Hello, there. I am new to this group and wanted to know some more about my Eastman PCH1-GACE. My query is about the pickup. The official Eastman website says it is an "Eastman Pickup by Fishman". I wonder if any of you has more information, like specific model and whatnot. Perhaps you might wish to share your experience with this pickup so far. Thanks.

As I mentioned in the hobbies thread, I like to cook. Thankfully, I had good teachers in my mother and grandmother, and one of the ladies across the street was a good cook. I took lots of mental notes when I was a kid, and it didn't take me long to join them in the kitchen trying my hand at putting tasty grub on the table. I used to have a big garden, too - 125 by 50, put up a lot of veggies in the fridge, freezer, and pantry. Kept the family and neighbors in fresh goodies, and donated the rest to the Kansas Food Bank. But water got too high, and my back was too old. Picking green beans for hours just killed me. Let it all go back to grass a couple years ago.

I have a large compliment of pots and pans, knives and so on - also 3 different sized Crockpots. In fact, I got out the middle one this morning and started a recipe called "Crack Chicken", which is basically chicken and veggies with creamed cheese and ranch-flavored herbs and spices. You can add chicken stock and make soup, or leave it thick and spread it on a sandwich or in a tortilla. Also, my little brother in Texas likes to cook, and wins a lot of chili contests using recipes he learned in Kansas (much to the chagrin of native Texans).

I also have a stovetop smoker. It's great for the wintertime - I can still make smoked meats (or whatever) without going outside in the cold. I've smoked veggies, cheeses (not a big success), nuts, and even sea salt as gifts for my foodie buddies. I've developed my own rub over the last couple years - I call it Lucky 13. The last ingredient is ground coffee. Really adds depth to the smoked flavor - and no one has guessed it's in there.

Who else is into preparing yummy comestibles? Check out the pix - one is my meaty chili, and the other is a corned beef I smoked, thus turning it into pastrami....

https://imgur.com/sDuVCwX

https://imgur.com/3r6Y0K3

I thought you guys would be interested in seeing this. We took delivery of the AC108CE-LTD today and Eastman has another winner. If you don't know there were only 100 of these distributed to US dealers. Just for grins we played a PCH-GACE-1 side by side and although the PCH are excellent guitars for what they are the 108 had a much more woody and dimensional sound just as we expected it to. Definitely worth an audition

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A milestone b-day, my beloved wanted to get me another guitar. I really didn't think we needed one but who am I to argue?
Long story short, I thought for a big milestone a custom D-18 with Adi-top and GE bracing. We were prepared to maybe spend almost 3k but there aren't any to try out. I tried the Martin Deluxe, didn't do anything for me. I tried out a custom D-18 with VTS sitka, GE adi-bracing, I thought it was the ONE. I was under its' spell until I tried this E10D. So a few weeks later, we went back to try the custom D-18 again and for some reason it didn't have the same effect on me. I left confused but also relieved since it would have set us back 2700.
Went back to the other store, tried out this E10D again, compared it with our D-18, it was different enough. On the plus side, since it's been on the floor for so long they had it marked down! This really did it for me. It's so powerful! It's more punchy and has more overtones than the D-18. Our D-18 seems warmer perhaps, definitely a Martin. They're both 2016 so it's hard to know how much this has opened up since being in the shop but it does sound so full and loud! 
The sales guy talked about his E10D and how he bought it a long time ago and everyone wants to play it. He said this one sounds a lot like his. This shop carries some top of the line stuff including Collings.

Maybe one day I will get the custom D-18 or something way up there in specs but I'd really have to try it out against this because I'm not so sure I'd love something that cost 3 times as much that much more.

I don't know how Eastman does it!

SOLD



I am new to this forum, but I feel this is the best place for a rare item I have.  I've sold hundreds of items in eBay / Reverb / other forums... you can trust me :-) 

I have a brand new set of Gotoh SGV510Z Nickel tuning machines (limited availability) that are a direct replacement for many of the factory chrome machines.  They have the same button style and centerline screw hole.

I found them on a Japan ebay store about a year ago when I was looking to upgrade... but I ultimately never installed them as I traded the AC522CE I owned.  I ended up paying $120 for these after shipping charges.

