'OM' stands for "Orchestra Model," but 80 years after this body shape was first designed it has become the most popular 14-fret model with fingerstyle guitar soloists who choose to play on steel strings. Yet flatpickers also find it appealing, and when the graceful cutaway is added these OMs are often used by lead players who routinely explore all 20 frets much as they would on an electric guitar. The compact shape makes the Collings OM equally easy to handle onstage or when sitting on the couch, and the relatively shallow body (barely over 4 inches deep) results in balanced tone and an immediate response.

Features Include:

• Select Sitka spruce
• Honduran mahogany back & sides
• Tortoise-style binding
• Simple walnut backstrip
• Pre-war scalloped bracing
• Black/white wood nitrate strip rosette
• Tortoise-style pickguard
• High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Honduran Mahogany Neck
• Ebony fingerboard and bridge
• Ebony peghead overlay
• Mother-of-pearl Collings logo
• Pearl dot fingerboard markers
• Fully adjustable truss rod
• Bone nut and drop-in saddle
• Ebony bridge pins and end pin
• Nickel Waverly tuners