The Collings MT O Mandolin features an Engelmann spruce top and an Eastern flame maple back and sides. It also features a gloss black top with oval hole.
The MT O combines Collings affordable satin finish and simplified appointments with the same quality construction and tone woods as our fully-appointed A-style models. With a carved Engelmann spruce top and maple back and sides, the MT O produces a rich, woody tone that one would expect from a professional quality mandolin. The oval sound hole accentuates the bass and low mid response while providing a warm, open tonality that is rich in overtones.
While both models share the same body shapes, dimensions, and standard appointments, the Collings MT features f-holes on the top, while the MT O incorporates an oval hole design and voicing. The MT O accentuates the bass and low mids, adding warmth and openness, while the MT offers more cut and chop.
DETAILS:
- Construction: A-style
- Top: Engelmann spruce
- Back/Sides/Neck: Eastern flamed maple
- Soundhole: Oval hole
- Body Binding: Tortoise (top)
- Fingerboard Binding: None
- Peghead Binding: None
- Bracing: X-brace
- Bridge: Ebony w/ adjustable saddle
- Fingerboard: Ebony w/ MOP dots
- Nut: 1 3/16"
- String Spacing: 1 9/16"
- Neck Profile: Rounded V
- Neck Joint: Dovetail
- Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver
- Truss Rod: Fully Adjustable
- Peghead Veneer: Ebony w/ MOP Collings logo
- Tuners: Nickel Gotoh w/ black buttons
- Scale Length: 13 7/8"
- Fingerboard Radius: 7" - 11 5/8" compound
- Body Finish: Satin nitrocellulose lacquer
- Pickguard: None
- Tailpiece: Collings original tailpiece
- Strings: D'Addario EJ74 (.011" - .040")
- Case: Deluxe hardshell case
