Details
This Collings MT O was made in early 2025 and it’s in excellent, lightly played condition. It has been fitted with a K&K Mandolin Twin pickup. Collings oval hole mandolins have long been popular here at Gryphon, and this MT O with a cream top is a particular favorite. This mandolin takes the classic A-style oval-hole mandolin and updates it in some important ways. It still has the smoother, rounder, more bubbly tone we all know and love but the fingerboard has a radius and slightly wider 1 3/16" width nut making it easier to play. Collings has also subtly changed the body shape so that compared to vintage A style mandolins, the neck has more frets clear of the body which gives your left hand more room.
Another difference which you can’t see is that the top of the oval-soundhole Collings is X-braced, while the old Gibson has a single horizontal brace just below its soundhole. The thinner X-braced soundboard, with a larger vibrating surface, delivers a lot more volume and a bigger, more open tone. We still love those vintage Gibsons, but the new versions of the old style deliver the characteristic sweet tone with volume to spare. Includes the original hardshell case.
Specs
-
Back sides
Eastern Flamed Maple
-
Binding
Ivoroid (top)
-
Bracing
X-Bracing
-
Bridge
Adjustable Ebony
-
Fingerboard
Ebony
-
Finish
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
-
Inlay
MOP Dots
-
Neck material
Eastern Flamed Maple
-
Neck shape
Rounded V
-
Nut width
1 3/16"
-
Pickup type
K & K Mandolin Twin
-
Scale length
13 7/8"
-
Top material
Engelmann Spruce
-
Tuners
Nickel Gotoh w/ black buttons
-
Year
2025
-
Case type
Original Hardshell
-
Serial number
A4703
-
SKU
COLMTOGLOSSIV-A4703
-
UPC
171685
