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It's beginning to rain on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas, but Bill Collings doesn't seem to notice. Sitting across from me in a rusty metal chair behind his factory that makes guitars, mandolins and ...

Austin, TX - May 4, 2016 - Collings Guitars has announced its new T Series of traditionally voiced dreadnought and OM-size guitars, offering an intriguing new tonal variation on the distinctive ...

Bill Collings, a highly respected luthier, whose treasured guitars were played by Keith Richards, Lyle Lovett, Pete Townshend, Joni Mitchell and many more, has died. He was 68. Collings founded ...

He was supposed to go to medical school. He was supposed to go to California. But Bill Collings only got as far as Austin, and what he does, with roughly 70 highly skilled employees in a shop past the ...

Artisan maker of custom guitars, Collings Guitars, will be providing instruments for the premiere of the new musical, The Goree All-Girl String Brand, this July as ...

The creative force behind guitars played all over the world has passed away. Bill Collings, the Founder and CEO of Collings Guitars, died Friday. He was with the company for 40 years. His guitars have ...

Luthier Bill Collings died of cancer over the weekend at age 68. Collings was a widely admired guitar maker whose instruments had found their way into the hands of players including Joni Mitchell, ...

Austin-based Collings Guitars adds two new models to their acclaimed T-Series: the 001 T and 002H T. These new Traditional variations of their classic 12-fret 00 models take a vintage-inspired ...

Bill Collings started making guitars in the 1970s and now his instruments are highly sought by high-profile musicians from Texas and around the world. If Elvis was the king of rock ‘n’ roll, Collings ...