Jake Workman, “Wheel Hoss” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
July 10, 2024
The flatpicking virtuoso performs the Bill Monroe classic on a Collings D2 A Hill Country.
Julian Lage, “Nothing Happens Here” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
May 9, 2024
The jazz phenom performs live in San Francisco using his Collings OM1 JL signature model.
Adam Miller, “Love” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
February 15, 2024
The Australian fingerstylist plays an original tune on a prototype electric archtop.
2012 Collings SJ Indian Custom
By: Teja Gerken
December 27, 2023
A slightly modified example of Collings’ popular small jumbo model.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Guitar Demos
Twanguero, “Blue Smoke” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
December 18, 2023
Diego Garcia plays a great version of the Merle Travis classic on a Collings OM.
2021 Collings 001 14-Fret T Custom
By: Teja Gerken
October 11, 2023
An all-mahogany small-body from the Collings Traditional series.
Goran Ivanovic, “Eleanor Rigby” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
September 5, 2023
A great fingerstyle arrangement of the classic Beatles song played on a special Collings during the 2023 Fretboard Summit.
Collings MF5 Deluxe Varnish | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
August 2, 2023
Moriah Ozberkmen demonstrates a great F-Style mandolin at the Music Emporium.
Julian Lage, “The Layers” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
April 20, 2023
Julian Lage performs the title track to his latest album on his Collings OM-1 signature model.
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2012 Collings OM1 Pete Huttlinger
By: Teja Gerken
February 1, 2023
Peghead Nation instructor Doug Young demonstrates the late fingerstyle star’s signature model.
Wyatt Ellis and Jake Workman | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
December 15, 2022
A spontaneous mandolin and guitar take on "Daybreak in Dixie."
“Forked Deer” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
October 10, 2022
Bob Minner, Josiah Nelson, and Jake Workman perform the bluegrass classic at IBMA 2022.
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Collings C10-35
By: Teja Gerken
August 31, 2022
An updated version of Collings’ L-00-inspired classic.
Adam Levy and Charlie Rauh | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
June 24, 2022
Acoustic guitar duo performs "Charlie Rich" on a pair of Collings instruments.
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Lyle Lovett: “12th of June” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
May 20, 2022
Lyle Lovett plays the title track of his brand-new album.
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Collings C100
By: Teja Gerken
May 11, 2022
A mid-size flattop with a versatile sound and an original, yet familiar body shape.
Collings AT-16 Varnish | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
March 24, 2022
Jazz guitarist Jim Kelly plays a stunning Collings 16-inch archtop at the Music Emporium.
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Tyler Grant: “Manzanita” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
February 1, 2022
The 2008 flatpicking champ plays a solo guitar version of the Tony Rice classic.
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0002H Custom T | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
December 3, 2021
Collings Guitars's Mark Althans performs on a limited edition model that's inspired by a custom guitar ordered by Joe Henry.
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Collings MT2-V | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
November 15, 2021
Ethan Setiawan demonstrates a great A-Style mandolin at the Music Emporium.
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Collings CJ-45AT
By: Teja Gerken
October 4, 2021
A new slope-shoulder dreadnought with a vintage sound and feel.
Read/McQueen Duo, “E.S.” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
August 6, 2021
Matt Read and Chris McQueen perform an original from their recently released album of duets.
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John Reischman and the Slocan Ramblers: “Stoney Creek”
By: Dan Gabel
July 21, 2021
Our Melodic Mandolin Tunes instructor plays a bluegrass classic with the 2020 IBMA Momentum Band Award winners.
Collings 02H 12-String
By: Teja Gerken
June 7, 2021
A small-body 12-string with easy playability and a big sound.
Read/McQueen Duo | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
June 3, 2021
The Austin-based acoustic guitar duo performs their original "So Long."
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Lydia Luce: “Occasionally” | L.R. Baggs
By: LR Baggs
April 16, 2021
The singer-songwriter performs a stripped-down version of a song from her album Dark River.
Julian Lage, “Ryland” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
April 9, 2021
The jazz guitar star plays an original tune on his Collings 470 JL signature model.
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Bob Minner | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
February 12, 2021
Flatpicker Bob Minner plays his composition "VanWart" on a new Collings CJ-45 T.
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CJ-45 T | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
January 20, 2021
Collings adds a slope shouldered dreadnought to its Traditional series.
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“Mirri Sairastaa” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
December 30, 2020
Collings and Waterloo artists Charlie Rauh and Benjamin Guillet are joined by Peghead Nation's Teja Gerken for a trio arrangement of the Finnish lullaby.
