The SoCo Deluxe is Collings' top configuration of the SoCo, and the one built in solid wood: a hand-carved premium flamed maple top over a Honduran mahogany body, semi-hollow around a maple centre block that helps it resist feedback. Grained ivoroid binds the body, fingerboard and peghead, with matching ivoroid knobs, pickup rings and truss rod cover, and it runs without a pickguard so the flame stays in view.
The 15" lower bout keeps it light and balanced, and Collings credits the carved top with an articulate voice. A pair of Lollar Low Wind Imperial humbuckers with 50s-style wiring sits over a Kluson ABR-1 and stop tailpiece. The mahogany neck joins on a long mortise and tenon with a heel shaped for reaching the upper frets, on a 24 7/8" scale.
The SoCo LC Deluxe carries the same trim on laminate maple, and the SoCo LC is the laminate build in its standard dress. It can be built up with Collings' options for tops, finishes, trim and inlays, listed below.
The photo shows one example build.
Options for this model include:
- Nonstandard, premium and metallic finishes
- Aged finish and hardware
- ThroBak humbuckers
- Bigsby vibrato
- Parallelogram or broken glass inlays
- Gold hardware
- 60s neck profile
- Left-handed build
Price subject to change based on options chosen.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA (built in Austin, Texas)
Construction: Semi hollow w/ maple center block
Body: Honduran mahogany
Top: Premium flamed maple
Soundhole: F-holes (unbound)
Body Binding: Grained ivoroid
Pickguard: None
Guitar Finish: High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
NECK
Neck: Honduran mahogany
Neck Joint: Extra long mortise & tenon
Scale Length: 24 7/8"
Fingerboard: Rosewood w/ MOP long dots
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Fingerboard Binding: Grained ivoroid
Frets: Medium 18% nickel-silver
Nut: 1 11/16"
Truss Rod Cover: Grained ivoroid
Peghead Profile: Haircut
Peghead Veneer: Ebony w/ MOP Collings logo
Peghead Binding: Grained ivoroid
ELECTRONICS
Pickups: Lollar Low Wind Imperial Humbuckers
Pickup Rings: Custom grained ivoroid
Pots/Caps: CTS 500K / Jupiter Vintage Yellow
Wiring: 50s style
Knobs: Custom grained ivoroid top hat
HARDWARE
Bridge: Kluson ABR-1(nickel-plated zinc w/ retaining wire)
Tailpiece: Kluson Stop Tailpiece (nickel-plated zinc, steel studs)
Tuners: Nickel Gotoh w/ Collings logo
Strings: D'Addario NYXL1149 (.011" - .049")
DIMENSIONS
Body Width: 15"
Body Length: 19"
Body Depth: 1 5/8"
Total Length: 40 1/4"
CASE
Case: Deluxe hardshell case



