Check! Check! This thing on?  not much activity around here.

I haven't had a chance to play Eastman's jumbo, but I did have a chance to play this Guild jumbo the other day:  https://acousticvibesmusic.com/products/...l-rosewood

My goodness - this thing was LOUD!  A cannon... it was a delight to play a guitar with that amount of volume and projection.  It led me to this question: what's the loudest acoustic guitar you've ever played (that also sounded good)?

I love this version :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpr4Lc0ORJ4

but also the 1930s original by the Mississippi Sheiks who wrote it. Great blues fiddle!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBuK2ZOZq6o

To me, this is as much art as any Schubert song I've heard.

Couldn't be happier with my Eastman SB55DC/v Antique Varnish!

Attached Files

IMG_20220621_185127.jpg

File size: 1.62 MB

Downloads: 55

Well I have been looking for a single or no pickup Eastman archtop for a while and found this. I found it on GC and is advertised as an AR403CE. But it looks like it may be a different model than a 403. But I have looked on several websites and I can't quit pinpoint it. From the pics that I have seen the 403 has a rosewood FB with dots, peghead is not bound, pickguard is not bound, etc. Anyone have a clue? The AR503's I have seen do not have a bond peghead and the AR603's appear to be mahogany back and sides. Anyone have a clue? I probably will not have it in my hands until 7/8/2022 at the earliest.

Attached Files

Eastman AR.jpg

File size: 330.24 KB

Downloads: 39

Eastman AR2.jpg

File size: 282.6 KB

Downloads: 34

anyone like em? my local mom and pop music store is going out of busines and everything is discounted, but the only 12/53 set they had were Cleartone so I snaged a pack just to try em.

I was looking for a cheap guitar to leave out so the kids could play it...or me...without pulling out my Taylors or Eastmans.

i was looking at some of the non fully solid offerings from eastman, but decided on a Harley Benton CLA-15M all solid mahogany guitar.  It's here, shipped to the USA for under 300.00 total!

It sounds good...feels good....was nearly in tune out of the box. I have not had time to do any adjustments other than a truss rod tweak and some sanding down of hte bone bridge.

Tuners are amazing...havne't moved at all after tuning.  Way better than expected.

Here's my questions:

1) the guitar is VERY light.  So light that it resonates like crazy (in a good way), but feels like there's nothing in my hands. My taylors (a GC and an AD) feel very heavy in comparison.  The AD has ovangkol bakc and sides which is much heavier than hog, but my GC is spruce/sapele and is still much heavier.  Is this a bad thing? What could be contributing to the difference in weight? Is hog THAT much lighter by definitoin? No electronics so that doens't affect anything.
2) The HB is a thinner tone than expected.  It does resonate iwth some bass when I need it to, but I figured the hog would be a naturally darker guitar...and that's not the case.  It's not a bad sound, it's different, but I expected close to muddiness.  This is very NOT dark and muddy.  Very clear.

I need to probably get it setup a bit because it tends to have a few rattles that I don't have on my Taylors....but it was 222 plus shipping....my Taylors are 2,000 each.  No fret sprout, but probably needs some touching up.

Anybody else have any experience iwth the all solid wood series from harley benton?
 

• Custom Line Solid Wood Series
  
• Style: Auditorium
  
• Top: Solid mahogany
  
• Back and sides: Solid mahogany
  
• Neck: Mahogany
  
• Fingerboard: Pau Ferro
  
• SnowFlake fingerboard inlays
  
• Neck profile: Oval C
  
• Scale length: 643 mm (25.3")
  
• Nut width: 43 mm (1.69")
  
• Bone nut
  
• 20 frets
  
• Pau Ferro bridge with bone bridge inlay
  
• Deluxe Antique Copper open tuners
  
• Factory strings: Daddario XTAPB1253 .012 - .053 (Art. #471307#)
  
• Colour: Natural matt
  

Here it is

Eastman fans have one thing in common, we appreciate a good value for a well-made instrument with quality tone woods.  

I placed an order for a 000-16 StreetMaster today.  Torrefied Adirondack on rosewood.  I'm not sure if the finish will grow on me or not, but I'm willing to give it a try for $1700 ($1999 list less $300 Fourth of July sale).  

https://www.martinguitar.com/guitars/000...aster.html

I’ve owned several all solid eastmans and they are amazing.
I have never seen it played one with laminate back and sides.

I’m your experience, how do they compare?

I recently bought a Harley Benton all solid mahogany 000, and it’s very nice. However, I’m toying with the idea of getting something a little better in quality that might not be all solid.

Ideas?

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru...p?t=648838

That strikes me as a very good price with shipping included.