Sound Pure's Take
I'll admit that I'm a bit of a guitar purist. I don't like crazy designs or modern guitar build techniques. I like the way old stuff sounds and feels and want new stuff to replicate that. This new Ambrosio-design ER4 from Eastman made me forget about all those holdups of mine. This guitar sings SWEET. It's got a great articulate voice that's got tons of authoritative mid-range but still has a nice high-end bite to it, like if mahogany and maple had a lovechild. It looks like a starship, too, so you'll be sure to turn some heads with this one. Funny business aside, it has the playability and tone a working jazz musician would demand from an instrument, and could easily stand up to 5K and above custom build.
From Eastman Guitars
The next-generation electric archtop is here! Solid Spruce Top, Solid Mahogany back and sides with classic “Big Box” jazz and blues tones. Superior feedback suppression at high volumes.
Weight: 5.6 lbs.
Body Dimensions: 14″ X 2″
Cutaway: Single Florentine-style
Top Wood: Solid Spruce
Back/Sides Wood: Mahogany
Body Binding: Figured Maple
Neck Woods: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Nut Width: 1 3/4″
Scale Length: 25 2/5″
Frets: 22 Nickel – Silver
Inlays: Custom Offset Design
Pick-up: Single Mounted Kent Armstrong (HPAG-1)
Controls: Volume, Tone
Bridge: Archtop Tunomatic, 2 1/32″ Spacing
Tailpiece: Gold & Ebony Trapeze-style
Tuners: Gold-plated Gotoh
Strings: D’Addario EJ21 .012-.052 Roundwound
Available Finishes: Classic, Classic/Sunburst
Case: Hardshell Included
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