The Collings Forum

Glad to see a forum dedicated Collings back on the 'net.

I was mainly a lurker on the old site, but did find it very useful.

Looking forward to this new site.

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Steve from Sydney Australia here, member of the old forum since 2002, I think. I've had heaps of great guitars over the years including numerous Collings. I'm thinking I should have used Prodigal Son as a handle as I am now back to just the one guitar, a D2HT. Suffice to say I'm getting by just fine with my T.

Jeff in KC here. Had a Collings OM I never should have sold. Trying to right a wrong with an 001-A due to arrive Wednesday. Excited about the new forum!

I was/still am Kerry Krishna from Prince George Northern BC. I have a plain jane '07 D2H and a super fancypated 2010 D1HA sb Vn varnish. I host /run Facebook's 'Collings Enthisiasts' 'Collings Instruments BuySellTrade' 'Waterloo Guitar Enthusiasts' ' Calton Flight Case Enthusiasts' and 'Kay Kraft/Stromberg Voisinet Enthusiasts' sites.
For a while there, (before I sold a bunch of my duplicate guitars) I figure I had the largest collection of 1920s/1930s Kay Krafts on the planet. Now maybe someone else has that title. I had a part time string instrument repair shop for about 19 years. I have a terrific job working 3 graveyard shifts a week at a full care health facility.
I am so happy that Frank and Elambo got this site off the ground.

Hi, All

I'm Bill Motsko, and I'm an admitted acoustic guitar nerd. I've been a Registered Piano Technician for 40 years. I live in Columbia, MD and am 69 years of age. I'm a big fan of Collings guitars. My preference is for the Orchestra Model.

It's great to see all these familiar and new faces!

Joe here from Tennessee. Previously "f5joep" on the old forum. "f5" because I love the F-5 mandolin.

Thanks to the owners/mods/admins for a great site!

Hey! My name is Jon. I am 33. I was joafink2 on the old forum.

I have 2 Collings guitars at the moment. A 2013 D2HA and a 2015 I-35 LC. Both are EXCEPTIONAL guitars and I am super thankful to own both, as well as be back on a Collings forum. Great work to the people who got this up and running.

Hi. My name is Ray and my handle on the previous Collings Forum was RayD. I started lurking on the old website around 2007 or so, which led me to my first Collings custom order (D2 Custom Sitka/EIR) with Kim Sherman at Cotten Music in 2010. It’s a great guitar from a great shop. Fast forward to September 2017 and a visit to Mass Street Music. I played and compared numerous guitars with Jim Baggett and I came home with a Collings D2H MR A T. It’s a killer guitar from an awesome shop. I’m a huge traditional bluegrass fan and I’m a student of bluegrass flatpicking guitar.

Thank you for once again feeding my Collings online addiction!

OK, this is me.

I'm a very old Brit,living near the south coast.

I bought my first Collings in 1999 - a DS2h, which I still have (of course) just had it'refretted for the third time!

I had it for about six weeks and did a cheap local pub gig. I'll never know if I didn't place it on the stand properly or whether another pb gigger pulled the lead but as I walked to the bar I heard a crash and turned to see my brand new incredibly expensive guitar lying face down with ashattered (slotted) headstock. Oh how we laughed! (not).

I got it stuck back together again, it has some scars but it is still playing. Then some others came along.

I've made a few videos on Youtube - Silly Moustache - that's me.