Well I have had my lovely E10 00 SS now for about 4 months or so. Wow.

The top and back are so resonant. When others play guitars around me it acts like a speaker, and vibrates. Tapping the top, and back, just with my finger tips brings out lovely tones, a bit like those clever luthiers do when explaining tap tones, only more so. If anyone is any doubt about a this wee guitar, it has plenty of base, is supremely balanced, and lovely mid tones.

The trebles are clear with this Adi top, as expected. I would say the mid tones come from the top and from inside the body, the highs mainly the top, and in the last couple of months the bass comes from everywhere!

I want to share this with everyone in hopes that it will help deter anyone from falling victim to anything similar.

I recently got a notification from Reverb for a deal on a 'McPherson Guitar 5.0XP Redwood and Macassar Ebony' that immediately seemed too good to be true at $1,435.11. I did message the seller however, to see why he was selling it for such a low price and he responded that he needed to get it sold quickly. Asking him more questions, he was well versed in guitar terminology and came across as legit. Soon after I saw the guitar was no longer available, so someone went for it.

A few days later I get a message from the owner of the account saying he had been hacked and not to buy anything from his account. I've been in contact with him over that last week getting the scoop on what happened and the poor guy is on the hook for over a thousand dollars in taxes and seller fees for the stuff that got sold through his account by this hacker. I'm staying in touch with him as he sorts this all out to learn how this all happened and I'll report what I learn as I learn it. I thought Reverb was well insulated from this kind of stuff and it's disappointing to learn that it's not.

I've shared this exact same message on the Acoustic Guitar Forum also.  Feel free to alert others on forums you may participate in.  Personally, I just changed my Reverb password to something much stronger than I originally had.

I found an E10OM-TC Locally. Doug at Guitars San Diego knew I was looking and emailed me that he had one. 

I took an extended lunch break on Friday and drove down to check it out. When I arrived, Doug informed me that the sales rep for the western US was coming in any minute. I was picking the E10 when he arrived. As Doug was introducing us the rep goes "hey I know this guy." He walked over to shake my hand "Roger, it's Steve from the Blue Guitar." I didn't recognize him at first because the last time I saw him was 30 plus years ago, and at the time was a young rocker dude with hair down to the middle of his back. Steve took over management of the store after I left. 

We sat around and swapped stories for about a half hour. Really cool to see him again. Problem was, I had to get back to work and didn't have time to really check out the guitar.

It all worked out however. On Saturday I brought my E6OM-TC with me to compare. Long story short, I didn't need to compare them. The E10 was far and away the better guitar. 

Doug took the E6 on trade. He gave me a very generous deal, and I have a new E10OM-TC.

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How would you guys describe the neck on these?  I know it's a C profile but would you consider it full, medium, chunky?  Thanks!

Great guitar.  Not selling because I want to but trying to keep up with medical/dentals costs so far this year.   Purchased last June and played moderately for a number of months but the last few months hasn't gotten much attention.  Excellent shape no dings or bruises.  Scratches on pick guard.   Asking $850 which includes shipping (worst case) and no fees. 

Does any one know what type of mahogany Eastman uses. Apparently there’s like a million types? Like African, Honduran, Etc.

Looking at the top grain on my E10D, it looks more like Sitka spruce that Adirondack spruce. Is such tight grain pattern common on Adi spruce? It’s tight throughout the entire top. Kinda puzzling but I don’t know a ton about tonewood. I posted on the agf as well but I don’t post photos over there. Thoughts?

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What have you tried and what do you love? DR Rares sound great on mine. Trying Daddario PB’s now. They don’t hold up to the Rares at all. They are thinner and less lively which is odd. I’ve never considered Rares a lively string.

The new guitar arrived yesterday and what can I say, it's an Eastman.  Four Eastmans now and every single one a keeper.  Six months ago I was committed to thinning the herd, but after discovering Eastman all I want to do is buy more!  Oh well, at least it's not an addiction that's going to kill me.

Hi, after years of reading about Eastman my curiosity finally got the better of me and I bought a 10SS which arrived Thursday. I want to say I am very impressed! I don't want to write proper impressions yet as I've only managed a couple of hours with it on Bank Holiday, but for the money (£925 for the actual guitar, but I had to get it shipped to the UK from Holland which added a lot of expense - could not find a UK vendor which had this model in stock) it's a very impressive guitar with this shimmering top end that is not brittle at all, really nice. 

I would like to write more impressions especially after I put it through its first string change. But I also have a few questions about the guitar and I've been lurking here for a couple weeks, so I thought I would try asking them here before contacting Eastman? 

The seller said it was a 2021 model but didn't specify and there were enough fingerprints and hairline scratches on the top here and there (barely noticeable) to think the guitar has been played a little bit and the film had been taken off the pickguard. The serial is M2113294

I wanted to date it to confirm whether it has the older nitro finish or not? 

Which kind of material are the bridge pins Eastman uses? They look like real ebony? 

The tuning heads are Ping, correct? I don't know the brand at all. If I have one criticism so far it's that trying to make the smallest adjustment, especially on the wound 3rd, is a bit like pulling a tooth! They look fine and feel light though. 

And one final question; what is the scalloping like on Eastmans? Is it aggressive like Martin's HD and Authentic range or more conservative? The guitar is a cannon, boomy but I also feel like I can tame the boominess lot easier than I could my Martin HD28. 

And that's another thing; it apparently shipped with the factory DAddario EXP 012-.053's, yet if you dig into this guitar it is SO LOUD! I'm usually a medium snob, occasionally using a hybrid set with a 14 high E and 57 low E, but this guitar is so loud I might actually be able to have it properly set up for COMFORT! Very pleased with that! 

Many thanks for letting me post this, I lurk and occasionally post on the Martin forum and it's good there's an Eastman forum now as I get more into the brand.