Introducing the Collings 470 JL – Julian Lage Signature Electric

The success of the Collings OM1 JL combined with Julian Lage’s love of electric guitars meant a second Collings-Julian collaboration was inevitable. But following such a highly praised signature model with yet another meant leaving nothing on the table. From its organic beginnings, the process envisioned by both parties was something designed and built from the sound up.

The Collings 470 JL results from years-long conversations, engineering, testing, tweaking, playing, and listening, and then doing it all over again until it was right. From first sketches through plugging in the final prototypes, every aspect of this model inside and out results from a unique approach, technique, and style – both from the builder’s and player’s point of view – culminating in a one-of-a-kind electric guitar experience. In collaboration with Julian Lage, here is the Collings 470 JL.

It represents everything I love about the electric guitar and is infused with the elegance and mastery that Collings brings to every instrument. It speaks to the early days of electric guitars, raw and powerful and alive, and points to the future as well. I can’t wait to hear it in the hands of other guitarists!

Julian Lage