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Collings Shop Tour | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
December 19, 2020
A great video visit produced by TexasMonthly.
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Kenny and Amanda Smith | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
November 13, 2020
A duo performance of Gillian Welch's "Winter's Come and Gone"
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Steve McCreary | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
October 22, 2020
Collings Guitars' general manager discusses the company's instruments and his own background on the Fretboard Journal podcast.
Charlie Rauh and Mark Goldenberg | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
August 14, 2020
Fingerstyle jazz guitarist Charlie Rauh performs an improvisation with Peghead Nation instructor Mark Goldenberg.
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John Fullbright: “When You’re Here” | Collings D1 ATS
By: Collings Guitars
June 3, 2020
The songwriter plays one of his original compositions at the Collings Guitar and Mandolin shop.
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Kruger Brothers: “Beautiful Nothing”| Collings D1 T
By: Collings Guitars
May 19, 2020
The roots trio plays a one of their original compositions at the Collings Guitar and Mandolin shop.
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Kenny Smith: “Over the Waterfall” | Collings
By: Collings Guitars
May 1, 2020
The guitar master plays his arrangement of a traditional classic on a Collings 002H 14-Fret.
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The Evolution of the Collings T-Series
By: Collings Guitars
April 28, 2020
Collings Guitars’ Steve McCreary, guitarist Chris Eldridge, and other team members talk about how they developed the popular Traditional Series.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Kenny Smith: “Forked Deer” | Collings
By: Collings Guitars
April 16, 2020
The guitar master plays his arrangement of a bluegrass classic on a Collings D1 A T S.
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Chris “Critter” Eldridge: “Fair to Partly Cloudy” | Collings D2H A T S
By: Collings Guitars
March 14, 2020
The flatpicking master plays an original composition on a new Traditional series dreadnought.
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Kenny Smith: “Angeline the Baker” | Collings
By: Collings Guitars
February 6, 2020
The guitar master plays his arrangement of a bluegrass classic on a Collings 001 14-Fret.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
David Howley and Seth Taylor: “Blackberry Blossom” | Collings
By: Collings Guitars
January 13, 2020
The guitarist from We Banjo 3 and the guitarist from Mountain Heart play a bluegrass favorite.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Shawn Colvin: “Trouble”| Collings C100 Custom
By: Collings Guitars
November 11, 2019
The songwriter performs one of her originals on her new custom Collings guitar.
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Kruger Brothers: “People Get Ready”| Collings D1 T
By: Collings Guitars
October 24, 2019
The roots trio plays a joyful version of the Curtis Mayfield classic live at the Collings Guitar and Mandolin shop.
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Waterloo WL-M
By: Teja Gerken
August 26, 2019
A flattop mandolin inspired by budget instruments of the 1930s and ’40s.
Waterloo WL-AT
By: Teja Gerken
July 8, 2019
A fully acoustic, carved-top archtop guitar inspired by budget archtops of the 1930s and ’40s.
Andrea Mele: “Rose”| Collings OM2H
By: Collings Guitars
June 17, 2019
The Italian fingerstyle guitarist plays an original composition from his latest album, “Dream,” on a Collings OM2H.
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Waterloo WL-JK
By: Teja Gerken
May 20, 2019
A powerful slope-shoulder jumbo with a big sound and vintage feel.
Diego Garcia: “El Camino” | Collings
By: Collings Guitars
March 28, 2019
The Spanish guitarist known as “El Twanguero” plays an original composition on a Collings OM1.
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Collings MT2 Quilted Maple Mandolin
By: Teja Gerken
March 14, 2019
A great A-style mandolin built with premium woods.
Darrell Scott: “Full Light” | Collings
By: Collings Guitars
February 12, 2019
The multi-instrumentalist and songwriter plays an original song on his Collings C100 at the Collings shop in Austin, Texas.
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David Howley and Ross Holmes: “St. Anne’s Reel” | Collings
By: Collings Guitars
January 21, 2019
The guitarist from We Banjo 3 and the fiddle player from Cadillac Sky, Mumford and Sons, and others play an Irish music favorite at Collings headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Chris Eldridge: ”Church Street Blues” | Collings Guitar
By: Collings Guitars
November 20, 2018
Critter plays a solo version of the Norman Blake classic, live at the Collings Guitars’ IBMA Bluegrass Ramble showcase in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Waterloo WL-14 Mh
By: Teja Gerken
October 8, 2018
All-mahogany small-body inspired by prewar budget guitars.
