Collings Guitars

In the final video on guitar building at Collings Guitars, we see the last processes that occur before a guitar is ready to go out the door.  

Brian Beken and Dennis Ludiker of South Austin Jug Band took some time out of their day to talk with Patrick Ogle about the instruments they play. Not surprisingly, their proximity to Collings Guitars makes it a fairly easy choice.  

We get yet another look at more parts of the process of building guitars as Steve McCreary takes us in the back room, where guitars are finished.  

Collings Guitars' Steve McCreary walks us from station to station where various points of assembly are in action. We get a look at some sides and tops as well as some bracing as Steve gives us the skinny.  

As a self-coined half-man, half-tree, full-hyphen-aficionado, I can verify that what Steve McCreary says about Bird's Eye Maple is true. My skin / bark develops various distressing signs in the grain whenever I hit a rough patch. I should really get it checked out sometime.  

Steve McCreary of Collings Guitars talks about the process of finishing a guitar. When it comes to varnish, Steve weighs in on his preferences between lacquer and polyurethane finishes.  

Watching wood acclimate falls somewhere between watching paint dry and watching my beard grow. Still, it is a necessary process (as is growing my beard) for all wood hoping to be a Collings Guitar -- like waiting outside Tyler Durden's house to become a member of Operation Mayhem.  

Steve McCreary from Collings Guitars offers some advice on guitar maintenance. Find out what a damp sponge in a bag can do for your acoustic.  

We take a look at more guitar building techniques from Collings Guitar where Steve McCreary stresses the importance of knowing your wood. Since Collings is a smaller operation, their size affords them more time to get to know each piece of wood and where it would fit best.