Example of your OEM Tuners that these Gotoh 510 will replace.  VERY Important that the screw lines up with the center of the circle/gear cover of the tuning machine on your current guitar.  This ensures screw holes will line up!
1st Attachment > What your Machines should look like (gold or chrome)

Actual Tuning Machines you would Received:
2nd Attachment > Close Up
3rd Attachment > Full View of Box and Tuners
4th Attachment > Label on Box

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Hi everyone - frequent lurker and occasional poster Sunburster (Gary) here. My AH6OM isn't getting much playing time these days, and I could use the funds for other things, so I've decided to sell.

Price is $795, plus $85 shipping - CONUS only. Here is a link to the Reverb listing (which has over 20 photos), as well as the full text of the listing. Please feel free to PM me if you have any questions. Would love to see this nice Eastman find a new home with a forum member!

Eastman AH6OM 2012 with Upgrades

This is rare and really nice Eastman OM. This guitar is one of about 400 made by Eastman in 2012 for the Music & Arts music store chain. It is very similar to the E6OM Limited - with premium woods, herringbone trim and rosette, abalone fretboard markers, and a backstrip.

Nicely ambered sitka top, with tons of silking in the grain. Beautiful bookmatched set of curly mahogany back and sides. Ebony fingerboard and bridge.

Medium chunky neck profile. Bone nut. Nut width measures 1 23/32 (just shy of 1 3/4). Frets are in great shape with hardly any wear. The satin nitro lacquer on the back of the neck has worn to a nice soft gloss, and is super comfortable to play.

No cracks, breaks or issues. Cosmetics are not perfect – it’s got a few minor dings here and there, and marks on the headstock from string changes. But overall it presents really well, with a nice vintage-y vibe.

Loud, wonderful tone fingerpicked or flatpicked. Really well balanced bass to treble, with lots of warm overtones. The guitar has been professionally set up and Plek’d, and the action is low with no buzzing. It has a K&K pickup system installed, and it sounds as stellar plugged in as it does acoustically.  

This guitar has had the following upgrades:

- K&K pickup system ($200) (upgrade over the stock Fishman Matrix pickup)
- Greven "Tor-Tis" pickguard
- Strap button added at the neck heel
- Plek'd and set up by Danny Shoemaker at Straight Frets in Austin, TX ($200)

Comes with an original Eastman hard shell case in excellent condition.

Here is a description of this limited run of AH6OM guitars from Pat (PFC) at Eastman, from a 2012 thread on the Unofficial Blueridge Guitar Forum:

“It is a guitar we make exclusively for Music & Arts stores. It is an E6OM with E8OM appointments and a Fishman Matrix pickup. Very cool instrument.

Also it has the angled pin bridge that I designed to combat any imbalance with pickups and more evenly spread pressure across the top. It also reduces the break angle for the bass strings behind the saddle, so the tops won’t collapse or do anything funny. It’s a subtle change, but it makes a difference.

These guitars are all a standard 25 inch scale. The tuners are a Ping variant of the Gotoh style.”

Hi all,
I am about to buy a T486v 2016 in aged amber (check the guy at GAK on youtube, allmost identical guitar) and was wondering what the differince, except for the pickups is compared to the t59v in amber. The looks are nearly identical if you ask me and the only difference seems to be the pickups..

Thanks!

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Seached craigslist on my phone and the first option was in Buffalo NY for some odd reason. I'd like to think "they" didn't know where I am, but...

In any case, no affilation:

https://buffalo.craigslist.org/msg/d/buf...29907.html

I saw a post on facebook from Mark at Reno's Music http://www.guitarhotline.com that their first batch of Eastman guitars and mandolins showed up.  I bought my new HD28 from Mark this year and he's a pleasure to deal with and I imagine will be a great source for our needs going forward.  

I have no stake in Reno's, just a satisfied customer and someone happy that another dealer will be carrying Eastmans.  A place I could drive to and back from in a single day if I wanted to try some out.

A while back I wrote Eastman about installing a bridge pup on an ER4 and they stated it had "X" bracing and an owner here posted a pic of their ER4 showing the parallel bracing. 

The post seems to have been deleted, does anyone have that ER4 pic saved to re-post?