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COLLINGS CITY LIMITS SOLIDBODY ELECTRIC GUITAR

Bill Collings was a lowkey legend in the world of lutherie when he emigrated from the Midwest in the '70s. He’d eventually find a home in Austin, Texas, and set up shop. Initially know for his work with acoustics, Collings eventually branched out into electrics and by the '90s business was good.

Wide-ranging innovation hasn’t tended to be the focus of the company’s guitar designs. It would be more accurate to call Collings a connoisseur,

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