Understanding Eastman Guitars | These Are Worth Your Attention! | Entire Range Overview
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0:00 Intro 🎸
0:13 Intro
0:48 Who are Eastman? The History
2:03 The Electrics
2:20 The Archtops
2:43 Archtop playing 🎸
3:38 The Thinlines
4:20 Thinline Playing 🎸
5:43 The Solid Bodies
6:05 The Acoustics
6:18 Acoustic Playing 🎸
8:00 The Acoustics
8:27 Acoustic Playing 🎸
9:41 Mandolin Playing 🎸
10:54 Are they worth it?
11:50 Acoustic Playing 🎸
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Who is the person demonstrating the guitars? Great playing. Well done
indeed....had to stop and learn his second to last piece (the strumming one)....so cool.
Nathan Mcdonough breathing life into everything he plays - please give him a credit in the videos, he makes me want to buy everything he plays!
Very interesting video and some really amazing playing. Thanks for sharing. 👍 Ray (Australia)
Lovin' my LA Romeo: outstanding build quality!
Thanks for the review.
Nice instruments, especially the one with p90 and the acoustics.
Great the guitar player.
Cheers from Italy.
Thanks dude
super guitars and brilliant player - love the 'tache!
I own 2 Eastman guitars along with my Martin and Taylor. They are fantastic. I recognize that amazing artists and musicians can come from anywhere and I appreciate them.
I have a T59B/V and I absolutely love that guitar. Lollar pickups and great playability right out of the box for me!
Great work from the RAF chap doing the playing. Tip-top old chap!
I have a Romeo… absolutely love it. One of the best guitars I’ve played in 30 years.
Great review. 👏🏼 I own an Eastman SB57. Best guitar I have ever played (and I tried several >£2000 Gibson, PRS, and Fender strats). Incredible built, feel, and sound. And as hinted in this video, amazing electronics quality: Lollar pickups in my SB57 with amazing clarity and if you open the back cavity, you’re in for a big surprise… orange capacitors and probably hands down the cleanest wiring job you could get.
Same. I hardly play my Gibson LP Standard since getting the Eastman SB59
@@seanc.5310 So do I.
Good demos.
I picked up an Eastman T64 and I've so blown away Im literally speechless. Can't believe this brand flew under my radar for so many years.....i personally recommend you go for their higher end models if you can afford it. I paid $2400 Canadian for the T64 (about $1800 USD) and I can truly say it's comparable to a custom shop Gibson in every respect. The build quality, the feel, the way it all comes together is just fantastic. The quality and price almost defies logic.....
I have an Eastman T49D/V. It is outstanding. Eastman is an underrated shop. Anyone who comes to find one, realizes what gems they are.
I have SB59/vGB and 486B (in stunning Red) - both are lovely instruments and play really well in my band for all types of performances - try one soon
Just bought used eastman T484 semi guitar, great quality, beautiful finish
I definitely do love Eastman Guitars!
I've had my eyes on Eastman for a while now and owned an E10? (rosewood OM) flattop and 515 mandolin about 15 years ago. Both instruments were good, with the guitar as I remember being somewhat exceptional. I remember back then, the guitars were about your only options for an all solid wood, Martin based instrument finished in nitrocellulose at a fairly affordable price. Looking at them again, not much has changed. Blue ridge is still around, (I owned one of those too, an all solid rosewood dread). Nice guitar, but not really in the same league. The only complaint I had back then is that some of their bursts look "splotchy" or "cloudy"? Tough to describe, but some of you might know what I mean. The antiqued varnish finishes (light relics?) look very interesting and well done. I also play mandolin, and can really attest that a well done spirit or oil varnish is the most beautiful and best feeling instrument finish you can get IMO. Besides Collings (expensive!), and maybe Martin (likely super expensive!) Eastman is the only one doing these on a factory level that I am aware. Although the prices are not quite as affordable as 10 years ago, they are still a strong value, especially when you consider a varnish. I am lusting for a LP jr and an arch top bad.
I love my Eastman pub sounds great and really good and I only paid like 360 for it I think they are really underrated
I wish they would make a large body multi scale acoustic bass.
Wow! What pickups are in that red 335 style guitar? That bridge pickup was insane!
Lollar p90s probably. That was a T64 I think. I have a vintage les paul but I've always wanted a hollow body electric. I don't have a huge budget so I started off looking at an Epiphone 335 equivalent. Sounded nice but the salesperson in the shop put an Eastman T64 next to me and said have a play of that once you've finished with the Epiphone. OMG. Chalk and cheese. The Eastman cost a bit more but I've never played a guitar I liked as much. I swear my playing immediately got better. Stuff the extra cost, still really affordable and so nice. I bought it on the spot and I am so happy I did.
Great idea for a vid, but why on earth not tag the model number on screen as its being played?? BTW great playing, shame we don't which guitar it is! Doh!!
Good
i got a lightly used ar403ce for 600 bucks on reverb. Freaking beautiful guitar, ill probably never get a better deal in my life
Wow, that guy sure can play.
Since today Im the proud owner of the T486B Classic, with the Seymour Duncan phat cats. The most resonant guitar Ive ever played. And I also do own a Duesey and did own a Gibson ES137, Epis and Hagstroms. Truly amazing value and quality for its price. And the P90 sounds are unparalleled. Im a happy camper ... 😉
Do you recommend a T486 or a Chinese Epiphone 335?
I own a T64 with Lollar P90s for years now and it's divine. Put 12's on it and pay tribute to Grant Green
Ned Flanders can really play.
😂 yes he sure does
Looks a bit like a young Tony Rice.
Ned Flanders is a lefty 😊
My personal experience of Eastman guitars is that they're on a par with the best that the west has to offer. In terms of Gibson, they're as good as most that Gibson's Custom-Shop is putting out but superior to regular American product-line guitars. They don't appear to have encroached upon Fender-territory so far, and PRS are safe too; but they're a force to be reckoned with. I'd happily choose any Eastman over a Gibson when it comes to internet purchases.
No El Rey available?
I really appreciate the work of Eastman. I like seeing the factory tours. I would never let my SB59 go, although she has really hard issues, but I forgive them and look for the next.
What kind of „hard“ issues?
@@Hubieee The tuners were turning so heavy and get easy out of tune, so I need new ones. And I think that the bridge isn`t on the right place, so the E-saddle must go till the end and it makes a sitar like sound.
How hard would it have been to tell us the model names of the guitars in the video as you are holding them up as examples?
I feel like in a lot of American brands a lot of the price tag is based around brand much like Levi’s and nike(which quality is usually worse than lesser brands)
And Eastman bases their price on the quality of the instrument because they use better woods, better pickups, and better finishes
For example a gretsch g6130 is $2800 on average or more whole a Eastman t58/v is $2300 and has maple binding and tv Jones with nitro vs gretsch buckers and poly with plastic binding to me the Eastman had a much better voice and feel and the gretsch feels too expensive for what it is
Ned Flanders started to wig out when he was playing the 64!
What is that fretboard made from?…old tires?..hmm
Got a t64 goldburst (casino type hollow body)and had to sell my 1960's gibson 330...not even close..the eastman is far superior in every way...if you can compare it to the new usa epi casino for over £3k you will laugh out loud at how cheaply made and mass produced the epi is. These are handmade guitars made by master luthiers using traditional techniques..I'm a luthier and can tell tell how good they are. I'm selling all my expensive guitars (mostly gibsons)and replacing them with their eastman equivalent. No other guitar company to my knowledge does this vintage hand rubbed antique varnish finish (traditionally used on violins and cellos etc)..It is an absolutely stunning look...far classier than the gibson or fender custom shop's attempts to replicate age and wear..and it plays and sounds amazing..try them if you get the chance..they're a hidden gem.
Notice how he never mentions "#China"... " they come from 'a Country' with a historic tradition of making instruments' what country doesn't have an instrument making tradition ??
People tend to think negative about china and he still is a salesman...
American guitar: Made in USA with Chinese electronics.
Eastman: Hold my beer.
Been waiting 9-10 months for my v59/v classic finish. Can't wait to get it.
It's worth the wait! I've got the same one and it's amazing!
people spending tons of money for chinese guitars.
