Inside Collings Guitars: "Instrumental" by Tim Edwards

[TheMemphisSlim]

Really good, worth sharing

[david99soad]

I really wish my future is to be a luthier. Its a passion to make an instrument, even if its not going to be played by you, you still want to make instruments. Right now i'm learning from the internet and putting it to practice by building guitars. Making an instrument like guitars gives me peace of mind and soul. Right now I'm studying electronics at college but after i want to take a course and apprenticeship on guitar making (by hand, not by cnc). Any ideas so that i can achieve my dream? Tnx

[TheStraycatsrule]

I just took a delivery of an i35 LC. Amazing guitar in every way. Thanks Bill. KP from Bangkok, Thailand.

[MrKeithyoung]

Some people play guitars - some people make them.

Thank God someone makes them - and by hand.

[sundownsigns]

A wonderful film! I am blessed to own two Collings guitars and have a Collings uke on the way.

[guitaaress]

@sundownsigns That's plain greedy! I was always a big Martin fan, especially having owned five Martin's over the years.a 1964 D 18 a O21 New Yorker from c1919 then HD 28, a D35 and an M38 As far as I was concerned there was no other guitar maker that came even close especially having toured the factory. I still love them all but I've played a lot of Collings recently and in my opinion they are better than any Martin I've played. One day soon I will own a Collings and that's for sure.

[FEDinSEA]

I own 3 Collings ukuleles. Two of them are worn. They are so fun.

Thanks for making ukes!!

[tommyboy12a]

Hey bill you keep making guitars...It.not only it makes you happy but you make other people dreams come true by playing them !!!!!!!

[lt20dbl]

Great Video. I have owned my Collings for going on 15 years and I can't say enough good things about it. It takes me there and it has paid it's way many times over as a working instrument. Bluegrassingman, here's a suggestion for you: Instead of sitting on the internet all day long, badmouthing Collings guitars at every opportunity, Why don't you save your money and buy a Collings? Your jealousy and hate will evaporate like alcohol and you will look no further for your perfect guitar.

[MucusFelidae]

Some thing should be machine made.

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Machines don't make errors.

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Handcrafting is sort of lottery.

[bluegrasssingingman]

Come on Collings is about the most expensive guitar on the market. Collings cost more then Martin. Collings and Collings owners brag how they own a custom handbulit guitar. That is the biggest joke. They talk how Martin is massed produced. LOL Unlike Collings, at lease Martin can make a dove tail neck, and they aren't bolt on. LOL

[Bendemstrangs]

Nothing like being the Master Luthier with a micro managing boss...

[MrTP5647]

Such A Great VIDEO!....Good job !,... Producers, ..Craftsmen at Collings ...and Bill!..Loved this video, and your instruments..so good!..they sing , and your name will go on and on, like Lloyd Loar, Les Paul , Stardivarius

..etc...LOVE My "Gruhn" model from 88', soft shoulder sweetheart!..the source of my inspiration.

[GuitarJamDailydotCom]

My Collings SJ is so amazing. I feel so fortunate to own it. The boys at Collings are very passionate about what they do and are very down to earth folks.

[Fruscianteistheman]

i wish you could make guitars at this quality that didn't cost 3k 

[MrSaad1932]

the guitar is such a wonderfull instrument , whether it be classical or acoustic

[GameLevelEditor]

I like what you guys do! This is what I have always had the passion for even when I was working hard as an apprentice building molds for industry. I've always wanted to start a guitar repair shop. Even if I don't succeed on the business side of it, I'll always work on guitars as long as humanly possible.

[purplesparkz]

Great respect for you, People rarely think about how the things they use are made and making instruments of all kinds is a beautiful art-form, keep it up!

[SIRONEDRAGON]

Great video : )))

[snowshoetom]

What a neat guy.



[madamerotten]

I just bought one of these guitars, and it is wonderful. It's the best acoustic I've ever owned.

[MrDavidKnopfler]

Lovely to watch... reminded me of the time I spent pottering round the Breedlove factory. There's really nothing to touch guitars made in this personal way where every last strut is carefully considered for optimal response.

[hamptonskateboarder]

when he said that it was going to be a under 500$ guitar i felt kinda bad cuz that was just what i was hoping a half decent guitar woud cost

[harrywhoyou]

please make a $500 guitar!

[bobjackson7]

i love it dude. you guys wanna give me a job? im building my first semi hollow body now. i live up in washington. i will move down there man.

[crunkykong]

@usagora Yep.

[MsMynamewastaken]

Love acoustic guitars! especially Avijit Das's music (he has some videos on Youtube.)

Thumbs up if you agree that guitar are the best instruments =P

[heapner]

Cool video.

[goatman069]

Interesting, but I'll stay with my handmade Pimentel guitars, from Albuquerque NM. Hand made, one at a time, by one luthier; start to finish.

[crunkykong]

@goatman069 Pretty tawdry comment, don't you think?

[goatman069]

@crunkykong I think the Collings guitars are very interesting; but dollar for dollar, you can have a guitar that 5 or 10 people each made their part of the guitar, or (same money) you can have a guitar that one master luthier made.

The luthier of one of my Pimentels has a guitar in the Smithsonian Institute; his son (who made my steel string) made The New Mexico State Guitar. Now, for the same money, which piece of history do you want to own.

(Nothing against the Collings guitar, to be sure)

[digitalroadfilms]

thanks Bill, for not playing the guitar....your expertise in making the guitar was a great contribution to music...

