City Limits Jazz Unplugged Demo - by Tonedr

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The purpose of this video is to demonstrate the acoustic qualities of the Collings City Limits Jazz guitar.

The #1 question i'm asked is how does this guitar sound acoustically.......i hope this video will give people interested in this guitar a better feel for it's acoustic qualities.

The strings on the guitar for this video are D'Addario EJ21 (what Collings shipped the guitar with) 12-52 - bright round wound.

Unfortunately what this video cannot do is allow you to feel the vibrations this guitar produces, it's wonderful playability and the incredible neck carve.

As of the date of this video Collings has built less than 30 of these guitars....this is #17.

Below are the specs from the Collings site. Thanks for taking time to watch & listen to this wonderful model from Collings.

City Limits Jazz (CL Jazz)
Thin, light, and exquisite, the City Limits Jazz commands attention. Built with a fully hollow one-piece Honduran mahogany body, carved European spruce top, and modern stylings, this sleek thin-bodied archtop is made for jazz.

Features include:
-Fully carved European spruce top
-Honduran mahogany hollow body
-Mortise and tenon neck joint
-24 7/8" scale length
-Floating pickup by Kent Armstrong
-Bound ebony fingerboard and headstock overlay
-Grained ivoroid bindings with multiple black/white purflings
-S-Holes bound with grained ivoroid
-High gloss lacquer finish with full body sunburst
-Mother-of-pearl parallelogram inlays
-Ivoroid bound ebony pickguard with discreet volume and tone controls
-Adjustable floating ebony bridge and tailpiece

Finish Choices
Tobacco Sunburst
Amber Sunburst (shown)
Cremona Sunburst
Custom Sunburst or Color - Inquire

Category:

Music

Tags:

• acoustic
• electric
• guitar
• Collings
• City
• Limits
• Jazz
• archtop
• fingerstyle
• flatpick

[coreycothrum]

How loud is this compared to your AT16?

[tonedr]

not as loud, maybe half? Not as much low end - the CLJ is really designed to be played pulled up for sure. Thanks so much for givng this a look....dale.

[TheSignatureK]

That's AWESOME!!!

[tonedr]

thanks for giving your time to check this out....all the best!

dale

[foltaj]

wow sounds amazing. are all hollow-body guitars this versatile? can they all play this well unplugged? if so, i need to get one. i need a warmer tone for my electric and it'd be nice to play unplugged to and be loud enough.

[tonedr]

thanks for taking your time to listen! This is a very special and versatile guitar for sure, and i do think some archtops have a great acoustic quality and voice....in fact that's how some are played - without any pickup. They are a different style of guitar for sure and i think you will enjoying putting a few in your hands!

best,

dale

[tonedr]

thanks for watching - all the best!

dale

[EpiphoneLPJrGuitar]

cool!

[tonedr]

no just nickel which are a bit bright for me on this guitar - i would think bronze would be really bright - i like the flats on this guitar. Thanks for watching!

[krettere]

Nice video. Have you tried using bronze strings for acoustic playing?