I'd never even heard of a Martin 5-18 when I came across this :- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pKLqzg2IPw
Never heard of the guitarist, Grant Geissman, either but boy can he play! He does killer versions of El Paso, Yesterday and In My Life

Martin OM-21 Ambertone - $2250 - A beautiful and somewhat hard-to-find OM-21 in the stunning Ambertone finish.

• Solid spruce top / rosewood back & sides
  
• K&K Mini professionally installed
  
• Classic Martin OM balance, clarity, and responsiveness
  
• Tiny bit of visible glue around a section of the top binding, but completely stable and purely cosmetic
  
• Original Martin case included
  

• Solid spruce top / mahogany back & sides
  
• K&K Mini installed
  
• Original Larrivée case included
  
• Very clean condition overall
  
• Catch-and-release for me; next owner may want to tidy up some of the internal pickup wiring/components to their preference
  

• Solid spruce top / solid walnut back & sides
  
• Factory electronics
  
• Comfortable neck and great playability
  
• Honest signs of use but no functional issues
  
• Original Gibson hard case included
  

I managed to get a preowned Eastman Romeo California, it is one of their original designs.  And I must admit that I've been looking at this guitar on the 'net for quite a while and thought it was not a good looking guitar.  But in person I was less sceptical and actually liked it's design and overall looks.  In fact this is one of the classiest guitars I have played.  And I have owned guitars from Suhr, Tom Anderson EBMM etc.  It is beautifully built and finished and has lots of really nice touches.  Ebony fingerboard, locking tuners, a 1.72" (44mm) wide, bone nut, half-circle pearl side dot markers and best of all, Bare Knuckle Old Guard Humbuckers.  Now this guitar comes with 11s on and this with the wider nut, gives a great playing experience, with so much tone and there's no stiffness, with very easy bending.  I suppose the Romeo California is somewhere between a LP and a 339 but still very much it's own thing.  It can really rock, get bluesy and would be an awesome Jazz guitar.  Now it's at home, going through my gear, I am really loving this excellent guitar.

Hi folks! Brand new to Eastman Guitars and the forum!

I just picked up a used 2019 E8D at a local shop here in the Birmingham area and am thrilled with my purchase. The only upgrades I’m planning are new bridge pins (I just replaced the strings and several of the stock wooden pins were uber loose, so much so that I had to wrap a little electrical tape around one to get it to stay wedged in the hole after tightening the string), and, I’d like to replace the tuning machines from these unbranded Chinese tuners to either Waverly or Gotoh. Any suggestions as to a direct drop-in replacement? I have Waverly in my Bourgeois JOMT, so I’m familiar with those, just wondering if they’re drop-in replacements.

Thanks!

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Anyone any ideas on fitting a Bigsby to a t386  I quite like the idea of using the Towner system. But which model of Bigsby is best fit for my guitar. The b3 or the b6

Found this on sweetwater. It is already sold. Just look at the back of this. Does it look familiar to you, if you know what I mean?

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What about the Pre-War Guitars Co? I spotted this vid and although you really can't judge a guitar's tone by recordings such as this it does sound pretty good:                                                                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRnLG1OVinw

Molly Tuttle - 1937 Martin D28 vs  Pre-War Guitars Co. HD                                                  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7qfKMPW_9s

And these are Pre-War Guitars Co. OMs - the sheer exuberance, joy and musicality of this just blows my socks off!                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32aK_-l5bUw

New Guitar Day was a few weeks ago. Picked up the E6-LGSS-TC-SB as a alternative to my E10OOSS/V. I really like it. I don't know how it stacks up to an actual Gibson LG2, but I don't really care . . .that's not why I bought it.

I have owned a J45 and a J35. To my ears, it sounds a bit like a mini version of those guitars, but a little more middy and compressed. I like the 1 3/4 nut and the TC Sitka top . . .though the soft C neck and the width make it seem a little shallower up the neck than it is. But no worries. I had a K&K pure mini installed, and it's been off the the races since.

Gave it a good breaking-in at a gig last week. My OO was out of commission due to some pickup issues I wasn't able to address, so I played the LG 99% of time. It's a keeper. I'll have to AB the OO and LG to see what songs in my repertoire each serves best, but that ain't work . . .it's just a good time.

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I've noticed through playing the lower end models like the E10, E1D, E20D how similar the tones are. I have the E1D.  At the store I would pick up an E10D looking for a warmer tone and the moment I begin i think, I already have this guitar. Same with the 20. I think I would have to have all three in front of me and switch quickly to really notice the subtle change. Their signature sound is very prevalent across the models. Just found it interesting. All are great guitars.

I am woundering if the X86 series ( 386, 486, T59/V ) are the same guitar to  start with hadrware and finish differences ?