Somebody make an offer for this before I do!

1976 Guild D25m Acoustic Guitar USA | eBay

But what's interesting to me is I thought this was an all Mahogany model, but the top looks blonde almost like spruce, and the back and sides look almost like oak, but I'm sure it's just the finish and age. 

I have been playing my new E1OM so much the other guitars are being neglected. This guitar sounds so good and is so much fun I just can`t stop playing it. 95% of the time it`s the one I grab. Have it tuned double dropped D.

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Looking for something to offset the brightness of the maple and enhance the mellowness. Gonna go with mediums regardless.
Thoughts??

In the past I have been critical of Eastman on two main points - tuning machines and pickguards. Well I should also give credit where credit is due. I recently picked up a 2021 AC522CE. This is the redesigned model with armrest and sound port. The tuners are Gotoh SG301 and they are smoooooth. But the purpose of this post is to point out the guard. It is of high quality material with an excellent pattern. It came polished and best of all with polished radiused edges. Kudos to Eastman!!

More on the AC522CE-GB in a later post.

So I've had an E20D-TC for about a year now.  Getting to know the guitar has been very interesting.  Fit and finish and looks are outstanding on it, but the tone has always been a bit off in my mind.  And by that I mean that it wasn't delivering in the power and clarity that I wanted out of the guitar. 

So far two changes have helped dramatically IMO.  The first one was moving from phosphor bronze strings to 80/20.  To my ear, the 80/20s have helped with note separation and clarity when I strum.  

A second change, and arguably even more dramatic, has been to move from light gauge strings to mediums.  The medium 80/20s really move the top and the whole guitar now reverberates.  The tone is much more assertive while still being clear.  I've had guitars go somewhat dead on me with mediums (chocked the top) so I wasn't expecting this one to go in the other direction.  But this one will be on mediums for the foreseeable future.  

And finally, and the top of this post, is that I bought some unbleached bone pins from amazon.  They are super affordable, so I wasn't going for top quality.  I just wanted to compare them to the ebony pins and see if I notice any difference.  I've switched from plastic pins to ebony before and with one guitar I noticed a big immediate difference.  With the other, I didn't notice much at all, although I prefer the look so I left them on.  

The E20D-TC had ebony pins on and they were in fine shape.  But I noticed that most Martins have bone pins on their D28 / HD28 guitars so I wanted to see if it changed anything.  Much to my surprise, the guitar improved noticeable to my ear.  Now, part of that was that loosening and tightening the strings seems to liven them up.  But even a week or two later, the guitar has improved sustain and sharpened up the tone, which is something I was looking for.   So overall quite pleased with the change.  And for about $10, it is a no brainer to try for me.  Oh and the pins just dropped right in with no adjustment which is key.  

I'd definitely recommend trying it out.

direct swap-in or mod required? info and discussion of parts, upgrades, eastman-compatible specs

saddles, tuners, pick-up, bridge pins, pick-guards...
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Saddles for eastman acoustic guitars:

• "Fits Many Eastman Guitars 
  
• Length: 69 mm 
  
• Thickness: 3.2 mm 
  
• Height: 9 mm 
  
• Radius: 12 inches "
  

Received my E1D Classic finish earlier today! I wasn't planning on buying a guitar Monday morning, put it in my cart to check tax and shipping closed the window. Woke up Tuesday morning to that "Offer you can't refuse"!
WoW!!! Eastman blows it out of the park! great feeling neck, incredible sustain and tone. AND LOUD!!!

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Fare warning, I'm about to start complaining.  I've been wanting to try a Zero Glide nut for a while now and went to the Stewmac site to order one.  It was going to cost me 47.71 plus 11.00 shipping and with tax it came to 62.50.  Eleven dollars to drop something in an envelope that would cost them maximum maybe a buck to mail to me.  So I thought I'd check out the source themselves and went to the Gold Tone Music Group site, who makes them, to check their prices.  It cost me 34.99 with free 2nd day air!  Won't be going back to Stewmac again.

Just found this on AGF.  Looks like much cheaper prices for shipping.  

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I'd like to hear from any of you who have one of the DT series of guitars.  I'm most interested in the OM but discussions about any of them are welcome.