Looking to buy a T64/v with Bigsby, color doesn't really matter. Let me know if you have one you are interested in moving!

I made an offer on an E8D that was accepted.  It was very reasonable and I didn't honestly think they'd accept but here we are  

It has the fattest neck profile I've had on the 5 Eastmans I've owned.  The top is Sitka on this model but this is some serious wide-grained Sitka.  It really doesn't look that much different than the adi topped Eastmans I've owned which makes me wonder if it really is Sitka.  It doesn't make all that much difference to me as it sounds great.  I prefer the sound of this to the E10D-TC and the E20OM-TC that I owned previously.  The previous owner had a new bone saddle and pins set from Bob Colosi installed.  I'm going to put a K&K in this, slot the bridge, and put a new pickguard on this and put it to good use.

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Hey EGF family,

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I found this really unique looking E2D on Reverb, and the seller sent me an offer for $458 including shipping. I may end up buying it for myself, but figured I'd share with everyone in case someone else wants a killer deal.

It has a very unique looking top cedar soundboard. I've never seen one like this. I call it the skunkburst!

My wife has already given me the green light. Should I buy it, or go with the more traditional ED1 with spruce top?

I wanna buy an Eastman dread asap, and if I buy one, it would be my 2nd Eastman along with the E6om I bought back in April.

Eastman E2D Traditional Series Cedar Top Dreadnought https://reverb.com/item/34060252-eastman...t=34060252

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I read an interview with Pepijn t'Hart in Guitarist  (September 2020) magazine. He says 'Next year [2021] we will start shaking things up with our own-design solid bodies. From now on it's going to be different. There's going to be an offset one ... a lot of interesting instruments. You see we get asked, for example, ''why don't you do an Eastman SG?'' But I don't want to do that, I don't feel there's anything we can add. So we've started to design a completely new instrument.' It seems he is the lead designer for Eastman solid bodies.

Hey there!

I'm a proud owner of a Eastman E6OM that I purchased back in April.  I absolutely love the guitar, but now I have GAS really bad!  I need a dread in my lineup.  I had a Washburn dread, but I gave it to my father-in-law so he can learn to play guitar. 

I don't want to spend a ton of money on my next dread, so I'm looking at the Eastman E1D and E2D. 

Does anybody own the E1D or E2D?  If so, what do you think about them? 

Or, should I just shell out extra money and go with an E8D or E6D?

Also, what strings do you all find sound best on Eastmans?  Again, I have an E6OM, and I'm trying to figure out which strings to buy. 

Thanks! Cheers!

Does anyone know what material was used for the pickguards?  For my E2D it says it is Tortoise Shell G-Guard.  I quick google doesn't seem to help.  Other than the Mario Prouxl one, all the others seem to be made to look like tortoise shell, but without disclosing what it is actually made of.  I'm asking because I wanted to possibly upgrade and realized Im not even sure what I have on there.

Back on 8/17, UncleJesse posted about a steal of a price on an E10SS from the Mandolin Store ($899!) -- I believe TomC here ended up grabbing it. I wasn't in the market for that model, but I checked out the website; they had an E20D listed there at $1409—and I have been watching for a deal on that guitar. I saved that URL in case they did the same thing with that model, since while they had a ton of Eastman mandolins in stock, it looked like their stock of Eastman guitars was very low and I wondered if they might be looking to move them.

I'd checked that E20D URL once a week or so since then, and last night I saw that the E20D's price had suddenly dropped to $999. I decided to take the chance and ordered it — it should be shipping on Monday and arriving a few days after that. I'm not a fan of buying guitars unplayed, but that seems to be the only way to get Eastmans here in Cincinnati, and the price was impossible to resist (for me, anyway). We'll see whether my third Eastman internet buy was as good as the other two... The required pictures will follow.

With the "one in, one out" rule in the household on guitars, that means that once I know I'm happy with the E20D, my Guild OM-140CE will go up for sale on Reverb (all solid wood: Sitka over Hog). If anyone's interested in that guitar, contact me via PM for the "friends and family" price.

AND... with the caveat that I know nothing about the Mandolin Store and am not affiliated with them in any way, the rest of their Eastman guitar stocks are an E6D, an E6OM, an E8D, and an E8OM. Right now the prices for those are pretty much standard retail. Don't know if those will eventually be offered at fire sale prices too, but if you're in the market for any of those, you might keep an eye on the site.

Just received my new guitar from Sun Valley by Fedex and only one day later than originally stated! And, more importantly, with no damage!

I must say I was a bit confused when it arrived in a Blueridge box and immediately thought I had just received a wrong order! 

My initial reaction to this guitar is that it is beautiful and well made with no obvious flaws. The photos posted do not do this guitar justice. Another confusing thing is the certificate of authenticity states the model as PCH-3-D-KOA, when it is in fact an OM. The label inside of the guitar is correct.

According to Sun Valley website, there were only 20 of these made, so, I don’t suspect I’ll run in to another one of these in the neighborhood!

The guitar sounds differently from my 40 OM obviously, but it has its own pleasant voice which I like. This will be my RV/knock around guitar. I wanted a guitar that had similar specs to my 40 so I wasn’t constantly adapting to different nut widths and neck radii, et., and this fits the bill.

Overall, I very, very happy with this guitar and to think it was less than 4 bills delivered, is amazing!

The saddle in my E20D-TC chipped just on the outside of the Low E string. The guitar is still playable but the low E moved over into the chip and is now closer to the fingerboard edge. 

How it chipped I don’t know, must have been during a recent string change and I did  not notice. 

I know I can just check all the typical on line sites but I was wondering if anyone  had  a source they liked for a compensated bone saddle of the proper Length, width and 12” radius?

Of course I will  have to finish  fit it and set the height. 

Thanks

Oh ya, because threads are better with pictures, here is a pic of absolutely no relevance to this thread. Me kayaking one day A few miles from home, visited by a cute little guy on a dead calm day.

I'm new to the Eastman brand but have a 30-year-old Martin D2832 Shenandoah which I knew was going to need big repairs. I had them done but then got the itch to pick up a newer instrument and rededicate myself to playing. The good people at Soundpure set me up with a fun afternoon comparing a new Eastman AC522CE with a Taylor 710CE short-scale (2005), a Martin GPC28E (2016), and a Taylor 614CE (2017). I fully expected to like the bright sound of one of the Taylors best, and they did sound good -- all three did, of course. But the Eastman was much richer to my amateur ear, just as playable, and the least expensive. It turned out to be an easy decision and that surprised me, which is why I'm posting this. My old Martin still sounds good and it really booms out chords (I'm really just a strummer, not so good at fingerpicking still), but the Eastman sounds rich and beautiful and melodious and has a surprising amount of power to it. It's been a month now and I'm delighted that I got the old one repaired (major neck work) but even more delighted that I got the new one. For anyone who's wondering about whether Eastman belongs in that particular playing field, my answer was a clear yes. And no, I'm not getting paid to say this.