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Good article (5 pages) on E20ooss/v & E20ss/v reviewed in 'Guitarist' magazine. Very positive especially the E10ss/v which garnered a 9/10 Guitarist Choice rating - with the comment 'An absolute beast of an instrument that has just about everything you need in a punchy toneful dread!'.
Then, the next two pages feature an interesting interview with Pepijn 't Hart - Eastman's product development manager. He touched upon the influence of Dana Bourgeois who has been working with Eastman's top luthier - Tekua. Pepijn stated that Eastman' dreads are now a little smaller - the same size as Bourgeois' models. The acoustics' tops are a little thinner and some braces a little thicker. Also, there is a kiln in the workshop and wood is dried without being torrefied - which replicates two or three years air drying. Finally, he mentioned what we already know, that the new Touchtone range will be unveiled at Summer NAMM. Good read.
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