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, ...

The Collings Guitar Factory Tour takes visitors on a stroll through the intricacies of making some of the most exceptional musical instruments in the world. You don't have to be a musician to ...

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 ...

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Since 1979, Lyle Lovett has represented Bill Collings. Not as his manager. Not as a paid spokesperson. But as a fan. And as a guitar enthusiast who believes that the best acoustic instruments in the ...

There’s no better demo to showcase an acoustic guitar’s pristine tonal qualities than a respected flatpicker recording a full album of solo instrumentals using only that instrument. The all-new ...

Bill Collings, a respected luthier whose treasured guitars have been played by Keith Richards, Lyle Lovett, Pete Townshend, Joni Mitchell and many more, has died following a yearlong battle with bile ...

Collings makes some of the best acoustic guitars in the world and counts Lyle Lovett, Pete Townshend, Keith Richards, and Joni Mitchell among his customers. His company, located outside Austin on U.S.