The Catalogue
Collings
Order a Collings guitar or mandolin in Canada, from Ottawa. This page carries the current range: flat-top acoustics, hollow, semi-hollow and solid body electrics, and A and F-style mandolins. We order it in, set it up on our bench and ship it insured.
Collings ordering guide and questions
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Pick it and choose how to pay
Pick the model and finish. Pay in full, or pay a 25% deposit and the balance when it arrives. Either way, the order goes to the supplier.
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We email you an ETA
It varies by product, anywhere from two weeks up to several months. Want a date first? Ask us in the chat before you order. Otherwise we confirm the ETA by email once your order is in, and if it changes, you can cancel.
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Set up, then shipped
When it lands, we collect any balance, set it up your way, and ship it insured.
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Why Lauzon Music
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Ordering guide
Ordering a Collings from Lauzon Music
The current Collings range
Collings sorts its acoustics by body size, small, mid-sized and large, and its electrics into solid body, semi-hollow and hollow body. Mandolins come in A and F styles. All of it is built in Collings' shop in Austin, Texas.
- Small-body acoustics. Baby, Parlor, 0, 00 and 000 models, many in both 12-fret and 14-fret versions
- Dreadnoughts. The D1, D2H and D3, and the DS models
- OM and larger acoustics. The OM range, C10, CJ, SJ and the Winfield
- Semi-hollow electrics. I-35 LC, I-35, SoCo and 620, in standard and Deluxe trim
- Hollow body electrics. I-30 LC, the 470 JL Julian Lage signature, Eastside, Ladybird and 620 SM LC
- Solid body electrics. 290, 360 Baritone, 71 and CL
- Mandolins. A-style MT models with an open tone and sweet midrange, and F-style MF models with more low end and a thick chop
What a Collings costs to order
Current Collings models in the Catalogue run from about $6,000 to $25,300, with acoustics, electrics and mandolins side by side. The F-style MF5 mandolins sit at the top of it.
Ordering a Collings through us
Pick the model, then the woods, finish and options Collings offers on it, and we put the order in with Collings. When it lands we set it up on our bench and ship it insured. Lauzon Music is established as a top Collings dealer in Canada, and is the biggest Collings electric dealer in Canada. For a Collings spec'd from scratch, see custom orders. See the Collings guitars in stock now.
Questions
Collings questions, answered
Which Collings models can I order?
Any model on this page: acoustics from the Baby and Parlor up to the SJ and Winfield, the I-35, SoCo, Eastside, 470 JL and other hollow and semi-hollow electrics, the 290, 360 Baritone, 71 and CL solid bodies, and the MT and MF mandolins. If the Collings you want isn't listed, ask us in the chat.
What does LC mean on a Collings electric?
It marks the laminate construction Collings developed for models like the I-35 LC and I-30 LC: maple laminate top, back and sides, voiced to respond acoustically together with the pickups.
Should I order an A-style or an F-style Collings mandolin?
Collings voices its A-style mandolins for an open tone and sweet midrange, which makes them versatile. The F-style has a bit more low end and a thick chop, and Collings builds it as a bluegrass mandolin.
Can I order a Collings built to my own spec?
Yes. We can spec a Collings with you, from the woods and finish to the neck and appointments, and put the order in. See custom orders.
Pre-orders
Pre-order questions
How much do I pay today?
Your choice: the full price, or a 25% deposit. On a deposit, the balance is due when the guitar reaches the shop, before it ships to you.
When will it arrive?
It varies by product, anywhere from two weeks up to several months. If you'd like a date first, ask us in the chat and we'll check with the supplier before you order. If you're ready now, go ahead: we confirm the ETA by email once your order is in, and if it changes, we let you know and you can cancel.
Can I cancel?
Yes, any time before the supplier invoices it and ships it to us. We refund what you paid less 3% to cover the card processing fee.
Once it has shipped to us it is a special order and final sale. If it arrives with something wrong, we put that right.
What if the price goes up before it arrives?
You pay the price you ordered at. Once your order is placed we hold that price, even if the supplier raises it before the guitar arrives.
Is the setup included?
Yes. A pre-order is an online order, so it gets the same free setup on our bench before it ships.
Can I finance it?
Paying in full: yes, in Canada and the US. Choose Shop Pay Installments as your payment method at checkout in either country, or PayPlan by RBC in Canada. The plan, the rate and the approval sit with the provider, and you see the terms before you agree to anything.
Paying a 25% deposit: the deposit can't be financed, and it's paid by card or PayPal.
More on Financing.
Can I pay with Shop Pay or Apple Pay?
Not on a deposit: Shopify only takes a pre-order deposit by card or PayPal. Pay in full and checkout works as usual.
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