Name: Collings 290 Aged Olympic White w/ Righteous Sound Bluebirds
Brand: Collings
SKU: COL-290AOWFB
Price: 7250.0 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

Collings 290 Aged Olympic White w/ Righteous Sound Bluebirds

New

Weight

7lb 11oz

Nut Width

1 11/16"

Scale Length

24 7/8"

Pickups

Righteous Sound

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Our recurring "Take Your Vintage Guitar to Collings Day" theme continues with this insane sounding and looking 290 model!

We love a good vintage Firebird. Nothing sounds quite like them. But they can be a bit of a bear to play sometimes. So why not take some amazing sounding Firebird-esque pickups and work them into the "Special" formula of a 290?! Well that's what Collings has done for us, and we are totally blown away by the results.

The Aged Olympic White finish was so well executed, we had to do a double-take against an old Polaris White finished guitar. Nailed it! It looks especially great against the aged nickel covers and rings (not previously done before) as well as the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece and ABR-1 bridge. Combined with the stark contrast of black plastics and it delivers just as much class as it does attitude.

That's exactly what these Righteous Sound Bluebirds do, too. They have this beautiful clarity and chime without being too aggressive in the trebles, making them perfect for clean jazz and blues tones. But get some gain behind them and watch out - fat, punchy, and distinctively clear but never harsh. These pickups combine with the all-Mahogany construction of the 290 to yield something quite unique, even for a model that's been in production some 20 years.

Mark this 290 build down as one of the coolest in TME's storied history with Collings - a total knockout!

Body

Style

Solid Body

Body

Mahogany

Finish

High Gloss Nitrocellulose

Color

Aged Olympic White

Hardware

Pickup

Righteous Sound Bluebird

Controls

Volume (x2) / Tone (x2) / 3-Way Switch

Bridge

Kluon ABR-1 w/ Bigsby Tailpiece

Tuners

Nickel Gotoh

Strings

D'Addario EXL-115 (.011"-.049")

Neck

Mahogany

Binding

Ivoroid

Carve

Medium-Fat "C"

Fingerboard

Rosewood

Radius

12"

Inlays

Dots

Frets

Medium Jumbo Nickel-Silver (22)

Nut

1 11/16" Bone

Scale Length

24 7/8"

Other

Serial #

290251841

Weight

7lb 11oz

Case

Hardshell

Brand Story

"Every day we try to make a better guitar, every day. You're trying to reach for more, trying to do better, not trying to do the same. A lot of companies are trying to do the same, and that's okay - that's their deal. We're trying to stretch that. Our goal is a little more."

~ Bill Collings | 1948-2017

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