https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuaZ6Z8meuk - OM and dread

This is one of my favorite local bands who are really breaking out now. Check out their Eastman guitars. 

Pain No More

Coming soon .. 

Just 200 pieces worldwide

Adirondack Spruce Thermo Cured Top w/ Quarter Sawn Amber Maple back and sides

Should be a STUNNER! 

Played on my E8OM.

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Hello everyone, I am happy to be here and tell you about my E6OM. Being a brand new player knowing only three open chords and possessing a fair amount of rhythm I was a bit overwhelmed when starting my search for a quality for price guitar for a beginner and my $500 budget.

I preferred new since I didn’t trust myself to know if I was looking at a problem or a great guitar. After much and I mean a lot of research, a number of trips to my local GC and indy stores I found I liked a 1 3/4” nut width and sizes a bit smaller than a dreadnaught. 

Drove a hour to a small well regarded shop to look at the E1OM/E2OM. I was mighty impressed and had made up my mind to bring the E1OM home with me. The owner asked me if I wanted to look at a used E6OM in excellent condition. Gorgeous sound, full, rich and ringing lushness with a beautiful bass timbre. I was awed. 

The store owner told me that this was a TC model and was built with a Alpine Spruce top. In the included and impressive Eastman case was the Certificate of Authenticity, an Eastman branded polishing cloth and a large card about Tonewoods and Alpine Spruce in particular. The guitar showed like brand new, case looked the same, it was my day! I spent more than my $500 budget but I was going past that by $80 with the E1OM so what’s a little more?

Sorry for the long post and if you have made it this far, thank you for reading. Happy to be here sharing my experience and hanging out with you all!

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Eastma...8459697.gc

That $899 price seems extremely low; Guitar Center usually lists a used AC422ce in "excellent" condition for about $200 to $300 more than that.  

If anybody's interested in it, you may want to call the store and have a sales person look it over to verify that it really is in excellent condition.  

I have one already.  I like that it has the longer scale length like a dread.  The om models are a little uncomfortable for me because of their shorter scale length.

Why do we never hear of torrefied Cedar? It must surely be possible to torrefy it? I wonder has as it ever been properly tried?

Has anyone played one of these? I once had one of the first year AC122's with layered back & sides & it sounded phenomenal. I traded it in for an E10-SS which is also phenomenal. 

I'm thinking of picking up another less expensive guitar for banging around & might go back to the AC122, and saw they had one with a cedar top. 

WOW! Sounds awesome! Is it?

First time posting here. I recently purchased this AC612. Mainly for fingerstyle. 

Eastman support told me it went through their shop in 2009. Highly flamed solid maple back and sides, Engelmann spruce top 

Does anyone else have one of these or know more about this model? 

Thanks!

Greatly interested in string recommendations other than the stock D'Addario EXTs for this guitar. Thank you in advance!