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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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.