[nocaster52]

I like the Robert Earl Keen sticker on the guitar case in the background at the end of the video.

[superskwrl]

Bill is a really nice and cool guy (:

[TomTheHarmonicaKid]

Bill is a really cool and nice guy :)

[chype]

Awesome video! These guys have the best jobs :)

[acoustictunes69]

I can't wait for my D1avSbVar. Feb 2012.

[mrw2755]

I have a Collings OM and a Taylor 912 cutaway.

The Collings is much more stable in my area (Colorado) with dry air for much of the year. The Collings does not take anywhere near the amount of babysitting that the Taylor needs with humidification.

The Collings has a wonderful rich and bright quality, tones blend nicely. The Taylor is more "muddy" and just doesn't jump out.

Love my Collings.

[lfnuin]

Truly amazing spirit!!!...no wonder he can create such great instruments!!!!!

[MrGoodpliers1]

I'm diggin' the '34 Ford project in the background. I'm also diggin' my D2H.

[mudpieblues]

go take the taylor factory tour...and see how much more collings is hands on..

[mudpieblues]

my collings guitar.......is amazing....and he's the reason...

[Ningirsutyr]

Collings' opinion on how the CNC machines can produce a guitar shaped object but that a great playing instrument would need human manipulation is really insightful. But to be honest, the fact that he says that a wood that he qualifies as not being up to par at the beginning of the video can be used to produce a 500 or 1000$ guitar worries me that almost all of my guitars are doomed to be low quality instruments in the end :(

[nevmigi]

I really like this man's thoughts on building instruments. I wish there were more people like him out there

[redavide1]

Nice video! Like Bill says, these guys love to build them and we love to play them -- that's a good combination . . . I've had a CJ for more than 10 years, whoever built it did an unbelievably great job -- always seems to get better and you'll never get tired of the way it sings . . .

[schwenman]

still in love with my D2HA...awesome! I'm glad bill decided to build guitars instead of becoming a player. If he hadn't I would never have the guitar of my dreams. :)

[d44captainslow]

I ordered a Collings a few months ago. I cant wait to get it!

[alvie2k]

I owned Martins for 20 years and loved them all, but I ABSOLUTELY LOVE my Collings D2H. Collings are the best guitars on the planet!

[elmestra]

Great , thanks for this walk to a Collings guitar team .

[superkikas]

Beautiful!!! Wish I could have one. Greetings from Portugal, Francisco Abreu.

[Voltaire1955]

Best guitar and mandolin builders on the planet. I own 3 and looking to add more. What can I say I got GAS.

[snegman100]

Great video. I have had my Collings OM2HG for about three years now and it still blows me away with it's sound and playability. Took me over 6 months of trying a bunch of different guitars before I came back to the Collings which was one of the first I tried. It's nice knowing the care and craftsmanship that went into this beautiful guitar.

Thanks

[SARealtyDude]

Thank you Bill, for my most favorite beauty (besides my wife and daughters) (it's close though) my SJ Full Sunburst Spruce/Maple, 1998. I own 24 other acoustics, including some very, very nice guitars, but I play "Suzie" every weekend at church... Everyone loves her. The intonation is perfect, she has opened up to a full voice, even across the register. I'm sorry, but I put a K&K pickup in her... John Allison did that for me. (Last year I think) Anyway - you are the best! Keep it up!!

[staffansvahn]

I play guitar and I would also like to build them someday...

Beautiful video, beautiful guitars.

Thank you for uploading.

best wishes

Staffan

[nedlitam]

Nice documentary, nice portrait of Bill Collings. His ethos is really strong: the artisan's instinct for seeing and bringing out the beauty and sound in the wood. I have a C10 and a DS2H (and a desk job), and it makes me feel good to see the guys who made them. How lucky I am to be able to play them every day. Thanks!

[slownoman]

Having the honor of owning and playing Collings guitars since very early 1992, this is fascinating, but not surprising. Bill's standards are unsurpassed, and I hope to play one Collings or another until I die. I'd rather not die, but I hear that's not negotiable. I've played since late '64. I've owned about everything out there. IMHO, there has never been a builder as excellent and consistent as Bill Collings.

[msr13]

Great video of a great guitar company. Love my Collings.

[1nycjake]

Bill,

I just want you to know that I am playing at that "G" chord while others are whizzing by me. Nevertheless, I am taking good care of OM2HMHG # 16388. My brother OM2HG has an adjacent # which I believe is 16387. When I play his guitar I keep telling him that next to mine his OM is the best sounding guitar I've ever heard there -:). Thanks for making them!

[MaxPaws]

Incredible video! My new 360 w/tremolo took 8 months to get, and it was SO worth the wait. So many subtle details that put it heads and tails over all the other guitars I own (and I own quite a few). Next stop: I-35 LC!!!

[guitarsaddle]

Great video...I love it...made with love and pride..

[dirkwwoods]

"That they end up in other peoples hands and they love them as much as we do." Have to say that about my D1A varnish. We are out there playing songs by John Sebastian, The Who, and the Kinks on your guitars. I would imagine if you put the same 10,000 hours into playing that you did in making them you would be doing some amazing things beyond the G chord. Anyone who tells you the first 1000 hours was easy is lying.

[FatSoundGuitar]

Fantastic! Loved it!

[Finom1]

Bill, you are what America has lost. Personal pride, respect and honor.

I am saving for a Collings 290. This will be my ultimate Les Paul Jr.

[60lab]

This is a GREAT video. You guys are the best! Big Aloha to all my buds at Collings.

Larry Broido