Imagine spending real money on a Chinese guitar 🥴👎🏻
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There is always a reason when something is too good to be true! Eastman guitars are made in Chinese factories under dreadful conditions for the workers, if you ever saw how they are treated you would never include an Eastman in your review again. Do your own research before buying an instrument because someone paid a price so you can get a bargain.
I thought they had their own shop and were separate from the common Chinese factories most people think of? If I remember correctly that was the selling point when they started to show up on demo channels. There's no doubt they aren't getting paid enough for the work they do in comparison to other countries though, but I was under the impression it was significantly better working conditions than the factories putting out the $100-$500 stuff for Squier, Epiphone, and all the other budget line stuff. Do you have any information on Eastman's manufacturing? I'm gonna be looking into it myself now too.
If you are correct, I'd recommend for all reading this to look into Godin guitars. Predominantly made in Canada with some production in the states. Very high quality for the money.
@@letmeooze Don't worry man, he's talking absolute horsesh*t. Eastman's working conditions are fine. Better than a USA Amazon factory, that's for sure!
@@liamconlon4375 Since putting up the comment, I actually watched some tours and they aren't particularly awesome conditions, at least by North American standards. I still can't speak to how the workers themselves feel about it, but it is something that I'm going to keep in the back of my mind.
@@letmeooze Sure, but I wouldn't exactly describe them as 'dreadful' like the OP. And they're not out of the ordinary for most developing Asian countries. Actually, they're comparatively better. I just don't think it's worth worrying about unless you want to be morally consistent and not buy anything manufactured overseas ever.
I think Don W is wrong about the Eastman shop.
They may be good guitars but let’s not forget they are made in China, after almost 2 years of Covid devastation I would not buy anything made in China if at all I can help it.
WtF are you mixing up my friend ...
As if some guitar manufacturer has anything to do with that .... Jeez. Should we disconnect all USA citizens for they have a few racist cops?
@@robsnelders1804 cognitive dissonance?
@@johnblack4382 Not to be mixed up with cognitive schizofrenia , a whole new ball game ...
:'-)) No. Im not an owner. But Im a fan of their story. I admire their mission, vision and handy artwork. Ive seen and played some of their jazz archtops but am not a jazzcat myself. Goo see them. The woodwork and esthetics are 😮 surprisingly elegant and stunning. Simple matt finish ebony bridge, pickguard, fingerboard, top cover, knobs and truss rod cover. Wow. 😀 👌
No. I don t get paid by them. Simply an admirer.
And pls 😢 leys not blame all chinese for their govrrnance. You re blaming 🙄 quite a lot of human beings actually.
Mate you might want to reconsider that statement. just because some dumb researchers didn't follow the correct lab safety protocols and a virus got out doesn't mean that all 1.3 billion people in china are suddenly to blame for it. US dropped two atomic bombs on defenseless innocent citizens of japan. does that mean that you not gonna buy another fender or gibson for the rest of your life?
@@bazitube390 oh dear where to start, first I think you need to re look at WW2 how and why it happened and the atrocities perpetrated by the Japanese military let alone the culture at the time of the Japanese. Okinawa saw the deaths of over 300,000 people. Of the 120,000 Japanese soldiers only 3,000 surrendered due to Japanese culture. On mainland Japan there were over 2 million soldiers alone who would fight to the death. The carnage would have been horrific. The deaths of130,000 to 220,000 from the bombs whilst horrific were far less than an invasion would have been and that is on the civilian population. As for China not wanting to support a regime such as theirs goes way beyond a lad leak ( which they denied). The evidence shows in all probability that the virus came from a lab. Whilst I am sure that this was accidental closing down Wuhan but allowing flights out of China was NOT. Or we could talk about Tianamen Square or the persecution of minority Muslims, or the Social Credit System or the threatening of Taiwan or the Belt and Road programme, or the theft of intellectual property, should I go on. People had no issue with sanctions on South Africa to fight he apartheid regime why so reticent to do the same with China. Open to a debate any time.
So now even high end guitars will be from China? So we let them everything done. Got out from Europe to fuck with China. Great British move hahaha
Eastman were growing a following in the UK before Brexit, and their guitars are better than anthing else in the price range from the UK or US, but I agree Brexit is one of the dumbest decisions ever made by a stable and wealthy economy during peacetime, and we are going to really suffer for it :-(