Im mike a beginner guitar player.
Currently have a t486b and a $50 grestch parlor (both from craigslist).
Been trying guitar for the past 3 months, so far so good!

I'd be first in line!

I currently have 1 electric (t486b) and an sg or lp jr would be right up my alley.

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you and your family enjoy the very best Christmas ever!!

I just joined up , and I am happy to be here. I have loved Eastman guitars since about 2008. I bought my first Eastman in around 2008 or 2009. It was an AC320. I have also owned several of the older models(AC420,AC520,E6D, E8D). My favorite was the AC520, but I sold it because the necks on the older models were too slim for me. I love to repair,build, and play acoustic guitars. I look forward to posting and chatting with other members.

I just bought an E2D-CD. Absolutely BOOMS! Now I’m thinking of getting rid of my Martin Streetmaster.

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Like, back catalogs, websites, etc.
That have some sort of detailed overview of the company's product line history since the 90's.
Models, lines, years of production, Anything that is informative.
So I can begin to piece together the umbrella view history.
Surely something like that must exist?
Even in pieces from different sources?

I'm finding an amazing Near Zero.
And I'm a guitar researcher by nature, I love researching guitar lines and histories.
I've researched dozens of old guitar companies before.
Including German (and other European) archtops.
Maybe it's all on Chinese websites?
Count me Very Curious as to the extreme lack of information out there.

What ya got, get me started somewhere please!
Not Making Sense why there's next to nothing out there.

Who thinks that a volume/tone knob for each pickup is overkill for a multi pickup guitar? I've always thought that one for each pickup is overkill and just adds cost, complexity and takes up space on the top of the instrument. Give me a master volume and tone for all p'ups any day. I'll say that I'm not a sophisticated player so maybe that's why I feel like I do. I've always been more attracted to  guitars (and amps) with fewer options. It's one of the reasons I fell in love with the T58/V that I now own. And the new Ray Benson signature model is in the same category. It may be my next Eastman! So, am I all alone in this way of thinking?

Just got this from the fine folks at Blues Angel Music. Played it yesterday, thought about it all night, went back and got it today. Beautiful sounding guitar.

We all love our solid natural wood acoustics, but would you ever be open to buying a synthetic (for want of a better word) guitar? Is natural solid wood at its 'best', superior to all the alternatives? Are we a tad conservative? Is it as much to do with visual and tactile aesthetics and/or fear of being a heretic in the face of received wisdom and tradition and peer pressure? Personally I am deeply conservative in things guitar, in a way which might well not be totally rational. Connected to this - I wonder if anyone has ever produced a guitar (obviously minus strings) by 3D Printing?

Just last week I purchased a 1998 Larrivee D-03 Mahogany guitar that was handmade in Vancouver, BC. I couldn't find ANY dings or dents AT ALL and it came with the original HSC. The only reason it doesn't look brand new is that the bone nut and saddle are turning beige with age. It's as though the owner(s) VERY RARELY took it out of its case! I bought it used from the nearby Guitar Center for $605.12 out the door! I took the old strings off, wiped it down, oiled the bridge and fingerboard, and put a new set of Ernie Ball Aluminum Bronze 12-54 strings on it, and WOW! That 21-year-old wood sounds wonderful! Here is a Reverb ad with an exact duplicate, except that mine still has the clear, square pick guard:
https://reverb.com/item/1605840-1998-lar...tic-guitar
Most of the others are selling for $800 to $1000 and are not in MINT condition like mine.

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