Good troubleshooting. Buy an extra gearbox and motor or rebuild the great box once you get a new one installed. That's what my Dad would do. Hope you get it sorted.
Hi Kenny.. I love your videos and playing and this wonderful story! Keep sharing with us. Does that guitar have a tongue brace? (Like a standard D1) or has the tongue brace been removed (like Collings D1 traditional models)? Thanks
Kenny, that's a great story. How nice to get your guitar back after all the comings & goings. I visited the Collings factory in 1995, met Bill and Steve McReary. I had just gotten them to build me an OM-42 the previous year and I was in the US on a visit from Ireland, was in the Austin area, called the factory and Steve collected me at the bus stop, bought me lunch and showed me around the factory on Signal Hill. Great people there. I love your beautiful flowing playing. A joy to listen to and watch!
I played a Collings at a shop near Boston 10 years ago. I knew instantly it was the one. Ten years later I bought a D2H from a dealer on line without playing it first and it’s just the best. Love it.
Hey, Kenny: I have a 1993 D2H that I bought here in Hawaii. My first music partner was the second owner, I think, and he sold it to me. I have no idea how the guitar wound up in Hawaii. There was a store here called Island Guitars and they featured quite a few high-end guitars just when they were getting popular. It is Sitka and Rosewood. From day 1, i noticed how wide the top grain was. I even asked Steve McCreary at Collings if it was Adirondack. He said no that is was Sitka. It also has a Brazilian overlay on the headstock. I have other guitars, but this Collings has the sweetest sound of all. Magic. Loved your story. Aloha from Hawaii - MIKE McCRARY
Brother I enjoy the stories as much as I ever have the playing. I’m especially grateful for this one, as it seems to be a continuous day after day challenge, to try to prove an illustrate to the nonplayer, but frequent buyer of Guitars, that Adirondack is not the only species in the world worth playing.
@@kennysmithguitar447 brother that means a lot to me. I still remember the old days when we were a little younger, and you and The River Band were playing around these parts, like at the Apple Shop in Whitesburg Kentucky. You’re playing has always meant a lot to me. By the way, man that Lucas was balls to the wall! And absolutely great guitar, and I wish he would be able to get back building those.
Great story Kenny. Any guitar that you play is just going to sound awesome because it is in your hands. I’ve not got a Collins yet, but when I get one I’m going to have to name it Randall! My wife and I name all our instruments and Randall Collins is one great song that that name could play tribute to 😊. I love the version you recorded
I favor 18:1 ...they are easy to turn, you can still sneak up on the pitch , however they are faster to wind if you break a string in the middle of a venue... 16:1 aren't bad but 18:1 is better.... 21:1 is a little too much cranking to suit me... especially on an instrument with a lot of tinners like a 12 string, mandolin, mandola, Bouzuki, ect ..
Kenny and Amanda, you both are a true blessing! Thank you for your music! We come to see you when you are in the area! This is a powerful song and you do an awesome job on it! And the ending is the topping on the cake!
@kennysmithguitar447 If I may ask, do you use the same EJ-22 on these old rosewoods, or something else? Also, what pick are you using these days? Thanks.
Wouldn't call Kenny Smith mediocre and also I think it's the other way around...a holy grail guitar in the hands of someone who doesn't know how to use it is tragic.
I concur with other comments here that sing the praises of the instrument and the musician. Beautiful instrument, smooth, tasty playing. Thank you Gary for sharing that gem of a guitar, and thank you Kenny for helping it sing.
That old Martin sounds incredible and the player is a master at finding all the right notes, Kenny is one of my favorites, his style of playing is inspiring, makes me want to play better every time I pick up a guitar, Kenny one of the best, THANKS for sharing.
Kenny could play a guitar fifty years and never put a pick scratch on it! He’s so smooth and effortless. Plays so gentle yet gets all the tone a guitar has!
