The MusicStreet Setup Advantage: Why It Matters for Collings Guitars
A Collings electric guitar is an heirloom-quality instrument built to tolerances that rival the finest aerospace engineering. However, even a masterpiece straight from the Austin workshop requires individual optimization to match your personal playing style. Wood naturally breathes and shifts during transit across the Atlantic, and action preferences vary from player to player.
At MusicStreet, we treat every Collings with the reverence it deserves. We perform a **free £75 professional workshop setup** on every single instrument we sell. Our expert luthiers adjust the truss rod, file the nut slots, level the bridge saddles, and polish the frets to ensure your new instrument plays with a comfortable, buzz-free low action tailored to your touch.
🔧 Free £75 Professional Setup
Every Collings guitar is individually set up in our in-house workshop. We adjust the action, intonation, and neck relief to match your playing style, ensuring it plays perfectly straight out of the box.
🛡️ 12-Month Warranty
We stand behind every instrument we sell. All of our Collings electric guitars come with a full 12-month warranty, giving you complete peace of mind with your purchase.
🚚 Free UK Delivery & 14-Day Returns
Get free, fully insured UK shipping on all orders over £99. If the guitar isn't the perfect fit for your hands, return it to us within 14 days for a hassle-free refund or exchange.
Explore the Collings Electric Guitar Lineup
Collings electric guitars are famous for their meticulous attention to detail, premium tonewoods, and custom-wound pickups. Whether you are looking for a semi-hollow jazz machine or a solid-body rock workhorse, explore their legendary models:
Collings I-35 Series
The **Collings I-35** is a masterpiece of semi-hollow design. Featuring a carved maple top, a mahogany back and sides, and custom-wound Lollar Imperial humbuckers, the I-35 delivers an incredibly rich, woody acoustic response with outstanding feedback resistance. It is the ultimate choice for jazz, blues, and rock players alike.
Collings 290 & City Limits (CL)
The **Collings 290** is a solid-body mahogany powerhouse featuring dual Lollar P90 pickups, delivering raw, vintage-inspired grit and mid-range punch. For players seeking the ultimate single-cutaway humbucker experience, the **Collings City Limits (CL)** features a premium carved maple top and a mahogany body for legendary sustain and clarity.
Boutique & Pre-Owned Collings
We also stock a hand-selected range of boutique Collings models alongside a constantly rotating selection of certified pre-owned Collings electric guitars. Every used instrument is thoroughly serviced and set up in our workshop. Explore our used range in our Pre-Owned Collection.
Guitar Trade-In & Part-Exchange Program
Ready to upgrade your current rig? We make it incredibly easy to trade in your pre-owned gear. Through our straightforward guitar part-exchange program, you can bring your old guitar, amplifier, or effects pedals into our showroom (or send us details online) and put its value directly toward any new or used electric guitar in our store.
Visit Our Huntingdon Guitar Showroom
If you are searching for premium guitar shops in Cambridgeshire, come visit our showroom in Huntingdon. Located at 10 Chequers Court, our showroom is the perfect place to plug in, test out different neck profiles, and chat with our friendly, knowledgeable team. We are easily accessible from Cambridge, Peterborough, and Bedford, with convenient parking nearby.
Frequently Asked Questions About Collings Electric Guitars
Where are Collings electric guitars made?
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Collings electric guitars are handcrafted in Austin, Texas, by a small, highly skilled team of luthiers. Every instrument is built using premium, hand-selected tonewoods and custom-wound pickups, ensuring the absolute highest level of quality control and attention to detail.
What is included in your £75 professional setup?
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Our expert in-house technicians perform a complete multi-point inspection. This includes adjusting the neck relief (truss rod), setting the optimal string action (height) at both the nut and bridge saddles, setting the intonation, cleaning and conditioning the fretboard, polishing the frets, checking all electronics/pots, and installing a fresh set of premium strings.
What pickups are used in Collings electric guitars?
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Collings partners with some of the finest boutique pickup winders in the industry, primarily using custom-wound pickups from Lollar Pickups (such as Lollar Imperial Humbuckers or Lollar P90s) and occasionally Throbak or TV Jones, depending on the specific model and specifications.
Can I trade in my old gear toward a purchase?
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Absolutely. We offer a highly competitive part-exchange program. You can bring your gear directly to our Huntingdon showroom for an on-the-spot valuation, or contact us online with photos and details to receive a preliminary trade-in estimate.
Collings Electric Guitars: Uncompromising Craftsmanship from Austin, Texas
Founded by the late Bill Collings, Collings Guitars has spent decades setting the benchmark for what a handcrafted instrument can be. While originally famous for their acoustic guitars, Collings applied that same obsessive attention to detail to their electric lineup. The result is a collection of semi-hollow and solid-body instruments that offer unparalleled clarity, sustain, and dynamic response.
Whether you are looking to buy a Collings electric guitar online or testing one in our showroom, these instruments represent an investment in lifetime craftsmanship.
The Collings Philosophy: Obsessive Attention to Detail
What makes Collings the choice of serious musicians and collectors worldwide is their refusal to compromise on any stage of the build process:
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Acoustic-Style Tuning: Collings hand-tunes the wood tops and backs of their semi-hollow electrics (like the I-35 and Eastside series) to ensure the body resonates as a single, cohesive unit. This gives their electric guitars an incredibly rich, organic, and "woody" acoustic character.
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Flawless Fretwork & Playability: Every neck is hand-sanded and fretted with microscopic precision. The fret ends are perfectly dressed, and the neck profiles are carved to offer an incredibly comfortable, broken-in feel from day one.
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Premium Custom Pickups: Collings partners with boutique pickup winders like Lollar to design custom-voiced pickups that perfectly complement the natural resonance of their tonewoods, delivering exceptional note definition and clarity.
Iconic Models: The I-35, City Limits, and 290
Our collection features Collings' most celebrated electric designs, each built to deliver professional-grade performance:
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The Collings I-35 LC: A masterpiece of semi-hollow design. Utilizing premium laminate construction (LC) engineered in-house, the I-35 LC delivers a highly responsive, feedback-resistant tone with rich mid-range focus—perfect for jazz, blues, and rock.
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The Collings City Limits (CL): The ultimate single-cutaway solid-body. Crafted with a premium mahogany body and a carved maple top, the CL offers thick, singing sustain with incredible high-end clarity.
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The Collings 290: A solid-body powerhouse featuring dual Lollar Soapbar P90 pickups. Simple, elegant, and raw, the 290 is the ultimate rock 'n' roll workhorse.
The Music Street Difference: Professional Setup Included
An instrument of this caliber deserves nothing less than perfection. Unlike box-shifting online retailers, our expert team in Huntingdon treats every Collings guitar with the absolute care it deserves. Our in-house luthiers perform a complete, professional setup on every instrument before shipping, adjusting the truss rod, bridge height, and intonation to ensure your new Collings plays flawlessly straight out of the box.
