The Collings OM2H is based on the venerable ‘Orchestra Model’ design, which is a bit bigger than the 000 size and has a longer scale length – 25.5 inches instead of 24.9. This model pairs a Sitka Spruce top with Indian Rosewood for the back and sides. The neck is Mahogany, as are the body blocks, and Ebony is used for the bridge and bound fingerboard and head plate.
Sitka
The Collings 001 Mh is based on a very traditional design that’s been a standard for over a century, and this example is built with Mahogany for the top, back and sides. The fingerboard, head plate and pyramid bridge are Ebony, and there’s a small faux-tortoise pickguard.
Built in Victoria BC during the spring of 1982, this Larrivee C-10 – also known as an L-28 – sports a very nice vintage Seahorse headstock inlay by Wendy Larrivee. The Larrivee C-10 is still in production, though not as elaborate as this vintage example. Its base is a pointed Florentine cutaway L-body with a Sitka Spruce top and Indian Rosewood for the back, sides and head plate.
Here we have a very nice Marc Beneteau Classical guitar with Sitka Spruce top and Indian Rosewood back and sides, built in the Beneteau shop in St. Thomas Ontario during 1998. Built in a modern style, this Marc Beneteau classical model uses a Sitka Spruce top paired with Indian Rosewood for the sides and back.
This instrument has sold
MORE →Here we have the brand-new Fintan McEnroe FinMc MC16 F-style mandolin from Fintan McEnroe, working in Toronto but originally from Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan, Ireland. The ‘16’ in the name refers to the mandolin serial number and production sequence. This fine instrument was very recently finished, in January of 2023.
Here we’re looking at a 2007 Weber Bitterroot A-Style mandolin, built in Logan, Montana during 2007. Weber moved from Logan to Bend, Oregon in 2013. The Bitterroot A-Style series features thin, minimal decoration, wood figuring and finishing yet with Weber’s full build and materials quality.