I just saw a 508 for sale and wondered what the consensus of opinion is for that model.  This is a spruce/mahogany non-cutaway model. 
any guess as to the value?
thanks,
rb

Does anyone have any experience with the ac520 as compared to the newer dreadnought D series? I have an AC522ce and love the Engelmann and mahogany combo. Just wondering if the 520 wouldn’t be very different to the 522 or how close it is to the current D series.

I think I can get a 520 at a pretty good price

Has anybody done the custom shop options thorugh Eastman?

I'm curious to know how long hte process takes, as well as rough estimation of cost.
I'm sure they aren't hte same price as the over the counter options...but would be curious to know any ranges to expect.

I have just bought a 2021 Black series Auden Austin. It is a very good acoustic guitar, on a par acoustically with Eastman and Furch. But here's the thing that puts it way ahead (imho) is the Brad Clark pickup. It is light years ahead of anything else on the market or that I have ever tried. I've tried a lot with all sorts of pedals added and effects to try and recreate a realistic acoustic sound. I was dumbstruck when I plugged it in first time and went through the four presets. Any pedals I have are going to be for sale. You don't need them! Straight into a P.A. even with just minimal effects from the desk. You have it. The acoustic sound. Thanks Brad and Doug (Auden). I'm a very happy bunny!

https://reverb.com/item/37755379-eastman...hem-pickup

I was thinking of buying it for gigging but I have no gigs in sight and I don't need another guitar so someone else should buy this.

Not strictly AC420, but it is the melody instrument. 

The composition is a brief original I recorded as part of a promotion. I ended up liking it enough to just publish it as a standalone thing. 

AC420, skip to 3:17 if you're not into the backstory.





AC808CE, skip to 2:25 to just hear the guitar.

Can someone who belongs to AGF too please pm me? I need to get ahold of a moderator over there by email. I tried letting my iPad assign a strong password over there while changing my password and now I’ve effectively locked myself out of my account.

Hey everyone! Full disclosure, I'm a newcomer and don't currently own an Eastman myself (yet), but I've become quite smitten with them from what videos and photos I've seen online. As it stands, I plan on treating myself and getting an SB59/v in a year's time or so when I can hopefully afford it.

That said, I noticed that there was a similar thread over in the Acoustic Guitar section, but I've been wondering what we might see next from Eastman over on the electric side of their lineup. Obviously it will probably be awhile before we hear anything official from the company since Winter NAMM 2021 is cancelled due to COVID, but I think it's still a worthwhile topic to discuss. 

Seeing as how the company's electric guitars largely draw influence from classic Gibson guitars of the 40's and 50's, do you think they'll continue with that direction and eventually release their own takes on designs like the Explorer, SG, Firebird or Flying V? Or do you think Eastman will continue more in the direction we've seen so far with the Romeo and begin to branch off into making new body shapes that somewhat evoke ideas of the electric guitars of yesteryear?

I’m falling more in love with my E8D-TC every time I pick it up. This weekend I changed the strings from the D’Addario EJ’s that came on it, to the John Pearse PB’s, thus far my favorite strings hands down. It now has more warmth, bass response, and maintains the overtones I love, but with a little less “metallic sheen” that I find the EJ’s to exhibit.

“What does all this have to do with tuners,” you ask? Well, the Pings seem have extremely short and thin posts. I can’t get the number of winds under the E and A strings that I typically like to, and they just generally seem cheaper than should be on a guitar of this caliber.

Years ago I had a tech swap the Pings for Grover 18:1 Sta-tites on my E20OM. I loved the 18:1’s, but I know that he had issues with the hole circumference, and that it was a bit more of a chore.

Anyone have preferences, thoughts, etc. on tuner replacements for the E series? Any direct swaps for the Pings that are higher quality, or do I bite the bullet, grab the Grovers and start boring out the holes?