Eastman Juliet /v Bigsby - Electric Guitar Review
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- Let's start the new year as we mean to go on... with a new guitar! 😁👍 much excitement as we look at the new 'original' model from Eastman - the Juliet, which comes with our favourite hand-rubbed finish and all the right stuff. Grab a drink and some nibbles and join us! 🎸
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Time stamps:
00:00 intro & coming up
00:48 what's happening today
01:20 an original Eastman
05:26 what did it cost?
06:48 about the guitar, spec, etc
08:58 scruffy little guitar
10:36 what does it weigh?
10:54 about the design
13:48 fingerboard, frets, etc
15:30 headstock & tuners
16:37 neck measurements & profile
17:27 the bridge
19:50 knurled knobs
20:31 pickup readings
21:20 under the covers
26:40 restringing a Bigsby
30:23 what it sounds like unplugged
30:57 todays rig
31:23 what it sounds like plugged in
35:15 let's play something part 1
36:43 the tone control
38:38 let's play something part 2
39:40 bootcamp research results
41:09 all the stuff you need
43:24 the Juliet range
44:38 sitting very comfortably
45:50 I like it can you tell?
46:38 play out jam
Signal Chain Info:
TC Polytune / Boss CS3
Drive Pedals (when on): Soul Food / RAT
Boss DD7 / Boss RC5 Looper
Amp: Fender Princeton 65 Reverb Tweed 1 x 12
Mics AKG C414 & SM57
Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 into Protools
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I'm not completely sold on the shape, but I love, love, love the way Eastman finishes their instruments. The furniture-style finish is so unique and eye catching!
Here here!
They started out making violins and mandolins.
I'm diggin' the whole "two-sets-a-night-on-tour" vibe from this guitar. Distinctive, not pretty, like a favorite tool with some dings and rounded edges, but one that gets the job done. Eastman seems to have things figured out, and perhaps it's a good thing they're not for everyone because they're rare enough as it is. A good choice to kick off the year. Cheers!
Cheers man! 😎👍
Great choice with awsome tones. Happy new year
Happy new year! Sounds sweet.
Great start to the New Year!
Thanks Colin.
Gorgeous. Love it. Great job, as always, too.
Great to see you smiling already in 2023 with a new guitar. Gonna be a good year !
Great choice. I got the red one with the P90s a couple of months ago, and I can't stop playing. Incredible sound and really well-made, feels like it was made for me!
Great way to start the new year. Looks and sounds like a keeper. Really appreciate and enjoy your reviews.
Cheers Chris!
I've been looking forward to your reviewing the Eastman Juliet! I haven't seen the vid yet, but I'm super-stokef!
Another brick in the villa! Great start to the new year, Colin. I haven't yet really warmed to your new guitar but I'm happy to see Eastman turning their hand to something original. She sounds great, you love the looks and it is well finished. What's not to like?
Keep 'em coming!
Cheers Brother- Sitting between a Tele & LP is my exact wheelhouse...Great show as always & a wonderful start to the New Year. Thanks Man...
Another cool guitar. I think the contrasting pickup rings and output jack plate help accent that cobbled together relic look. It's very cool to see such in-depth reviews of guitars we'll most likely never own, and possibly never even get the chance to try out. You give us aficionados the chance to try them out vicariously. Thanks.
Great review! Also, using capo when restringing the Bigsby… GENIUS!
What a start to 2023 - Eastman's new creation. Great job Colin!
Happy new year! Thanks for all your hard work!
Cheers that's appreciated! 😎👍
Really impressed with the Eastmans you have shown on your channel Colin and I'm definitely going to buy one.
Great review,,thanks man. Makes me wanna get an Eastman
And thanks for this awesome review !
If asked about relics I always said not my bag. Twice now you have made me eat my words. I love it. The people at Eastman are knocking it out of the park. Great playing as ever.
I was in the same boat. I was a never-relic. Then I got an Eastman relic archtop…now I am an Eastman-yes-relic
Cheers James 😁👍
Here here !
Love your reviews & love those Eastman Juliets too !
Loving those tones... great pickups and cool guitar
I think that thing is cool as heck. I'm really enamored with Eastman
Had a bad week friends, glad to see this. I needed it !!
Cheers man, hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend 😎👍
I never would have paid much attention to a Juliet and I love Eastmans. Another great review
Absolutely stellar review. I really enjoyed the ride. Thanks for sharing.
Love Cure in the intro loop. And first I saw a thumbnail for this video I was like "this looks like Robert Smith Schecter" 😊
I love your comment on how when a guitar catches your eye and you hone in on it... reading up... watching videos... finally find one to try.. Its a process of obsession for sure. I am with you my friend!
Hey, that was a great review, nice guitar and great playing as always! Happy New Year to you Colin 😎😎
Thanks Peter 😁👍
Love that see-through back plate.
Happy new year man! As a viewer I can tell straight away how this is going to go.. Sometimes you get a guitar in & your whole vibe changes - you seem very pleased with yourself today, love it! 😂
Btw that jam sounds fantastic, beautifully played & those tones just lovely! Thanks man!
