After building bookshelves, tables, and other various projects, Steve decided he needed a bigger challenge. That’s why he started building guitars. It combined his love of music with his newfound joy of working with his hands. It also sparked the scientist in him. How to build an acoustic guitar that not only looked beautiful but sounded it too. Enter, Collings Guitars.
Everything about this design is to provide plenty of headroom and projection for aggressive playing, but not at the expense of good tone.
Founded by master luthier Bill Collings, the Waterloo guitar line is a look back in time to when there was a genuine need for soulful tone that could be coaxed from simple instruments.
It can double as a travel guitar or a small OM, performing both roles equally well. The same neck and woods options offered with larger Collings models are available on the 0 as well, giving players an almost infinite range of tonal possibilities.
02H With the exception of the Baby, the 0 is our smallest guitar and is offered with the same shorter scale found on the 12-fret 00.
Although measuring only 13.5 inches in width (smaller than a typical classical guitar), the Collings 0 has tone and volume that belies its first impression as being less than full-sized.
Artists just love Collings Guitars… May be because it sounds perfect.
We are passioned for product improvements.
Buyer’s remorse can happen to anybody… Be aware of how much you can afford!
Did you know you can customize your Callings Guitar? Ask them how!
Bill Collings 1948 – 2017
For more than thirty five years, Collings Guitars has provided the example for quality, tone, and playability in their electric guitars. Owner Bill Collings and his team of experienced craftsmen create custom electric guitars by hand at their headquarters in Austin, Texas.
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The Traditional Series or “T-Series” guitars reflect Bill Collings’ return to his guitar making roots and offer a new tonal variation on the distinctive Collings sound. Each T-Series guitar is built us...
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Collings Guitars – The Twelfth Fret Bill Collings moved from Ohio to Houston, Texas in the mid-1970s. More interested in guitars and engineering than in medical school, he took a job at a machine shop and be...
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What is most important about our guitars is how they sound. Yes, they look beautiful, but they sound amazing. That’s what happens when you craft a guitar by hand and push wood to its limits. By working with ...
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