Acoustic guitar serial numbers are stamped into the mahogany neck block inside the body of the guitar. The 3-5 digit serial number can be seen by looking through the soundhole toward the neck. Serial numbers can be difficult to read in poor lighting, so a small flashlight may be helpful in accurately reading the number. The official source of information for Collings custom handmade acoustic guitars, electric guitars, mandolins, ukuleles and archtop guitars. Please have your model, serial number, and place of purchase information ready or include it in your email.

Collings Guitar Serial Numbers

Ode to an Era

Founded by master luthier Bill Collings, the Waterloo guitar line is a look back in time to when there was a genuine need for soulful tone that could be coaxed from simple instruments. The blues, country, and folk music played on these instruments was made in heartfelt response to the hard times of the depression era. It was music heard in work camps and barn dances, kitchens and honky-tonks, porches, street corners and churches. These musical styles became the roots of popular American music for decades to come. The Waterloo brand is all about capturing the voice and spirit of the very best depression era guitars in well-made and very playable instruments.

Collings Electric Guitars Serial Numbers

2016 Collings Baby 2h in excellent condition, serial number is 26271. This is the smallest acoustic carried by Collings, and packs a great amount of resonance and volume for it’s size. Solid sitka spruce top with herringbone binding, rosewood back and sides. Headstock and bridge are proportional to the body size which is roughly ¾ size version of the OM body shape. This baby 2h is in great condition and sounds great. Comes with the original hardshell case.

Collings Guitars Serial Numbers

Top Sitka spruce
Back & Sides E. Indian rosewood
Neck Honduran mahogany
Body Binding Ivoroid with herringbone purfling
Fingerboard Binding None
Peghead Binding None
Bridge Ebony small belly-style with 2 3/16' spacing
Fingerboard Ebony with abalone short diamond & squares
Fingerboard Radius 14' - 26' compound
Bridge Pins/End Pin Ebony with MOP dot
Nut Bone, 1 11/16'
Saddle Bone, drop-in
Neck Profile Modified V
Peghead Profile Tapered square with volute
Neck Joint Mortise & tenon hybrid
Truss Rod Fully adjustable
Frets Medium 18% nickel-silver
Peghead Veneer Stained Exotic Ebony with MOP Collings logo
Tuners Nickel Waverly (16:1 ratio)
Backstrip 2-style (Zipper)
Rosette iv/tort/iv & b/w purflings
Scale Length 24 1/8'
Brace Material Sitka spruce
Brace Pattern Pre-war scalloped X-brace
Body Finish High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
Neck Finish High gloss polyester resin
Pickguard Tortoise
Strings D'Addario EJ-16 (.012'- .053')
Case Deluxe hardshell case by TKL