Collings had Lyle Lovett’s first Collings guitar in the shop. It was the third guitar that Collings made twenty plus years ago. That sale was the sale that caused the initial interest in Collings guitars and the rest is history. I was telling someone yesterday that ten years ago — I’d heard a story that Gibson guitars had asked Bill what he would charge to help Gibson fix their quality control problems? Bill told them: ‘Five million dollars.’ End of discussion.
Bill makes these world class instruments but doesn’t play the guitar. You have to love that…