Collings MT Torrefied | “Cherokee Shuffle”
By: Collings Guitars
August 30, 2018
Alex Rueb plays a rendition of the traditional favorite on a Collings MT featuring a torrefied Sitka spruce top.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Waterloo WL-S Deluxe | Carl Miner
By: Collings Guitars
August 15, 2018
Guitarist Carl Miner plays an original composition on the new all-mahogany WL-S Deluxe.
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In Memory of Bill Collings | We Are Collings
By: Collings Guitars
July 14, 2018
This short film pays homage to Bill Collings, who set out to raise the bar in our industry and impacted so many lives in the process.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Guitar
Collings OM1A JL
By: Teja Gerken
April 2, 2018
A mahogany and spruce OM designed in collaboration with jazz guitar virtuoso Julian Lage.
Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge: “Stone Cross” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
February 15, 2018
Two guitar masters perform an original tune from their 2014 album, “Avalon.”
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Collings OMH2 and 001MH
By: Teja Gerken
January 12, 2018
Mark Goldenberg demonstrates his pair of Collings flattop guitars.
Collings Guitars D1 A T | Bob Minner
By: Collings Guitars
January 5, 2018
Guitarist Bob Minner plays his original composition “Liam’s Lullaby” on his Collings D1 A T (Traditional Series).
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Collings OM1 T
By: Teja Gerken
November 30, 2017
A great vintage-style OM built with torrefied Sitka spruce and Honduran mahogany and delivered in Collings’ custom case.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Guitar Demos
Collings Guitars OM1 A T | Carl Miner
By: Collings Guitars
November 28, 2017
Guitarist Carl Miner plays an original composition on a Collings OM1 A T (Traditional Series).
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Collings Guitars | Julian Lage Signature OM1
By: Collings Guitars
November 7, 2017
Julian Lage introduces his Collings OM1 JL signature model and explains how the development of the T-Series paved the way for its creation.
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge: “Broadcast” | Collings Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
October 23, 2017
Two guitar masters perform perform an original tune from their latest album “Mount Royal.”
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
Collings Parlor 2H T
By: Teja Gerken
October 16, 2017
A vintage-style parlor guitar with a big sound.
Kym Warner | “After The Victory” | Collings MT2 V
By: Collings Guitars
October 5, 2017
Multi-instrumentalist Kym Warner of The Greencards plays his original composition “After The Victory” on his Collings MT2 V mandolin.
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The Sound of an Era | Waterloo by Collings
By: Collings Guitars
September 7, 2017
Bill Collings, Jeff Tweedy, Rodney Crowell, and other guitar experts talk about Waterloo Guitars, inspired by historic guitars of the 1920’s and 1930’s.
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Julian Lage, “Woodside Waltz” | Collings OM 1 A JL
By: Collings Guitars
August 15, 2017
Julian Lage performs his original composition on his prototype Collings signature model featuring an optional Adirondack spruce top.
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Collings Original Vintage-Style Cases
By: Collings Guitars
February 6, 2017
This short film examines Bill Collings’ new line of custom hand-made, vintage-inspired guitar and mandolin cases.
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Inside Collings Mandolins
By: Teja Gerken
April 21, 2016
Mini-documentary provides a view of the Collings workshop.
Mark Goldenberg: “Winter Song”
By: Teja Gerken
January 27, 2016
Peghead Nation Guitar Theory instructor plays an original fingerstyle piece.
Jim D’Addario and Bill Collings
By: DAddario
July 24, 2015
Jim D'Addario flew to Austin, Texas to meet with old friend Bill Collings, tour the Collings Guitars factory, and talk instruments and music.
Collings Guitars: There Are No Shortcuts
By: Collings Guitars
March 24, 2015
This short film examines acoustic guitar building at Collings Guitars and the focus on quality that has come to define the company culture.
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Collings Mandolins: Inspiration by Design
By: Collings Guitars
January 30, 2015
Take an inside look at the art of crafting fine mandolins at Collings Guitars in Austin, Texas.
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Collings Introduces Waterloo Guitars
By: Collings Guitars
January 19, 2015
Founded by Bill Collings and built exclusively in Austin, Texas, Waterloo Guitars is a new line of vintage-inspired instruments designed to capture the voice and character of some of the very best depression-era guitars. www.waterlooguitars.com
Inside Collings Guitars: Instrumental
By: Collings Guitars
October 9, 2014
Filmmaker Tim Edwards takes an inside look at Collings Guitars with his documentary "Instrumental."
2007 Collings MT2 Mandolin
By: Dan Gabel
July 28, 2014
Peghead Nation's Dan Gabel demos his 2007 Collings mandolin
Tags: Collings Guitars, Mandolin
