Gibson have a new leather jacketed guitar playing CEO! Things will obviously change for the better! Maybe he will declare their new mission statement to be something along the lines of 'Gibson will deliver good quality guitars at reasonable prices with good after sales service'? Oh no, wait a minute, he said Gibson always “do best when they leverage their legacy”. Obviously things are going to change for the better, obviously ...

Well, it's not NGD today, but my E40OM has finally arrived from China to my dealer's warehouse.

8 months of waiting, enough is enough...

The salesperson took a few photos of it. He will set it up and ship it to me next week.

Anyways, here it is!













What a beauty, isn't she?

Will upload the actual photos once I got it!

Hi, as mentioned elsewhere I bought a lovely E1p-ltd yesterday which arrived today (Friday). It is avery fine instrument but whilst the website says it should havehad a 1 &13/1" nut width and a 2 & 5/32" string spacing it has a 1 &11/1" nut and very thin string spacing.

Does anyone have a 12 fret 00 or parlour that actually has the dimensions quoted on the website? I'd really like to get one but need the wider fretboard.

https://www.eastmanguitars.com/acoustic_parlor

HI All,

Quick question.... I have noticed that while most Eastman acoustic headstocks are finished in a gloss rosewood veneer with a mother-of-pearl logo, there are others that appear to be a flat finish with a sort of gold-colored decal label. Does anyone here know anything about this? Would it be that older Eastmans have the gold decal (if it is a decal) and newer ones have the more 'blingy' finish? Or am I missing something?

If the flat-finish is on older models , does anyone know when Eastman changed over?

Thanks!!
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I want to try out a set of water buffalo pins on my E 10 SS. Anyone know what size pins Eastman uses. As far as I am concerned my E 10 D is perfect. Just wanting to see what some buff horn pins will do on my E 10 SS. Buff horn perfected my D 18V, but it is a Sitka top vs. a Adi top. Martin pins didn't fit the SS, just a little loose. Anyone have the sizing?
P.S. Ideally ebony pins on adi tops is historically and ideal set up and Eastman nailed it from the factory. I did change my OO-15 hog top and b&s to bone and it became clear, crisp and defined with increased volume. So tinkering a little can be fun.
Dalton

Anybody ever tried a Richilite (or similar) frettboard? I know Gibson. Martin and others use this material? Would it bother anyone if Eastman started using it? For no rational reason I would be disappointed!

Any one tried the Seymour Duncan Vintage Blues '59 Humbucker, in an T386?
Seems the Seth Lover s are very popular.

Thanks
RwP

Anyone have an idea approximately how many members the AGF has? I've just had a look at their site and I get the impression it is quite highly populated. Although the design doesn't seem a patch on this forum. (don't mention this to Tim - he'll be getting a big head).

(6.1.19 Update: added sound clip below)

(I posted this over on the AGF, so forgive me if you've seen it already. Glad to be back in the Eastman fold!)

It’s been a while since I had a NGD post. I honestly wasn’t planning on buying another guitar for quite a while. Life has changed (a lot) and I no longer play as often as I used to. But I still love the acoustic, and I’ve missed having an OM, which over the past few years become my favorite body style by far.

Last week, I dropped by a local music store just to kick tires. They were unboxing a brand new Eastman E1OM as I walked in. The clerk messed up and told me it was an E10OM, which I realized was wrong as soon as I got it in my hands. But I wasn’t upset. I had been hoping to run across one of these new "bargain" models.

Quite honestly, I've never played an Eastman with mahogany or sapele that did anything for me, so I wasn't expecting much. I decided to give it a try.

Boy, I’m glad I did.

I tuned her up and gave a strum...oh my! What came out was what I consider the quintessential Mahogany and spruce OM/000 tone: balanced, punchy, clear...and rich. Ahhhh...how I had missed the sound of this perfect wood combo and body shape. It truly hits the sweet-spot, for me, at least.

I sat in a little side nook and put her through her paces. Flatpicking, the notes rang clear and true. Not a lot of overtones...just nice, dry mahogany clarity. But rich...full...round. Not thin at all. Fingerpicking, sweet and clear. Up the neck and cowboy chords just put a smile on my face. Strumming, I've learned to control my right hand a lot over the years, but as I dug in, it kept giving.

Several times, customers walked by to ask what brand of guitar I was playing. They weren't asking because of my playing...they were asking because it sounded so right, even with my hacking.

I asked them to hold it for me, so I could ask my wife about it and not put her on the spot by calling from the store. I actually chickened out the next day, and called and told them I couldn't do it. Then I had a change of heart. I told my bride that, if it was still there on Monday, I was going to pull the trigger. It was simply too dang good to pass up at $459. I called them, and to my suprise, it was still there. Turns out they forgot to put it back on the floor on Saturday! Bully for me!

On to the guitar itself, the top is actually quite tight-grained sitka, with a bit of bear-claw going on, and some nice silking. Some waviness in the grain, but not much. Gloss finish on top, and it really makes the silking stand out. Nice tortoise-style binding on the top AND back (many makers cut corners and only bind the top now at this price point and even above). The sapele back and sides are actually quite even and beautiful. They're finished in an open-pore (i.e. no filler) finish, which isn't as nice as satin, but doesn't bother me. Heck, maybe that's one of the reasons it sounds so dang good!







The neck is one of the things I always loved about the Eastmans I had before. Nice, full c-shaped neck. Not too big, not too thin. Felt like home from the get-go. No issues with intonation up and down the neck...seriously, it was spot-on. The ebony fretboard and bridge are beautiful. Can I say thank you CITIES for this one? Becase you know we wouldn't be seeing ebony on this price point were it not for RW restrictions. The headplate is simply gorgeous to me, with a bit of lighter brown striping mixed in with the dark black of the ebony. AND it's a gloss headstock, which makes it look fantastic to me.



I had not seen Eastman's new pickguard design in person, and I am more than thrilled. Their old, pixelated pickguards were thin and ugly, IMHO, but the new ones are quite Greven-esque and attractive. Not beveled, but still a big upgrade.



The neck has a stacked heel and a scarf-joint for the headstock. The neck acutally has some wild figuring on it, but not uniform enough to make it truly "figuring" and get placed on a nicer guitar.



It's quite clean, as well. Nice fit and finish. Looking forward to taking a gander at the bracing when I change strings down the road. All in all, it is a phenomenal spruce/sapele 000 and I'm thrilled to be able to take care of it for a while.

I've downsized my collection quite a bit, and I'm not playing as much as I used to, but this little git may change that. I have a joy when I pick it up, and I don't want to put it down. I haven't really had that in a really long time. It felt good to experience it again. And not caring about the name or the price tag felt good, too. I can't justify having really nice guitars at this season of life, and have moved quite a few for monetary needs. Just being happy that I am able to play an incredible sounding and feeling instrument makes me smile. This one makes me feel like I have a top-tier OM at an incredible price.

https://soundcloud.com/treenewt74/eastma...sound-test

Hello fellow Eastman owners. My most recent Eastman is an E1P parlor with slotted headstock. It came with Ping V93N 3+3 tuners. I wanted to upgrade to Waverly tuners. Does anyone know if they are compatible?