Collings Electric Guitars - 71 - Watson Green - Hand Poured Pickguard - Ron Ellis Pickups
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This Collings 71, here in Watson Green, marks a new chapter in the Collings electric story. For the first time, ever, this boutique model brings a 6-in-line headstock design to the Collings lineup - but with a Texas-sized twist.
Featuring an offset, contoured solid Ash body, the 71 features a pair of upgraded Ron Ellis T-style pickups. By simply lifting the tone knob this combination of single coil pickups can switch from parallel to series, delivering a warm, humbucker-esque sound when in the middle position. The Rutters bridge and brass saddles deliver that iconic t-style snap and twang, with the incredible Collings build quality and set neck design.
While most offset electric guitars have a bolt-on neck, the 71 features a slab sawn hard maple neck that is set into the body with a mortise and tenon joint, which allows for the neck, body and pickups to all work as one resonant, solid unit. The decision to go with slab sawn maple was a very deliberate choice by the Collings crew, not only as a nod to the vintage necks of the 1950s, but also in how the flat sawn maple interacts with the body under string tension, giving the guitar an expressive, dynamic feel.
An absolutely incredible electric guitar and one that we've been looking forward to since the first prototypes, we're excited to have the 71 here in the shop. This Collings includes a deluxe hardshell case and a free Mass Street setup from our crew of luthiers.
- Solid Ash Offset Contoured Body
- Mortise & tenon set-neck joint
- Aged Watson Green nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Hand-poured Custom pickguard with matching truss rod cover
- Hard maple slab sawn neck
- 25 1/2" Scale length
- Rosewood fingerboard with 10" radius and 21 Narrow-tall frets
- 5mm non-tapered pearl dot inlays
- 1 11/16" nut width, nylon
- Rutters Bridge and brass saddles
- Upgraded Ron Ellis T-style Pickups
- 250K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow pots and caps
- Davies Radio Knobs with Volume and Tone Controls
- 3-way switching
- Push/Pull Tone knob for parallel to series switch when in the middle position
- Collings 6-in-line peghead profile with Ebony Veneer & MOP Collings logo
- Kluson Supreme tuners
- D'Addario NYXL1149 Strings (.011" - .049")
- Deluxe hardshell case
- Serial# 7124031
