Hi there

Just stumbled across this video. Maybe someone shared it already, sorry if so.

so there you go:





Cheers
Mitch

I've narrowed my search to the Eastman E10OO and the E20OO.

Unfortunately, I am unable to find them in a guitar shop near me to try either of them out, and was hoping the the fine folk here could help me with as I make my decision. I play mostly fingerstyle but not particularly blues stuff. I am planning on getting an all-mahogany guitar in the future, and would love if the Eastman could be a good complement to it in my arsenal.

In addition to the different S/B woods and a little more aesthetic details on the E20OO, I noticed a post for the E10OO at LA Guitar Sales has a "20 year Old Adirondack Spruce" top. I'm not sure if that top would make much of a difference, and whether I should be taking that into consideration.

Bonus question: I also saw the E40OO that Silly Mustache talked about. It's much more outside my budget, but I'm willing to figure it out if it is really worth it. I've read that more "premium" guitars also get more "premium" woods. Beside the added bling, would there be much of a difference between the E20 and the E40 in terms of sound?

Probably not telling folks something they don't already know, but just in case, Monster Grips went out of business. Haven't been able to get them on Amazon for a while so I shot an email to the company. Received a reply almost immediately. The owner apparently has a serious heart condition and he and his wife decided to shut down production. Really hope everything works out for him. I loved those things.

I'm loving my recently purchased Juliet/V-B and as usual the first thing I do when receiving a guitar is to change the strings. Without the strings on I always clean the headstock using my usual light cleaning product. This resulted in the finish (varnish) clouding. Fortunately, the clouding subsided and being a relic'd guitar there's been no visual issues. From now on it will be only a soft cloth. I can see another varnish finished Eastman in the future.

Mak of Maks Guitars (a fine guitar shop owner in Central London, England) posted a few pictures on his Instagram page, taken at the Guitar Summit in Manheim.

I'm not sure if Instagram links work here, so I have posted it but if it doesn't work then have a look at the 'maksguitars' instagram page.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CxiSdTdMiLd/

Difficult to tell from the pictures but from one of the comments Mak suggests there are some new models. 

Is that a new Parlor guitar in there?  The sunburst doesn't look like the current E10P, but like the old E1P Ltd.  Looks like there is a cutaway version of the L-OM-QS too.

I'm sure Eastman will put up details of their new models soon.

I rather like this - Ed Gerhard playing Killing The Blues on a Weissenborn guitar :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrz5P0dfdfU

I purchased a E20OM-TC  from The Acoustic Shoppe back last November when they had their big sale. I never considered Eastman because I thought they couldn't be good quality since I erroneously assumed they were a Chinese knock-off brand. I was severely mistaken. This guitar resonates like crazy and I'm very pleased with it. Go with the thermo-cured version its worth the extra money!  I tried attaching a pic but the site doesn't accept the native heic format my phone uses.  Oh, and they didnt skimp on the guitar case either. Nicest case I've had in 40 years.

I play primarily fingerstyle instrumentals and Im using this as my main performance guitar.
I live in the Washington D.C. area.

-Mar

Is the top adirondack alpine spruce or just simply alpine spruce?

Thanks

Hi Everyone,
Can anyone advise me regarding upgrading my E1 OM Upgrade Tuners? I have had it for almost two years now I'm so happy with it that I'm sure it will be my last acoustic guitar. The tuners IMO are not consistent in rotation moving back and forth to get to pitch. So any info about where to buy upgrades preferably ones that just unscrew and re-attach without altering the headstock fastening holes

Many thanks for any suggestions
Alan

Anyone played one of these catchily named Gibson Solid Formed 17" Venetian Archtop jazz boxes? Don't know what to make of it (interesting description if you read it). 'solid formed' top and back means what? Probably means the wood is steamed and then pressed with great force. I have no problem with this in principle but I wonder how the sound compares with the probably far more expensive carved tops. Interesting guitar though. Any views? For the money might be better off with a top of the line Eastman. Here's the link :-
https://www.maksguitars.co.uk/products/g...8983&_ss=r