Looking for a T486RB, the Ray Benson signature model. Eastman has discontinued this model and I don't think there are many to be found. Please contact me if you have one you'd be willing to part with.

Reality has hit and I need to raise some cash. For sale is my AC 522 CE. Those of you that have handled one know how great they are. For those of you who haven’t had the chance, here’s the details:

Top: Englemen Spruce
Back & Sides: Mahogany
Fretboard: Ebony
Binding: Maple
Electronics: LR Baggs soundhole mounted controls
MoP Fretboard markers and pin heads
Strap button added to the heel of the neck
Sale includes OHSC

Now for the business end of things:
Asking price: $900 or BO, preferred payment thru PayPal personal
Shipping: Will handle having it shipped and split the cost of packing and shipping with the buyer. I am willing to drive up to 50 miles of Morgantown WV if you prefer to pick up to save on shipping

I tried to attach pics but not sure if they worked. PM me and I’ll get you whatever you want to see.

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I haven't played in a long time and want a better guitar. I like smaller guitars with rosewood back and sides. When I've tried various Martin guitars, I've liked 00 and 000 rosewood guitars best, especially 00. I don't want to spend what a Martin costs. I do mainly finger picking with finger nails, playing softly and rarely use any kind of pick. I play for myself and volume is not important. Because of the virus shutdowns I can't visit guitar stores to try guitars. I'm old and have asthma, so I have to be really careful about exposure. So, whatever I buy will probably have to be online. I haven't seen any of these guitars in person. 

      There are a couple of things I don't know. I suspect that I would like 12 fret 00s rosewood bodies best. I rarely play far up the neck, so 12 frets should be fine for me.
 
      How do the necks compare? I get the impression that the E20oo has a thicker and wider neck. I'm not sure that I would find the thicker neck comfortable. The nut seems to be wider on the E20oo. I'm used to a nut that is 1 5/8" and have used guitars that are probably 1 3/4" OK. Is the wider nut hard to get used to? Is a thicker neck hard to get used to? My hand is medium with thin fingers. Sometimes I use classical guitar position with my thumb behind the neck. When I'm lazy I use a more informal posture.

      E8om: I like sound of the ones I've heard online and I like the size, but suspect I would like an 00 size better. I think I like the spruce top better than the Adi top on the E20oo, at least until the Adirondack is broken in. When available, used or new E8om are cheaper than E20oo.

       E20oo: I suspect that I would like this best in the long run, but hard to find used and more expensive new. I think I would like the 00 12 fret model best once broken in.

       E20ooss: I think the neck is closer to what I'm used to. I haven't seen any of these used online.

       E2om: This is my backup cheap choice. The videos I've heard of it, the cedar top gives a warmer tone than most sapele guitars, but not as warm as rosewood. I'm thinking of getting this if I get disgusted with my current lousy guitar and want something to practice on without spending $1400 on a E20oo.

       00 vs om: how much difference in tone is there between these Eastman models? I don't care about volume or strong, booming bass.

Thanks, I've already learned a lot reading here.  --Walter

I have an Eastman SB59 Blk w/Pearly Gates and have read either multiple times that doing a 50s wiring is about the only upgrade the SB59s could receive. I am looking at replacing it with the Doyle coil’s true clone holy grail 59 wiring harness it runs about $180 I wanted to know if anybody out there that has a firm knowledge on the Eastman wiring if this upgrade would be worth doing
I know Eastman already uses quality wiring with orange drop capacitors etc. so it’s not the quality of the harness that’s making me want to do the change is the style so I can acquire better rolloff and maybe some added tones I guess any feedback is always good to hear

Here is a review of the Eastman SB59/v by Brett Kingman, who reviews a lot of gear.  He is clearly impressed with the Eastman and the review displays a wide variety of tones that can be produced.

Enjoy. https://youtu.be/fmXqTXCik8w

This is a nice review of the Eastman T64/v - GB by Brett Kingman, a guitarist who also reviews gear.  As you can see he is impressed and why not?  He also reviews the SB59/v and is similarly impressed.  I will post a link to that separately.

https://youtu.be/Dwweuf9Ewyw

I hope the link works.

Anybody get a chance to play an e2OM with a cedar top? I play a lot of fingerstyle and was thinking it might be cool to get a guitar with a cedar top. The price point seems very reasonable. I could find one demo online that compared it to a spruce top guitar, and I liked what I heard, although the audio quality wasn't the best on the recording. Anybody have one? May I hear your opinion of it, good or bad? Thanks.

Hi everyone...new T486 just arrived, and I am floored.  I'd heard the buzz, read the reviews, even played one of these in a store several months ago.  Began craving a Gibson ES335, but was unwilling to part with the cash for a new one.  Enter an Eastman, at a boutique store near me in Charlotte NC.

Anyway, long story short, I'm no stranger to guitars.  Been obsessed with these instruments for decades, own/have owned way too many, built a number (all acoustics) with a world-class luthier, and know what quality is.  And for the money, I am flabbergasted.  I've asked one of the moderators, Pura Vida, to give me an inservice posting photos, and when I can I'll post pics of the guitar.  

I'm kind of torn between thinking I should shout about this from the top of my lungs, and thinking I should shut the h*ll up lest the prices on these things soar and shove me out of the market.  I'm guessing I'm not the only person to feel that way.

Glad to be here, and I totally get it now.  

Bill

Please please help me. I'm paralysed by choice.

If your entire acoustic guitarsenal had to be two eatman acoustics what would you choose? I figure you probably want one dread, one om; one rosewood bs and one hog bs; possibly one sitka and one adi. Oh and maybe one natural one sb... But in what combination?

For context, I play fingerstyle, flat pick and strum/sing. I bought and e6om last year which was my first quality guitar. Its great but I can't decide what to get next. I can px the e6om at my local shop. I was considering an e6d combine with a e20om or maybe e40om... But keep changing my mind. Maybe I should get a e40d and keep the e6om?

So what would you do?

Anyone else get this contest notice from Eastman for a PCH1-OM-CLA? You have to donate to a musician (and hang onto the receipt/verification that you did that), then fill out the entry form online. The guitar will be given away to the winner on May 11th.