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Old 01-28-2019, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmy bookout View Post
Back in the early 1990's when Collings was getting established, there was a saying: "When a better Martin is built, Bill Collings will build it". It's a funny line, but not really correct. IMO, Collings don't sound like Martins at all, though they LOOK like them.
Some further info on this: Martin sought to make their instruments evenly balanced across the strings (i.e not bass, middle or treble biased) until the 14 fret models when they decoded to make them bass biased.

Ever since he started to formalise his range, Bill Collings decided to keep his guitars balanced across the strings.

To some, who are understandably "imprinted" on the Martin sound, equivalent Collings may sound "bright" or even "trebly" - in fact they are neither - but "balanced" and that will either satisfy you or not.

Also like any other good quality make, they will open up over time.
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