NNGD? Not-A-New-Guitar-Day, and not an Eastman, either.. This is a McNeela bouzouki from McNeela Music in Dublin, Ireland. I said I had a hankering to try playing an octave mandolin, which is (essentially) a bouzouki. It's tuned as an Irish bouzouki usually is GG-DD-AA-DD. I would have preferred an Eastman MDO605, but even an MDO305 isn't in the budget for something I'm trying on a mad whim. The McNeela bouzouki, even coming from Dublin, was less expensive than any of the Eastman octave mandos, with a solid spruce top and rosewood laminate back and sides. Though it's not a professional level instrument, it's certainly playable and will allow me to learn bouzouki/octave mando. if I get good enough down the road and finances allow, I'll look to the Eastman offerings for a better instrument.

In the meantime, I'm learning chords and starting to get familiar with a much narrower neck...  

I'm looking for an E8om-TC Alpine top, which are impossible to find in Canada. There's one available at an American dealer, but I can't find out how much the duty would be from the government sites here in Canada. Any Canadian members know? Thanks for any help.

I found this vid about constructing a guitar from newsprint quite entertaining - you might:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLzOhjtr...mb_rel_end

Hey guys,

Any feedback on these? I owned a cedar top Takamine which I loved.

I am thinking can’t lose at $579?

just when I thought I was out I’m pulled back in.

Compacq - I  read your recent post where you said you owned five Martin guitars. If you are willing to share your views on them I for one would be interested in what you have to say.

I have played acoustic guitar for over 50 years and I have owned some of the very best guitars, all the names you know. I currently own five Martins and three Eastmans and I believe that I have a very good idea of what a quality instrument should look, feel, play, and sound like. Bottom line? Eastman has done it again! This guitar sounds very much like the E1D, but with a slightly deeper tone. The Ovangkol gives the E3DE a tone much like rosewood, but with more midrange so the overall sound is very well balanced. Like the E1D the workmanship is near perfect. The E3DE is beautiful, plays easily with a low action, and sounds rich and full. Also like the E1D, the micro thin satin finish allows the wood to age quickly so the guitar “plays in” in a shorter amount of time than a guitar with a gloss finish would require. To top it all off, this guitar retails for under $800! And for this price you get REAL EBONY fingerboard and bridge, no richlite on this guitar. It also comes with a Fishman Sonitone pickup built-in so you’re ready to plug in. IMHO Eastman’s E1, 2, and 3 series guitars offer the best “bang for your buck” in the industry. No other guitar maker gives you as much for your money as Eastman.
PS: I DO suggests using Ernie Ball Aluminum Bronze Light (12-54) Guitar Strings and a good quality hard shell case.

Sorry for being so slack !
Had the guitar for a few weeks now and I am extremely pleased I must say and it has done some time in the studio and 4 gigs so far I have not got any good close up photos to show you however if allowed I have made 2 short rough and ready video clips if of any interest. 

I am looking at getting one of the parlour 12 fret size Eastmans soon as they are possibly my favourite type of acoustic so will be going to have a try out sometime soon.
Anyway here is a link to youtube and 2 videos of my Eastman

Eastman E6 OM- TC with torrified Sitka top and mahogany back and sides in like new condition with OEM hard case and LR Baggs M80 pickup installed. 

Playability and sound both excellent. Professional setup.

$900...$800 without pickup....Seller will assume PayPal fee.

Buyer will be responsible for shipping.

Neck Material:Mahogany
Fingerboard:Ebony
Fingerboard Radius:12"
Neck Profile:Traditional Even "C"
Nut:Bone 1 3/4"
Fretwire:20 Jescar-FW43080
Scale Length:24.9"
Body Dimensions:15" X 4-1/4"
Bracings:Hand-Carved Scalloped X
Body Top:Solid Thermo-Cured Sitka Spruce
Body Back/Sides:Solid Mahogany
Bridge/Saddle:Ebony/Bone, 2-5/32" Spacing
Rosette:Classic
Truss Rod dual Acting
Binding:Top/Back
Binding Material:Black Plastic
Logoearl Headstock
Inlayearl Dots
Side Dot Color:White
Bridge Pins:Ebony
Body Finish:Gloss Finish
Back/Sides Finish:Gloss Finish
Hardware Color:Nickel
Pickguard:Tortoise Shell 
Tuners:Open-Gear Pingwell V93N 3+3

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Brian, if you feel this is inappropriate for EGF at all, please delete this entire thread!

I've opened a site on BandCamp.com for my original music. If you want to check it out, you're welcome to do so, but I won't be mentioning it here again, since that's not what this site is for; the intention of BandCamp is allow musicians to get paid for their work. My son's band has their album up there, for instance. Right now, my site's extremely sparse—there's only one single tune up there—but for anyone who wants to follow me on BandCamp, I can let you know through that site when new stuff appears.

And if you don't want to do that or you're simply not interested, that's perfectly fine. As I said, I know that's not what this site is for...

So my son recently decided he wanted to play guitar and squirreled my Reverend Manta Ray away in his room.  I had JUST swapped in Seth Lovers and it was sounding amazing so this hurt a bit.  Since then I've been stalking Dave's for a nice replacement and they've been dropping "used" electrics and acoustics over the past day and a half or so.  This popped up an hour ago and it's on the way to Memphis now!



SB59/V in Goldburst.  I've played SB59's before so I know I'll love the neck, and I'm interested in hearing how the Custom Imperial Lollars compare to my Seth Lovers.  Knowing that Dave's exists is the worst thing for my GAS.