Lyle Lovett and Collings Guitars - The Road to Ensenada

[ducatiop]

my love for collings guitars started on a motorbike trip across usa i needed to play, you know what i mean so i went into a store in las angelas and picked up a used collings c10.

i still have this one and 4 others now and just orderd a custome om3.

had a vist to the factory last year and was blown away just how much work goes into a collings. just love the smell of a new guitar. and the peaple where so nice.

thanks it ment a lot to me

jeffrey collins hampshire england

[cartoonlike]

Wild! 

[Andyrooo4545]

Superb song...really enjoyed it. Makes me glad to be part of the Collings family with a D2H.

[apparkhill]

A few years back I too was lucky enough to tour the Collings shop. We drove from Toronto, Canada to Austin. The staff was really great. They were gracious hosts. We were treated to a very intimate look at the Collings facility. We even had a chance to meet Bill himself.

[Oldguard900]

Well, that was pretty damned cool! As an owner of a bunch of Collings, it's interesting to hear an early version of one of my guitars, sort of. And ain't Lyle cool? :-)

[ekim2003]

Just took the Collings factory tour last week. 'Like going to Graceland... only better! Bill has surrounded himself with gracious and dedicated craftspeople. Viva Collings!

[Mandotwang]

I think that this is Lyle's older Collings with the herringbone purfling and abalone rosette combination.

[daveweaversguitar]

Love Lyle Lovett. What guitar is he playing?

[CollingsGuitars]

@daveweaversguitar This is Lyle's first Collings dreadnought (East Indian rosewood / German spruce) from 1979 built out of Bill's two-bedroom apartment on Bingle Rd in Houston.