Sound Pure's Take
First and foremost, this archtop is a visual stunner. The honeyburst on this baby is warm and stately; it allows the beautiful grain on this carved spruce top to pop out and demand attention.
Unplugged, nail a chord and the thing just rings for days. The maple back and sides add balanced mid range, while offering that pleasant and rich maple trademark brightness. Plugged in, the Kent Armstrong offers a wide-range of sounds with a single tone control: rolled back you’ll get a delightfully mellow straight jazz tone, cranked you’d swear you were playing a vintage ES-335. The nut width is comfy, small enough to nail those tough chords, but big enough to ensure your fingers don’t get twisted along the way.
Another bulls-eye from Eastman!
From Eastman Guitars
Carved Spruce top, laminated back and sides. Ebony bridge, tailpiece, pickguard and fretboard with vintage tone with superior midrange and volume. Classic Venetian cutaway, mounted humbucking pickup design.
Serial Number: 10455206
Neck Material: 3 piece maple
Fingerboard: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 1-3/4"
Fretwire: 20-Jescar FW47104-P
Scale Length: 25"
Body Style: Venetian
Body Dimensions: 16" X 2-9/16"
Body Top: Carved Spruce
Body Back/Sides: Laminated Flamed Maple
F Holes: Yes
F Hole Material: Wood 3 ply
Cutaway: Yes
Head Cap Veneer Material: Maple
Truss Rod: Single Acting
Headstock Style: AR
Binding: Body, Neck
Binding Material: Wood , 5-ply top, 3-ply back
Logo Material: Maple
Inlay: Split block
Inlay Material: Pearl
Side Dot Color: Black
Hardware Color: Gold
Pickguard: Yes
Pickguard Material: Ebony
Pickguard Binding: 3 ply
Pickguard Binding Material: Wood
Tailpiece: Trapeze-style
Tailpiece Material: Gold & Ebony
Bridge: Ebony, 2-3/32" Spacing
Tuners: Gotoh-Gold & Ebony
Neck Pickup: Kent Armstrong HPAG-1N
Bridge Pickup: None
Controls: Volume & Tone
Truss Rod Cover: Ebony
Strings: Cleartone Phosphor Bronze .012-.052 Roundwound
Tuning: E A D G B e
Case: Hardshell Case
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