The Problem!

Today I took my E10D-TC out of the case to humidify it after not playing it for a couple weeks when I noticed that the action was considerably higher than normal. The guitar had sat in it's case with a soundhole humidifier in it for about two weeks. The room stays at 65-75 degrees all year long and there is no natural sunlight in the room. So after taking the guitar out of the case I noticed a little rust on the coated G string where the soundhole humidifier sat. The strings were about 6 months old but maybe I over humidified the guitar a little bit. Humidity is about 35-40% in the room but it has rained a lot this last week. The humidity generally stays in a relatively safe range for guitars. All other instruments in the room have no issues.

Anyway, I have had this guitar for 6 years now and it has been very stable since I first got it. In fact, the neck seemed to be a little overset from the factory so I have had to use medium Martin (190lbs) tension strings and a very high saddle to keep the action from being too low. The guitar has never had high action and I have never had to tighten the truss rod because the neck has been straight since I got it.

But today I noticed that the action was a good 1.5mm higher than normal at the last fret and at the saddle.
What concerned me the most is that the guitar looked like it had a lot more belly bulge than my other Eastmans and a quite a bit more than my Martin's (which are almost flat)

Troubleshooting:

First, I noticed that there was a lot of relief in the neck so I decided to tighten the truss rod to straighten out the neck. After about a full turn of the truss rod (360 degrees to the right clockwise) the neck became straight, which brought the action down about .5mm (now it was only about 1mm higher overall than my D28 Authentic that is set up perfectly.

Secondly, I decided to do a string change and lower the overall tension on the bridge by about 15lbs (now 175lbs of tension instead of 190). This seemed to bring the action back down to about normal, but to my eye it still looks like there is more belly bulge than my other Eastmans and Martins. There seems to be a slight raised spot just behind the bridge about an inch from the low E and A strings.

What Now?

My next course of action is going to let the guitar dry out just a bit as I think I may have slightly over humidified it.

If the belly bulge doesn't go down in a week or two I am going to take it to my Eastman dealer and see what their tech thinks.

Anyway, what would you do if you were in my shoes? Do any of your Eastmans have belly bulge?

Also, I don't think the guitar is dried out because there are no fret sprout or cracks. The signs I see may point to high tension on the neck and a little too much humidity.

What do you think?

I may be able to post pic of the bulge soon.

Hey guys, I bought a new Eastman T 46B from the shop online at a great deal. When I got the guitar and played, it plays beautifully and I took it and played at church for the first time. The next time I went to play it when I plugged it in, nothing, no sound whatsoever would come out of the guitar, tried wiggling the parts the jack nothing. With the sellers approval took it to repair tech and when he went to test, it said everything worked fine. I brought it home and played it and put it away, took it out again, and the same thing happened , a little frustrating. I’m assuming there’s a cold solder joint or something going on with one of the connections. Any recommendations? Should I pull everything out through the bridge pick up and check everything or should I call Eastman warranty support or option three whatever that is?
BTW, love the guitar. Sold my Gibson 61 Warren Haynes’s ES-335 when I got this guitar. Awesome guitar when it works.

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Interesting Faith guitars - a limited run of 20 of each model :-

https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/fait...une-review

Did you play both ? How do they compare ?

I saw Sigma has some nice 12 frets OOO-Dread guitars, their prices are generally nicer than Eastman and the Sigma guitars have more bling.
Did you have the experience to play both ?

Following up on the Eastman vs. Taylor tangent discussion on cello, I wanted to share a couple of songs from Bob Mould's "Workbook" album.  For those unfamiliar, Bob Mould was the guitarist of the 80s Minneapolis punk power trio, Husker Du and 90s alternative rock group, Sugar.

When Husker Du broke up, Bob released his first solo album, and people expected a very electric, distorted, fast tempo album filled with 2-3 minute rockers.  Instead, he released an album that different than anything he recorded with his old band, including some slower, darker tracks and plenty of acoustic guitar and cello accompaniment.

Incidentally, Bob Mould was one of my kids' first concerts in 2015.  He played an exclusive solo electric show at the old Napa City Winery prior to the release of a solo album, and I got tickets for the family.  There were less than 100 people at the event, and Bob high-fived my daughter after the show.

The first song is "Sinners And Their Repentances," which has a very prominent cello voice alongside Bob and his acoustic guitar.





The second song is "Brasilia Crossed With Trenton," which is a song that I play on my guitar, although as a much slower version to pull the brilliant lyrics out to the front (a method I learned watching Ryan Adams cover his song, "Black Sheets Of Rain").

Well, I finally cracked open the E2D today. It has a really nice dark top, photos don't really do it justice. Not sure why the photos came out sideways, it was right side up on my phone.
Some really nice dark streaks throughout it too.
Sides really pop, and the back looks good too. I think this rosette looks incredible. I know it gets mixed reviews, but I love it. I may end up swapping out the tuners for some cream or snakewood buttons at some point. The rosette has some cream colored squares or diamonds, so I think the creme color would look good.

Overall, fit and finish seem about perfect. There is a little wood splinter near the truss rod opening. Real small, but the little piece of wood is pulling away. Hopefully that won't be an issue. I wouldn't think so right?

So far, it sounds really good! I'm not necessarily blown away by the tone just yet, but it's a brand new guitar and has brand new strings (EJ16s). I don't think it realizes it's a guitar yet. And I never think a guitar sounds its best with brand new strinfs. I think it'll soon sound even better. Still sounds really good. I played it in both standard and DADGAD. Sounds great in both tunings, but really sounds phenomenal in DADGAD. I compared it to my E8OM-TC. From a tone standpoint, the E2D is louder, and seems to have more projection and presence. I'm not sure if that's because of the larger body on the E2, the fact that it's a standard scale compared to the short scale on the E8, or the fact that my E8OM-TC has old strings. Or all of the above.

It's funny how different a guitar sounds once you play another one next to it. I still love my E8OM-TC, but it now sounds a bit tubby or not as full/boxy when I play it next to my E2D. No slight on the E8OM-TC, and I'm not saying the E2D is better. They're just totally different animals, which is what I wanted!

I think I'll swap out these EJ16s for some DR Rares soon.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. I'm excited to see how the tone develops over the next few months!

Also, the soft case is much nicer than I expected. I bought this from The Acoustic Shoppe, so shout out to them. I also bought my E8OM-TC from them.

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Great deal over at Guitar Center. Listed as E10SS but it is the E10SS/v version

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Eastma...-Guitar.gc

Hey guys, I’m sure it’s simple, but I can’t seem to find the simple way to acknowledge, reading a comment made on a post of mine or liking a comment

I have a leather strap attatched to the headstock of my e20 OO. The strap runs under the strings behind the nut and its a bit too thick so the strings push it down a lot. Anyone have an idea if this might be detrimental to the tone? i recon it might? i took a picture but i bot sure how to attatch it…

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