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You can't visit the Collings shop in the outskirts of Austin without traveling through the Texas hill country on Highway 290. Named after this highway, the 290 boasts amazing versatility in its tonal spectrum. Fit with two hand-wound P90 pickups from Jason Lollar, the 290 is a modern day tribute to the original working man's rock'n roll guitar.
Standard Features Include:
- Select solid mahogany body and neck
- High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
- Unbound "Haircut" headstock
- 15 degree headstock angle
- Ebony peghead overlay with inlaid Collings logo
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Long mortise and tenon neck joint w/contoured heel
- 22 Frets, neck joins the body at the 16th fret
- Medium-Fat "C" neck shape
- 12" Fingerboard radius
- 1 11/16" Bone nut
- 24 7/8" Scale length
- Medium 18% nickel-silver fretwire
- Grained ivoroid dot fingerboard inlays
- Fully adjustable truss rod
- Black or cream pickup covers and black or amber top hat knobs
- Dual Lollar soapbar P90 pickups
- 1950's style wiring scheme
- CTS 500K pots and Xicon caps
- Switchcraft toggle switch and output jack
- Tonepros Nashville tune-o-matic bridge and tailpiece
- Nickel Gotoh SG301 tuners w/ vintage-style buttons 1:18 ratio
- Recommended string guage - D'Addario EXL-115 (.011"-.049")
- Collings deluxe hardshell case by Ameritage
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Mitch Watkins - Collings 290 - Country Demo
Guitarist/producer Mitch Watkins playing a Collings 290 (bridge pickup position).
Mitch Watkins - Collings 290 - Jazz Demo
Guitarist/producer Mitch Watkins playing jazz on a Collings 290 (neck pickup position).
Rick McRae - Collings 290 - "Limehouse Blues"
Guitarist Rick McRae plays "Limehouse Blues" on a Collings 290 through a '71 Fender Deluxe Reverb.
Rick McRae - Collings 290 - Chord Melody
Guitarist Rick McRae demonstrates chord melody on a Collings 290 through a '71 Fender Deluxe Reverb.
Rick McRae - Collings 290 - "Out of Nowhere"
Guitarist Rick McRae plays the jazz standard "Out of Nowhere" on a Collings 290 through a '71 Fender Deluxe Reverb.
Rick McRae - Collings 290 - "Stumbling"
Guitarist Rick McRae plays "Stumbling" on a Collings 290 through a '71 Fender Deluxe Reverb.
Dimensions
- Body Length: 17"
- Body Depth at Side: 1 5/8"
- Lower Bout Width: 13 1/2"
- Total Length: 38 1/2"
- Scale Length: 24 7/8"
- Standard Nut Width: 1 11/16"
Strings
- Factory Strings: D' Addario EXL-115 (.011"-.049")
- Recommended Gauges:
- Interview: The ToneQuest Report - Collings Electrics
- Review: Guitarist magazine reviews the Collings 290
- Review: Guitar Buyer magazine reviews the Collings CL and 290
- Review: Premier Guitar magazine reviews the Collings 290
- Custom Electric Guitar Gallery: 290 Custom w/ Bigsby #9603
- Custom Electric Guitar Gallery: 290 Custom - Doghair w/ Pearloid # 9641
- Custom Electric Guitar Gallery: 290 Custom Orange w/ Bigsby # 9652
- Custom Electric Guitar Gallery: 290 - Vintage White # 10753
- Artists and Sightings: Robbie McIntosh - Collings 290
- Artists and Sightings: Audley Freed - Collings 290
- Artists and Sightings: Keith Urban - Collings 290
- Artists and Sightings: John Sebastian - Collings 290
- Artists and Sightings: John Klaver - Collings 290
- Artists and Sightings: Marvin Dykhuis - Collings 290
