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Its koa, with a lovely wavy figuring and overall luminous appearance, adds a bit of eye candy to the proceedings, as do the ivoroid body binding with black-and-white purfling and the abalone rosette. The UT2 K, in contrast, is a bit more luxurious. Rather than seeming cheap, this lower-priced option feels elegantly streamlined. Though the instrument is on the plain side, all of its woods are beautifully grained the mahogany has a nice, even pattern with a hint of figuring and all of the rosewood components have attractive striations of varying shades of brown. With its rich dark stain, the UC1 has an appearance reminiscent of an old Martin, an effect helped out by the tuners and a headstock whose sides meet at a single central point. They also come equipped with Pegheds planetary tuners with ebony buttons, which look like vintage friction tuning pegs, but make tuning a breeze with 4:1 gearing inside.īoth instruments are nice to look at, and aesthetically speaking, form a nicely contrasting duo. Though the UT2 K is nearly 70 percent costlier than the UC1, the two ukes share common features: they’re made from all-solid woods, mahogany back, sides, and top on the UCI and figured koa on the UT2 K and both have a mahogany neck with a rosewood fretboard, headstock overlay, and bridge. Having recently been enticed by a row of Collings ukes hanging high on a wall at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, the Los Angeles–area instrument institution, I was thrilled to receive two of these instruments for review: a UC1 (which stands for ukulele concert 1) and a UT2 K (ukulele tenor 2 with koa).
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(The company has also been known to offer limited-edition variations, like a maple archtop version.) The least fancy, those designated with the suffix 1, have a satin nitrocellulose finish and a minimum of cosmetic embellishment the fanciest, labeled 3, have a high-gloss nitro finish, lots of binding, and an abalone rosette, among other flourishes. In its standard ukulele line, established in 2009, Collings offers both concert and tenor models, in three different levels of ornamentation. What started off as a one-man operation is now an 80-employee company using a combination of computerized machinery and traditional hand tools to produce up to 3,000 instruments each year-250 to 300 of them ukuleles. The Austin, Texas-based company is presided over by Bill Collings, the luthier who in the mid-1970s skipped out of medical school to build guitars inspired by prewar Martin and Gibson flattops. But, five years ago Collings started giving the ukulele some love. In its four-decade history, Collings Guitars has made smart, modern interpretations of the widest range of golden-era guitar designs-acoustic and electric, flattop and archtop-not to mention a selection of mandolins and mandolas. Misc.Subscribe to Ukulele on By Adam Perlmutter.This ukeis truly a great one to add to any players collection. The craftmanship is top notch and comes out in the tone, playability, and feel of their great instrument. Strings slide more freely over the smooth, wide nut than over the comparatively sharp edge of the bridge, where stress is concentrated and equilibrium of tension on either side is more difficult to achieve.Ĭollings makes instruments with such superb tone and aesthetics. Tune confidently and securely with the left hand while playing open strings even during performance! PEGHEDS tuners return the fine-tuning function to pegs.
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The 4:1 gear reduction allows strings to be tuned more easily and accurately than traditional wood pegs (or Caspari-type mechanisms which require screw drivers or special keys).
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These tuners are geared and offer much more control and stability than traditional friction tuners. An Indian Rosewood fretboard and bridge complete the package.Ĭollings Ukes also feature a highly innovative tuning system by Pegheds. Gorgeous appointmens on this Uke are the Ivoroid bindings complimented by the standard black/white Purfling, making the body look very classy and understated. With solid Koa top, back and side wood, the Collings UC2K comes standard with the Collings trademark ''haircut'' peghead shape. The UC2K is Collings gloss lacquer finish tenor model with increased appointments.
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