Collings I30LC

**maplebaby** · 03-03-2018, 05:06 PM

Been waiting on this for awhile and finally arrived..a new model for Collings Guitars clearly based on the Gibson ES330.

**citizenk74** · 03-03-2018, 05:28 PM

Spectacular! Looking forward to your impressions. Congratulations, and play it in good health!

**neatomic** · 03-03-2018, 05:44 PM

a beauty..330 type guitars are hard to beat..dogear p90's and true hollow

congrats & enjoy

cheers

**Stringswinger** · 03-03-2018, 06:24 PM

Congrats. She is a looker!

**jazz.fred** · 03-03-2018, 06:54 PM

She's a beauty! Enjoy!

(Wish I could afford a Collings).

**lawson-stone** · 03-03-2018, 06:58 PM

Very nice indeed!

**maplebaby** · 03-03-2018, 09:09 PM

thanks gentlemen for giving this a look...very appreciated. Here's a couple more to show you more of the guitar.

**pingu** · 03-04-2018, 06:41 AM

Looks like beautiful sand on a perfect beach through 6" of clear water ...

**Jabberwocky** · 03-04-2018, 06:45 AM

Congrats, Dale.

**maplebaby** · 03-04-2018, 08:35 AM

thanks gentlemen for giving this a look...very appreciated.

**sgosnell** · 03-04-2018, 10:34 AM

Certainly a stunning looking instrument. I'll be it plays and sounds great, too. I really like hollow thinlines.

**sjl** · 03-04-2018, 02:48 PM

I have an SG and I think the next step is to have a semi hollow with p90,s. No need for another humbucker combination.

Looks awesome, congratulations.

**maplebaby** · 03-04-2018, 04:32 PM

greatly appreciate you taking time to check out this Collings model...thanks for the post as well!

**Mark 63** · 03-04-2018, 04:36 PM

Did you need to buy it sight unseen? The closest Collings dealer to me said August before he'll get one in stock.

**ptchristopher3** · 03-04-2018, 04:44 PM

I stopped in at the local Collings Dealer on Friday and it never ceases to impress just what incredibly fine finish work they do on absolutely everything.

Benedetto is superb and puts the beloved G brand to shame in many/most ways, but Collings takes it another step north and may well be the best finished production guitars ever. No, seriously. If you have never looked at maybe 15 of them at once, it might be hard to imagine the relentless superb-o-sity of their work.

**maplebaby** · 03-04-2018, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by Mark 63

Did you need to buy it sight unseen? The closest Collings dealer to me said August before he'll get one in stock.

absolutely and with no hesitation. These guitars have been so anticipated since a prototype was brought NAMM a couple of years ago. There were none to play, however being a long time Collings fan it's of no concern. Mr. Collings doesn't release instruments until he is satisfied and that is far more than enough for me.

I think the wait on these will continue to stretch out for awhile until the first wave of folks who've been waiting quite awhile get them.

I can tell you with with all sincerity it's more than i had hoped and as many are saying maybe the best model electric they've built to date.

Love to hear if you adopt one down the road.

**maplebaby** · 03-04-2018, 05:52 PM

Originally Posted by ptchristopher3

I stopped in at the local Collings Dealer on Friday and it never ceases to I’m press just what incredibly fine finish work they do on absolutely everything.

Benedetto is superb and puts the beloved G brand to shame in many/most ways, but Collings takes it another step north and may well be the best finished production guitars ever. No, seriously. If you have never looked at maybe 15 of them at once, it might be hard to imagine the relentless superb-o-sity of their work.

thanks for checking out this thread and i really enjoyed your post. Could't agree more.

**ptchristopher3** · 03-04-2018, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by maplebaby

[...] Mr. Collings doesn't release instruments until he is satisfied [...]

Well maybe his successors do this now.

Bill Collings, Maker of Sought-After Guitars, Dies at 68 - The New York Times

**Thumpalumpacus** · 03-04-2018, 07:59 PM

Once again, MB, HNGD. Make that thing sing!

**maplebaby** · 03-04-2018, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by Thumpalumpacus

Once again, MB, HNGD. Make that thing sing!

thanks...really appreciate you checking this out!

**Woody Sound** · 03-04-2018, 11:24 PM

Looks like 2 more frets clear of the body than on a Gib 330, no? If so, that's even BETTER.

**maplebaby** · 03-05-2018, 07:58 AM

you are totally right...my understanding is the early 330's joined the neck at 16th fret, later Gibson changed it to the 19th. Collings has the longer version of the neck which i would think 'most' modern players would prefer. Great thanks for checking this out!

**feet** · 03-05-2018, 08:30 AM

strangely, this says "heritage" to me more than it does gibson, which is probably a good thing. or i guess it is saying "collings" which must be pretty sweet. i've always wanted a soco or statesman, so i'm a little jealous.

welcome to the hollowbody thinline p90 club! however, your membership is pending, as we review your longneck

as a guy who mainly stays in the "cash register" i don't really notice the short neck of my elitist casino, but when you do, you really do. and there isn't much you can do at that point, is there? on those rare occasions, i can either awkwardly transpose the octave or position on the neck, or reach for another guitar. from what i gather, most people that don't own one clamor for the long neck (or don't own one for that reason) and those that own one prefer the short neck. the few people it bugs unload them or try to find an es330l, or perhaps, one of these neat looking collings.

i would love to hear more about the guitar, most especially the pickups. i always ask because mine has the stock gibson p90s, which were wholly unimpressive until i got some shims from lollar to raise them up- the bridge was especially lacking. now they are great. since they are my only p90s, i base my judgement off of them- i find p90s to be warmer and hotter than most of my pickups, but weirdly tactile and responisve to fingers on both hands and volume/tone adjustments in a way my other pickups aren't. they are more "acoustic", if you like. and if you plug one into a vox, you will sound and feel like a champion.

**Woody Sound** · 03-05-2018, 10:00 AM

Originally Posted by maplebaby

you are totally right...my understanding is the early 330's joined the neck at 16th fret, later Gibson changed it to the 19th. Collings has the longer version of the neck which i would think 'most' modern players would prefer. Great thanks for checking this out!

'Twould be cool if you could use it in a vid with the LLB, but the feedback might be too much