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Past Perfected

“BILL COLLINGS COULD PUT HIS FINGER RIGHT ON IT ALMOST WITHOUT TRYING. THE I-35 LC VINTAGE IS AN EXTENSION OF THE WAY THAT HE LOOKED AT GUITARS”

AS IF IN some space-time-continuum-defying feat, Collings’ latest electric guitar is a reinvention of one of its longstanding models. It’s been upgraded by being back-graded, if you will, to more accurately represent a vintage classic of the late ’50s and early ’60s. As such, it’s undoubtedly new, and the first strum confirms that it’s also one of the coolest things going for upmarket guitar releases in the first half of 2021.

The builders at Collings Guitars have been firing on all cylinders lately, and many players

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