So I want a nice cedar over Mahogany. I have been looking at the Furch Blue and Taylor 5 series. Both obviously twice the cost at least of the Eastman. Will I be satisfied by the Eastman as far as tone, playability, and fit and finish. I have an E6D-tc and E10ooss/v That I love but those were both 1000+ guitars. The E2 is only 500....is the quality diminished at all at that price point. Will I be longing for the Furch or Taylor or will I be satisfied with the E2? Thanks

And yes I know it is sapele but I can live with that just fine. It mirrors the mahogany close enough to my ears.

Never realized until today.....the body depth of the 817 starts at 3.68 inches and measures 4.79 inches at the lower bout. Eastman was really on top of things when they built this guitar. No wonder this baby puts out such a sound.

It took a while, what with the way shop inventories are and all.  But today I unboxed my new E6OM and I really don't think I could be happier.

I have been waiting since August to find one, based simply on reputation - the way the two local shop owners who deal them responded with an enthusiastic "Oh yeah!" when I asked if Eastmans were as nice as I had heard, and the unvarnished love with which all you folks here speak.

I hadn't actually SEEN an Eastman until about a week ago, other than a beat-up PCH dreadnaught some housing-challenged kid was pounding at the farmers market last summer.  Health concerns being what they are, I was happy he didn't offer to let me play it.  But last week one local dealer got ONE in - not even a model I was interested in, but at least one I could try and judge for build quality, playability, and sound.  Very impressed!  Okay, if this is what they can do then one that fits my criteria - sitka, mahogany, shortened scale - very well may do it for me... if I have been told the truth.

I could never have imagined buying a guitar I had not played myself - or even held, for that matter - but obviously lots of people do it.  I'm gonna give it a shot, says I, if I find a dealer somewhere that strikes me as substantial and willing to work with me.  My first search was at a well-known shop that shall go unnamed.  Woe is me, their price had gone up $50 in the past few days - probably simply because they had inventory.

A Google search led me to Backstage Music in Starkville, Mississippi.  They are a four-time NAMM Top 100 Dealer, which gave me confidence.  They talked to me for quite a while, sent pictures and video, and promised to do whatever might be needed if I wasn't satisfied.  Shipping cost half of what sales tax would have been here.  Honestly, I would have preferred to deal locally, but six months is long enough to wait.

Allen McBroom, who runs Backstage Music, told me that in normal times they take inventory when needed, call Eastman to order, and have their goods in five days or so.  For the past months, though, it has been more a matter of calling and asking "What have you got?"  They (Eastman) always have the Cabaret and Gypsy models, he told me... but he has no market for these.

I am so happy that everything seems to have lived up to expectations.  I scored!!!

Gotta go play some more now...

Has Eastman raised prices on their traditional series guitars?  I’ve noticed LA Guitars has raised their prices on the OM series guitars.

Hi, Just stopping by to say hi... Picked up my first Eastman a 2020 - AR372CE-BD.. in Blonde..
Been looking for one and found this at Woodstock School of Music. Dave is a great guy and they are about a half hour from my house... I had to make it my own so I replaced the knobs and put pointers on and changed the switch tip..  She plays real nice !   I'm impressed !  - But Today my dealer got in this Black 2020 T486 and I just had to have it - So I returned this one for the T486.. The SD pickups in the 486 are way better than the Kent Armstrong in the AR372CE.. Dave was cool about it at Woodstock School of Music... So out with the old and in with the new... Quite a day for my first post...  Lol..

This one above returned and The new 2020 T486 below...

Hi
I am selling my E6D-TC on eBay (UK) with a K&K Ultra pure pickup installed. It is in immaculate condition. £799 plus £15 postage.?

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/710-53481-...olid=11111

OK - having nothing better to do I have compiled a list of my eleven best (ok favourite) acoustic guitar songs. Why eleven? Couldn't get it down to 10. What constitutes an acoustic song?  Your decision. I have included 'Won't Get Fooled Again' by Pete Townsend because his solo rhythm acoustic guitar version is stellar and captures the essence of the song. So, in no particular order :-

1.  Don't think Twice - Bob Dylan
2.  Cocaine Blues - Gary Davies
3.  Won't Get Fooled Again - Pete Townsend
4.  May You Never - John Martyn
5.  Horse With No Name - America
6.  Yesterday - Beatles
7.  Needle and The Damage Done - Neil Young
8.  American Pie - Don McClean
9.  Redemption Song - Bob Marley
10. Freedom (Woodstock version) - Richie Havens
11. The Beast In Me - Johnny Cash

Unfortunate omission? Wild World - Cat Stevens. (yes, I know that makes twelve).

NGD again for me. This is seven Eastman electrics. I changed the pu's to Monty's PAFs. Very cool guitar and plays like a broken in guitar should.

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AlanSam --

Here are a couple pics of my Roscoe LG-3005 five-string bass -- it was originally fretted, but I had my luthier remove the frets. He put in strips of mahogany veneer to replace them, which stand out nicely against the curly maple fretboard, then refinish the neck and set up the guitar.

The last picture is from Roscoe's site: the Roscoe as it originally was, fretted. The color of this was certainly photoshop enhanced, too -- the guitar has some color in the swamp ash, but it's absolutely not as red as that last pic.

Hey, Gruuv -- your turn!

Can anyone tell me anything about the Eastman AC410? I can find plenty on the AC412 - but absolutely nothing on the AC410. The guitar dates from 2008, and I have looked in this forum's catalogues without luck.