Well... I have an admission to make.  I thought Martin monel strings would be my new string for all acoustic moving forward.  They sound great on my E6OM.

I installed them tonight on my E10 OM-TC (thermocured)... and ... for whatever reason I didn't find the same magic with this guitar that I did on the E6.  They just didn't sound as good... the frequency response of the mid range wasn't the same.

So, I still like Monel's but they seem to be highly guitar dependent!

I've played electric most my life and always used tele's and 335. Bought a cheap Blueridge BG60 bout 25 years ago to peck around on around the house. After I stopped playing out and liking an Eastman archtop I've had for about 10 years I decided I'd try one of their acoustics bout 5or6 years ago. 

Decided I'd first try a budget Eastman and bought the E2OM. I kept it about three weeks to a month and sold it. Just wasn't what I was looking for in playability or tonally in an acoustic so I took a second chance and got the E10 OM and it was night and day difference in it and the E2 budget Eastman i first bought. My E10 OM simply played and sounded so much better to my likings.

Not knowing much about different wood tonalities and wanting to have a couple acoustics I bought the Eastman E30DT OM last year. It was pretty, played pretty well but I dunno and maybe it was the rosewood tone I didn't care for in comparison to my E10 OM so I wound up selling the double top to a friend.

Just bought an E10P and it's definitely different than my E10 OM. Still getting use to the wider nut and tonality. More comfortable so far playing blusier genres on the parlor and plan on keeping it. My E10 OM gets most my attention, plays really good and sounds good also. Might give another model a try as long as it has the 1 3/4 nut and no bigger than an OM but in no hurry 

I don't have any superlative descriptions for these acoustics lol, I run the other way when I read the words cannon, beast, monster, best, blown away etc etc

Hello everyone! I was watching the Acoustic Shoppe live stream yesterday when John Chapman unveiled Eastmans new E1SS series guitars. These guitars are supposed to be a slope shoulder version of the E1D. Sitka spruce top of Sapele b/s. There is supposed to be a 00 version of the guitar as well. John said these will have bone nuts and bone saddles.

Have any of you seen any of these out in the wild yet or heard anything else about them?

I am super pumped for this line and will likely pick one up if they are priced under $600.

Does anyone have a soft or hard case that would fit an Eastman E1OOSSA-LTD guitar or know where I can order one from?

Hey Gang - So I sold a couple of guitars thinking I was going to replace with an Eastman Archtop.  Maybe an AR580CE, but I'm open.  However, inventory appears to be quite low for all Eastman Dealers, not much to choose from.  Is this typical?  Do you know of any dealers with a good selection?  Thanks!

Hey folks. This is my first post on this forum but I’ve been an Eastman acoustic fan and lurker here for a while. In the past I’ve had an E1D and an E2OM. I currently have an E1SS that I bought new in 2020 and just added an E10SS/v. They are both just fantastic. They are similar in tone but just different enough to justify keeping both.

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I composed and sent a post to JP Henderson's thread about his E10D-TC.  On the Home Page my ID shows as having sent the last post, but the post does not show up at the end of the thread.  I have had this happen before.   

Any ideas on why, or what I need to do differently?

Thanks!

Rod

Was looking to experiment with a 16" body archtop and Dave's had a 580 that looked clean so I gave it a whirl. Showed up today and clean is an understatement - looks like it was never played. Very comfy, my 603-15 feels small by comparison, just waiting on some Ti flatwound string to slap on her.

I actually don't like gold hardware but it works on this finish, I do love maple binding though and orange is my favorite color so it checks off more boxes than it annoys

Greetings All, 
My first post here.
Saturday I picked up an AC222CE-CLA from a local shop.
After a good setup (Added a front strap button, sanded down the bridge saddle, truss rod adj, FB conditioning).....
It now plays very well.
Can't remember the last time I had an acoustic with the strap button/jack combo on the rear.
Can anyone comment on which adaptor units they are using successfully with these Eastmans?
I'm seeing the Music Nomad one for instance out there. Would assume the metric one (MN271) would be appropriate(?)

Thanks Much-O For Any Input

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