Sound Pure's Take
The Collings 470 JL is a masterfully crafted hollowbody electric that blends vintage elegance with exceptional clarity, resonance, and touch sensitivity. Its fully hollow Honduran mahogany body, paired with a maple laminate top and trestle block construction, produces a rich, open voice with impressive articulation and sustain. The custom Ron Ellis Ellisonic pickups deliver remarkable detail and dynamic response, capturing everything from warm, woody cleans to expressive overdriven tones with ease. Finished in antiqued nitrocellulose lacquer and outfitted with a Bigsby vibrato, ebony appointments, and relic Waverly tuners, it exudes timeless character from every angle. Refined, resonant, and endlessly musical, the 470 JL offers a uniquely inspiring voice that stands among the finest boutique hollowbody guitars available today.
From Collings Guitars
The success of the Collings OM1 JL combined with Julian Lage’s love of electric guitars meant a second Collings-Julian collaboration was inevitable. But following such a highly-praised signature model with yet another meant leaving nothing on the table. From its organic beginnings, the process envisioned by both parties was something designed and built from the sound up.
The Collings 470 JL is the result of years-long conversations, engineering, testing, tweaking, playing, and listening. And then doing it all over again until it was right. From first sketches through plugging in the final prototypes, every aspect of this model is the result of a unique approach, technique, and style – both from the builder’s and player’s point of view – culminating in a one-of-a-kind electric guitar experience.
In collaboration with our friend Julian Lage, we proudly present the Collings 470 JL.
Model: Collings 470 JL
Construction: Fully Hollow with Trestle Block
Body: Solid Honduran Mahogany
Top: Maple Laminate
Neck: Honduran Mahogany
Neck Joint: Extra Long Mortise & Tenon
Fingerboard: Ebony with Graduated Pearl Dots
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Nut: 1 11/16" Delrin
Scale Length: 24 7/8"
Frets: Medium 18% Nickel-Silver
Bridge: Pinned Ebony Base with Tune-O-Matic Saddle Top (Nylon Saddles)
Tailpiece: Bigsby B3 Vibrato
Tuners: Relic Nickel Waverly with Vintage Oval Buttons (16:1 Ratio)
Pickups: Ron Ellis Ellisonics (Custom Adjustable Height)
Pots/Caps: CTS 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
Wiring: 470 Wiring (Master Volume, Two Tones)
Body Binding: Non-Grained Ivoroid
Fingerboard Binding: Ebony
Peghead Binding: None
Peghead Veneer: Ebony with Mother of Pearl Collings Script Logo
Peghead Profile: 470 JL Haircut
Knobs: Black/Silver or Black/Gold Reflector Top
Pickup Rings: Black Phenolic
Finish: Antiqued Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Pickguard: Acrylic Tortoise (1-Ply) or Parchment (3-Ply)
Truss Rod Cover: Black/Cream/Black
Strings: D'Addario NYXL1149 (.011"–.049")
Case: Deluxe Hardshell Case
Weight: 6lbs 2oz
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