1/12/2024 0 Comments Collings ukelele![]() ![]() His long-time business manager, Steve McCreary, explains it this way: “We have a great crew that works every day to accomplish Bill’s original challenge-which was to have a production shop that builds the finest, handmade-quality instruments. And to this day, I just love that part of it.”Ĭollings’ quest gradually became about more than just making guitars one-by-one on his own. So working on a motorcycle or a car, building a guitar, whatever it might be, that’s more my thing. “I liked the science part of that,” says Collings in a recent interview, “but I like the science of manufacturing or making things more. ![]() Naturally, his parents thought he should continue with school and become a doctor. He was working in a machine shop when the bright idea of making guitars came up. Taking what those who now work with him call an “Energizer Bunny-like” drive to create, Collings built his first guitar in 1974 after leaving medical school and taking some time off to figure out what he wanted to do with his life. That’s why players as diverse as Brian May, David Crosby, Alejandro Escovedo, Robbie McIntosh (John Mayer, Paul McCartney, Tears for Fears), Rodney Crowell, and Brad Whitford are big fans. Bill Collings is a man with a peculiar genius for making things-and for making things work. ![]() One of the pivotal figures of this era is the enigmatic founder of Collings Guitars in Austin, Texas. Boutique builders and small shops are popping up all over the place, and they’re fashioning amazing guitars with great looks and fantastic tones. We live in the Golden Age of the acoustic guitar. Collings SoCo Deluxe Custom with a flamed maple top, Brazilian rosewood fretboard with “broken glass” inlays, and a Bigsby B7 vibrato. ![]()
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