Sound Pure's Take
This brand-new model from Eastman is a wonderful hybrid of build styles, classic archtop tone and sensibility with a smaller body that limits the classic archtop issue of feedback. The mahogany back and sides produce a warm, stately tone with delightfully balanced mid-range. airy but pleasantly compressed highs and immediately responsive bass. Even when driven hard in a swing tune, this guitar maintains its tonal balance and gives you what you want from it, with nothing you don't. Plugged in, the Kent Armstrong humbucker provides a mellow, airy output that could almost, but not quite, be described as smoky. The dark burst that matches the mahogany back and sides make this guitar sure to turn a few heads, this is one of the more attractive Eastmans we've seen to date. And as always, you can't beat Eastman's quality-to-price ratio!
From Eastman Guitars
Carved Spruce top, solid carve mahogany back/sides with Rosewood bridge, tailpiece, pickguard and fretboard. Vintage tone with superior midrange and volume. Classic Venetian cutaway, floating pickup design.
- Serial Number
- 16550315
- Neck Material
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard
- Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius
- 12"
- Nut Material
- Bone
- Nut Width
- 1 3/4"
- Fretwire
- 22-Jescar FW47104-P
- Scale Length
- 25"
- Body Style
- Venetian
- Body Dimensions
- 15" X 2 3/4"
- Body Top
- Solid Hand-Carved Spruce
- Body Back/Sides
- Solid Carved Mahogany
- F-Holes
- Yes
- F-Hole Binding Material
- Ivoroid Single Ply
- Cutaway
- Yes
- Head Cap Veneer Material
- Ebony
- Truss Rod
- Single Acting
- Headstock Style
- AR
- Binding
- Body, Neck, Head
- Binding Material
- 3-ply Ivoroid/Black, Single Ply
- Logo Material
- Maple
- Inlay
- None
- Side Dot Color
- Black
- Hardware Color
- Gold
- Pickguard
- Yes
- Pickguard Material
- Ebony
- Pickguard Binding
- None
- Tailpiece
- Trapeze-style
- Tailpiece Material
- Gold & Ebony
- Bridge
- Rosewood compensated, 2-3/32" Spacing
- Tuners
- Jinho RM-1271GVR 3+3
- Neck Pickup
- Built in Kent Armstrong Humbucker
- Bridge Pickup
- None
- Controls
- Volume & Tone
- Truss Rod Cover
- Ebony
- Strings
- Cleartone .012-.052 Roundwound
- Tuning
- E A D G B e
- Case
- Hardshell Case
Free 3-Year Warranty
Sound Pure stands behind our products. Free three-year warranty on this item. Coverage exclusions live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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