I just noticed on my MT1 #63 that the finish is peeling on the treble side of the neck at frets 1-3.
Did Collings give you a time frame for having this done?
Seems like they would have to keep...
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I just noticed on my MT1 #63 that the finish is peeling on the treble side of the neck at frets 1-3.
Did Collings give you a time frame for having this done?
Seems like they would have to keep...
Yeah, I've read a few things that turned out to be wrong too.
I've talked to the boys at Collings a few times and gotten different info depending on who answered the phone at that particular time....
dmargo said "Alex said that they only built 19 MT-1's before switching to the MT-2".
I read in another post that there were 21 MT1s with adirondack tops. I know there were some with Englemann...
Or MT1 #63 (mine). What further confuses me is that there is a Collings MF5 for sale in the classifieds and the seller says it is #63.
MC.
Maybe the unsigned ones are the valuable ones.
Oh well.
So if they are no longer signed, my signed model must be more valuable huh?http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
MC.
My MT1 #63 has 01/01 written on the label.
I assume 01-01 is the date of origin but it had to be a few days (weeks?) before it showed up in the store.
It is also signed by Bill Collings.
I've...
I also think #63 was close to the end of the MT1 line. It has a Red Spruce top and a full gloss finish. I had an earlier MT1 with an Englemann top and a # in the teens ( if I remember correctly)....
I have MT1 #63 dated Jan. 2001.
Mandopete...Are you saying that your MF5 also has a Cedar top? If so maybe there are more cedar topped Collings mandos lurking out there huh?
Also I've found out that with Collings you can get...
I bought my first new MT1 at Gryphon Music (mail order) and it was described to me as being Englemann. The second,also bought new at Gryphon was described as Adirondack and cost $100 more. Both were...
I have MT-1 #63 dated Jan 2001. It has a red spruce sunburst top with a full gloss finish. I also had an earlier MT-1, also with a full gloss finish. I think they are great mandolins.
Michael.