Hello everyone, last week I took my E10D-TC for a setup. The low E string was rattling and I thought this was because I slotted the nut too low. I talked to the tech and he said he left the nut alone because it was fine and instead said he filed down the first fret just a bit.

By his measurements the high first fret was causing the buzzing. I’ve never heard of this before but this tech works on a lot of Eastman guitars as the shop carries pretty much the full line. He said he was seeing a lot of high first frets these days.

What do you guys think? Have any of your Eastmans had a high first fret?

Now the guitar plays great with no buzzing.

Hi folks, 
This is a first time out (I think) on this forum so I'm trying  to work out how to post some pics.

Following on from my 'invasion' of PV's thread on his beautiful AC630-BD, I think its a bit of a hit and miss affair with Eastman and pickguards. Or at least it seems to be, with the AC630 and others.

After discussing this a couple of retailers, it seems that either the dealers have to source/affix the pickguards, or the guitar is supplied without one. Possibly it's a region thing, ie. UK and Europe don't have them on, but USA etc do. 

If you look at their web site, all the models have pickguards. Strange and puzzling.

I would love to hear of any owners who have had issues with their pickguards' availability, on any Eastman model come to that, thanks.

Evening All (or Good morning if you are across the pond!)

I've now managed to play the SB59 in both varnish and nitro versions, and if I had the cash I'd buy both and add the stunning 55v as well, but I'm in enough trouble with the amount of guitars I have at the moment! I'm split between the gold-burst V and the sunburst N. Bright and shiny and new looking with SD59's which I already have fitted to another guitar that I own, or Lightly relic-ed and Loller pickups which sound fantastic.

One thing I have noticed from endless trawling on the internet is the variation in colour on the V. I'd really like one that looks like this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6i7sddw...nel=Guitar
(I'd also like to play like that too, but that's a different conversation!)

But the 2 that I've played (in different shops) have looked a lot lighter, almost yellow with very pale colouration. The backs too have been an awful lot lighter. Have Eastman changed the stain colour? or have I just tried 2 that are paler than usual? If any SB59V owners out there could offer some guidance and perhaps post a picture of their own guitar, I'd much appreciate it.

Perhaps this has already been discussed but I couldn't find much with a search...
 I recently bought a PCH3 Koa, which I'm enjoying playing very much while waiting for a new E8OM TC that 
I've ordered to arrive.
 I'm very impressed with the sound. Maybe I just got an exceptionally nice one? I was looking around inside to see what kind of bracing the guitar has- it looks very tidy in there- light X bracing with some small free standing arched reinforcements.
 Is there that much of a difference between light X bracing and scalloped bracing? I'm hoping to have my socks knocked off since the new one cost three times as much as the PCH.
 I'm also thinking about getting a PCH D size in mahogany because I don't have one- all my D's are rosewood.

Hey there,

I'm pretty close to buying an E6D-TC, and I'm trying to decide on which one I think looks best. I named them Jim and David so you can distinguish between the two.

I prefer when the top soundboards don't have the little line down the middle because it looks like two pieces of wood. I like it when the top soundboard looks like just one piece.

I know, I'm way over thinking this. Any feedback would be appreciated!

Jordan

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Hey there,

I'm wanting to buy a new guitar here soon, but was wondering if I am better off waiting for Black Friday deals? Do you guys typically see much better deals for Black Friday? I remember seeing some great discounts on Reverb during 4th of July and labor day

Cheers,

Jordan

I was watching this recent video and I wasn't sure if any one posted this.  In this video at 7:24 they show a cart of tops Dana has voiced for the collaboration.  It appears to me that they're braced like Dana does.  Scalloped on one side and tapered on the other.  Thought it was pretty cool to see what might be with these new guitars.  As the new owner of a Bourgeois that is setup like this, I must say it sounds excellent! 

So it appears Dana is making and voicing the tops completely in Maine and is then sending them to China for final assembly.  Also, I can't tell if the holes near the neck join mean that these will be bolt-on vs dovetail or not.  I'm looking forward to these. 

This looks like good fun - and you wouldn't bother wrapping it in cotton wool :-
https://acousticguitar.com/acoustic-guit...ne-weapon/

So I was intending to try some Bluegrass strings 12-56 on my Eastman SS, and out of the blue I saw that Sleigh was offering board members some from his stash so I jumped at the offer.  They arrived this week just as all the drama with the E10SS/V was also going on.  But I now have choices for the first official restring for "Itchy". 

So thanks very much for the strings!  I can't wait to try them.  I'm leaning towards trying the GHS first.  Any thoughts are welcomed.  I've attached a few picks of the Eastman with the string assortment.  Decisions decisions!

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