(05-21-2020, 09:30 PM)Pura Vida Wrote: ... looks like you got a super rare E40 OO SS-SB...So it's a slope shoulder vs the standard here -
https://www.eastmanguitars.com/e40om
I like the SS better.
2018 Eastman E20OM
05-24-2020, 02:06 PM
(05-21-2020, 09:30 PM)Pura Vida Wrote: ... looks like you got a super rare E40 OO SS-SB...So it's a slope shoulder vs the standard here - https://www.eastmanguitars.com/e40om I like the SS better.
2018 Eastman E20OM
05-24-2020, 02:25 PM
I think it is the next size down - ie '00' not 'OM', and a limited model not present on Eastman's home site. And yes a stunner!
Alan
''Bad company done got me here …'' - Rev Gary Davis
06-15-2020, 08:40 AM
06-15-2020, 01:22 PM
I played the E20 00 SS this past week and I was very pleasantly surprised how well this guy sounded and played! If the E40 00 SS has better sound then it is one hell of a guitar. I'm a 00 guy first and I'm always on the look out for great used 00 (because some of them sound just as good as a OM and so much more comfortable) to upgrade my meager collection. I'm not really interested in the bling the 40 series come with. That 4 year E20 00 SS sounded so good that I offered my E20 OM-SB in trade.....
2015 E20 OM SB Eastman
2021 000-15 SM Martin 2016 00-18 Martin 2015 E10 00 Eastman
06-15-2020, 10:10 PM
I can't comment on the guitar pictured above, but I have commented that I can hear a difference between my E40D and E40OM vs. their "20" counterparts. It could be the premium woods or who's tap tuning the top (or both!), but there seems to be a difference (at least to me). Think of a Martin D-28 vs. D-41/42/45. Those higher models always bring something special to the table.
"It's only castles burning." -- Neil Young
08-07-2020, 06:10 PM
Limited Run PCH3 OM Cocobolo
All gloss nitrocellulose, bone nut & saddle. Dark rosewood board and bridge. Top has some light bear claw and beautiful laminated Cocobolo back and sides. Really nice guitar with gigbag for upper $300’s. Balanced with low end depth... for an OM body it was more than i expected tone wise.
09-14-2020, 11:19 AM
Here's my AC-420 just prior to taking a trip for a much needed setup and fret work. Action was high. 14th fret was a bit high. Saddle was way too loose. The verdict from the luthier was just a truss rod adjustment for the action. He said whoever set it up originally was dead on the money, which kind of shocked him since it came from Pomona that way. He did lower the strings a wee bit on the D and G strings at the nut. The saddle was so loose it was falling out so he had to sweeten that up a bit as well. He feels that the neck is way over set and that means the saddle has to be really tall. After his work, it plays and sounds far better than my original AC-420 and that's saying something. It was the first Eastman guitar he'd seen but he's done quite a few of their mandolins.
I play this thing out of the house at least once or twice a week. It gets passed around. Definitely a player and not a collector. Hey, it's just a $1,000 guitar after all. Usually it's strung with Tony Rice Monels. I also have a JJB Electronics transducer pickup in it. Also have added a strap pin at the heel. I use an external LR Baggs preamp that I usually clip to my mic stand. Some times I'll run it through my TC Electronic vocal pitch correction so I have it adjust chromatically to what I'm playing. Nobody has ever guessed that I use auto-tune on my voice but then again, it's still not that great with the additional processing.
09-20-2020, 07:55 PM
My 2020 Eastman Sitka/Rosewood orchestra model E8OM. Compared to my E20OME-TC, which may be the better guitar technically, I really love the E8OM for its sweetness of tone.
2021 Eastman AC622CE
2020 Eastman E40OM 2020 Eastman AC308CE (Limited Edition) 2020 Martin HD-28 2021 Eastman PCH3-GACE 2004 Gibson Les Paul Studio, wine red 1999 Taylor 714 custom, Cedar/Brazilian Rosewood
10-20-2020, 08:01 PM
E8OM detail. I really like those snowflake inlays and herringbone. I’ve always been a Taylor player ... but have really taken to Martin and Martin style guitars.
2021 Eastman AC622CE
2020 Eastman E40OM 2020 Eastman AC308CE (Limited Edition) 2020 Martin HD-28 2021 Eastman PCH3-GACE 2004 Gibson Les Paul Studio, wine red 1999 Taylor 714 custom, Cedar/Brazilian Rosewood |
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