

Pickup(s): Dual Lollar Imperial Humbucker Pickups

Pickup Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 3 way Switch

Case: Deluxe Ameritage Case

Misc. 1: Semi-Hollow Construction with Maple Center Block

Misc. 2: CTS 500K pots and Xicon caps

Misc. 4: Slim contour F-holes

Misc. 5: Fully adjustable truss rod

Misc. 8: High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish