{"product_id":"collings-om1a-jl-julian-lage-2025","title":"Collings OM1A JL Julian Lage 2025","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Bill Collings first met jazz virtuoso Julian Lage in 2014, their shared passion for craftsmanship sparked a unique collaboration that would profoundly shape the Collings T (Traditional) Series guitars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Bill Collings first met the brilliant young jazz musician in 2014, the two began a series of in-depth conversations about their respective crafts. Lage's profound insights as a guitarist played a key role in the creation of Collings’ T (Traditional) Series guitars. Through this rare collaboration, which continued right up until Bill Collings' recent passing in July, 2017, the signature OM1 JL has emerged as a highly specialized version of the T-Series, designed with the characteristics in mind that Lage seeks in an instrument.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough the OM1A JL shares the same foundational specs of the T-Series, it is unique in some key ways. It features an Adirondack spruce top and a custom neck profile modeled after Lage’s cherished 1939 Martin 00018, which was for years his main touring acoustic. In contrast to the high-gloss finish of the T-Series, the OM1 JL is finished with an unassuming custom satin nitrocellulose lacquer that strikes an ideal balance of thin application and vintage aesthetic. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis new finish offering not only feels and looks right to Lage, he finds it has the same inherent openness of tone that is present in the best pre-war instruments. Lage’s signature model also incorporates a script peghead logo not seen on a new Collings instrument in decades. This is the inlay that Bill Colllings hand-cut some 30 years ago when he started out in a tiny shop in Austin, Texas!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"\u003eThis OM1A JL from 2025 is hardly distinguishable from a new guitar. The matte finish on the back of the neck has become shiny from playing, but the guitar is otherwise exceptionally clean. Comes with a TFOA passport in a TKL hardshell case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Collings","offers":[{"title":"35495","offer_id":52624674816347,"sku":"101614-35495","price":8999.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0960\/6607\/7019\/files\/image_1920_27879ff7-36d6-4e1a-982f-e80ffc6e8773.jpg?v=1774023045","url":"https:\/\/www.tfoa.eu\/en-int\/products\/collings-om1a-jl-julian-lage-2025","provider":"TFOA","version":"1.0","type":"link"}