Hi all

not sure this was announced and you already know, but I was surprised to see an Eastman E40D TC Thermo Cured being on sale at the TFOA in the Netherlands. Just in apparently. 

Eastman E40D TC Thermo Cured | The Fellowship of Acoustics (tfoa.eu)

cheers from freezing and snowy Switzerland. 
Mitch

Hello all, just got my first Eastman and loving it! 

It's an E1 OM which is just what I was looking for  - smaller body and scale length since my current guitar (grand auditorium Sanden Model Tanglewood) was causing my dodgy shoulders to ache, thus leading to shorter playing time.  Even with 11-52 strings on it, the Sanden was causing me trouble in my shoulders because of the larger lower bout.  The E1 was my fist dipping the toes into Eastman guitars, having read and seen so many reviews and positive videos.   The E1 size is more comfortable and the action easier than the standard scale length on the Sanden.

So I am now a real Eastman OM convert, for both the body size and scale length.

So, my question to those in the know is this:  What more would I get from the higher models like the E8OM?  How much of an actual upgrade is the E8 over the E1?  For instance, the finish on the E1 is clearly lower budget than the other models, but I'm ok with that as playability has always been more of a priority for me. For my money on a higher model like the E8, do I just get some slightly better Rosewood and Sitka and a nicer quality finish, or does the guitar genuinely resonate and play better than the cheaper models?

Thanks for the benefit of your experiences.

Is anyone else here into putting guitars together?
I'm having a blast doing it . Have quite a few I've done this past year . I'm really into telecasters so that's been my favorite ones to do .
One of the greatest things is I love 24.75 and 1 11/16 nut . Warmoth seems to have a great neck , it's a conversion from 25.5 to 24.75. here's a few of the recent ones.

from instagram

I had an Eastman moment . I haven't been playing my Eastman's lately. Really gotten into putting guitars together and on a real telecaster kick. I posted a pic on Dusko's topic about his neck pickup . It got me playing my sb59 , wow what a great guitar . I've shared that I've owned quite a few Gibson Les pauls. I don't see me ever selling the sb59 or even thinking I need a Les Paul That's similar.
So of course more Eastman's started coming out lol!

I go back and forth playing these two and notice that there's a difference in the necks but can't describe it.  Both are ok but just wondering what I'm noticing.  Anyone have/had both or knows the two?

Hola, Fellow Pickers - After the Holidays I am headed for Florida for a couple months - I will be turning down the thermostat in the house for obvious reasons while I am away - also will be leaving at least one guitar (probably a beautiful E40D) at home during that time - does anyone have any thoughts on what the safe (low temp) range is for storage of acoustics is ? Thanks !!

i know, i know: for a few hundred more i should go all "all solid" and, yeah, each instrument --even within models-- is different, but here's one specific choice i'm presented with:

A new old stock AC22CE, solid sitka top, lam rosewood back and side

or
a PCH1-GACE, solid sitka top, lam sapele back and sides

or
a PCH3-GACE, solid sitka top, lam maple back and sides?

all have cut-aways and fishman sonitone electronics.


beyond the tone woods, might i expect better build quality from the ACC than from the PCH's? (The AC222 and PCH3 are comparably priced, the PCH1 is about $150 less). am losing anything tone or quality-wise by going the PCH route?

does tone wood make much of a difference in eastman laminates?

haven't had a chance to play any, but all shops have decent return policies.

experiences? thoughts?

thanks!
noah

I recently bought a 20OM tc but returned it within the week. It played nice alright, sounded really great but overall build quality was pretty poor, joints not really flush, pickguard had totally rough edges, tuning machines were cheap crap, inlay strip on the back wasn't flush, nut badly set. All in all not worth my 2000Euros or was I just unlucky and got a Monday morning mischief?

So I've been playing smaller-bodied guitars for the past four years or so.  After getting an E20OM I decided that was the way of the future and passed my S6 on to a local youth group.  After hitting a local bluegrass festival with friends last month, and realizing I had nothing appropriate, I started to wonder if it might be time to try another larger-bodied guitar. 

Stalking Dave's (as many of us do now) I spotted an E10SS/V last month, but couldn't tell from their pictures just how "reliced" it was.  Eventually someone over on AGF bought this guitar, reviewed as sounding and playing great, but not having the finish they remembered from an earlier model.  Photos were posted (that to me looked amazing) and they sent it back to Dave's.  A few days later it popped back up for sale and was shipped my way.

It made it to Memphis Saturday for its Tuesday delivery, and was dropped off yesterday afternoon.  My wife suggested I wait the 24 hours as noted on the box, but it's been over 50 degrees here for a while so that's not much of an issue.  The IR thermometer gun (money so well spent) confirmed the box, case, and guitar were all at ambient temp.  This might be the lightest Eastman I own.  There is some serious relicing done so I can see how that might have been a turn-off to the previous owner, but this will be a perfect guitar to take out.  No new dings will be noticed on this finish!

It's an E10SS so many of you know how it sounds--much more base (as expected) than an OO or OM but still balanced.  I love the varnish finish, and they've done something to the neck that makes it incredibly fast to slide around.  The slightly narrower nut hasn't caused any issues (another thing I was curious about) and I'm loving the amount of sustain this has on open chords.  It still has that tight-sounding new adi top, but I'm looking forward to seeing how this one ages.  Proof of life attached with a low-quality cell-phone shot from last night.

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