Cheers mate thanks for the kind words... yes sometimes I just can't contain my excitement! 🤣👍
I have also been smitten with the Eastmans. I have the Romeo and a limited addition acoustic. Both are joys to play and listen to. The Romeo should be on a museum wall. The craftsman ship is stunning. I am always excitied to see you have posted a new video. Always well done Sir. My "Magpie" eye is on the white Juliet.
Happy new year with the new guitar!!! By the way, you started very well, you presented a wonderful guitar, with excellent characteristics and you were very happy when looking at the choice of the musical theme, you were very smart.
Thank you very much!!!
Thanks Carlos, that's appreciated! 😁👍
Man, I love your reviews. I just got back into playing after not playing for a few years. I have always been a “ it has to be a fender of Gibson” or it’s a crap guitar. Now I don’t think that at all. Your channel is for the average Joe guitar player and I mean that in a good way. No fancy speed shredding, huge pedal boards, etc, just honest in depth reviews. Great review, good guitar playing, keep them coming!
You’ve discovered Colin’s magic.
He opens our eyes and ears to alternative brands, countries of manufacture, and $$$.
I used to be a “has to be Gretsch/Fender/Gibson” guy.
He even has me soldering and changing pickups these days.
Just got my son an ESP LTD Phoenix, from Korea. $1200 USD, and she is perfect. It blew my socks off how good a guitar this is. Machining has come leaps and bounds past the old, crank it out assembly line gits.
Happy New Year, Colin... First show and first guitar of 2023.... and what a cracker!! I love that guitar, and I loved your playing. At times, you seemed almost "lost in the moment," which is probably an indication of how much you were enjoying playing it!! I was gassing after a T486 or T59V, but I might just forget that and buy this model. Jeez, life is difficult when you are a guitar addict..
I'm looking forward to many more Guitaristas reviews this year.. Thanks, mate.
Cheers Bob! 😁👍
That is a lovely guitar, pleasing both aesthetically and sonically with the subtlety of your playing, Colin, the finishing touch.
😁🙏
Hey Colin, happy new year, those Eastman guitars are in another level, growing on us too, thanks to you, the only thing that got me kind of upset yesterday night, while watching the video, was the part when you said,"Tada"😆😁🤣, cheers.
I actually really like this! Definitely going to check out Eastman this year.
I had the same acquisition problem after a Dean Z caught my eye after all the legal wrangling. Ended up with one from my birth year and it’s an absolute beast, best guitar I own now.
Cheers Colin, looking forward to seeing the guitars you bring us in 2023
I really enjoyed that review. I think I’ll get one.
Colin, Happy New Year from Austin Texas! I do like the look of the Juliet. I’ve been interested in the SB59 for a while, and now here’s another one for the list. By the way, Eastman also make some great mandolins…. I’ve had a model 315 for several years… when I bought it my instructor and I went through almost every mandolin in the shop, and to my ears my Eastman sounded a lot better than some other mandolins selling for several thousand dollars…. Build quality was great as well…
We’re both in love with Juliet - glad there are more than one of her! I have that particular Juliet model (and the double cut LP Jr they make). Both are extremely well made guitars, sound great, and are fun to play. Thanks for another fantastic review. Cheers!
Nice one! (or two should I say... 🤣) 👍
I think you are spot on with the Marmite analogy. It certainly has a great tone. Also, I loved hearing some Cure-inspired riffing. Your taste in music is impeccable. Well done and and Happy New Year!
Cheers Sqid!
Bare knuckle pickups are british made bespoke pickup builder and they are quality all the way through their models they make the ray gun pickups that Steve stevens uses of billy idol fame and quite a few other guitarists they are not cheap we are talking £180-£400 within
their entire range.
Happy New Year Colin and crew. Well, it's starting out nicely enough, that's a fine specimen from Eastman👍😁so let's all just do our thing, enjoy your videos in 2023. Cheers, Mate
Cheers Michael!
Please…please keep making content. Easily my one of my favorite CZcams channels. Thank you good Sir for making quality, interesting and fun content 🖖
Cheers Joshua, thanks for the support it's appreciated! 👍
Now you have my attention again, Colin! Eastman is the.. man! 😅
Happy New Year, Happy New Gear!
Cheers man! 😁👍
Happy New Year! What a great guitar. Love the looks. A true beauty. Also great sound and jam. I do love the Cure! Eastman really impresses on all levels. Offtopic I also started the year with a new old guitar. There is no better way to start :D. Cheers!
Happy New Year Mana Haas! 😎👍
Happy New Year Colin I am going to start looking at Eastman I love the growl from this guitar.
Cheers Paul! 😎👍
Great looking and sounding guitar!
Cool guitar, gr8 sounding electrics. The design has a bit of the earlier Fano guitars thing going on, especially that headstock. Nice playing as usual, love me some Cure flavour. Cheers
My favorite pickup sound on the channel yet! I guess I found the humbuckers I have been looking for!
The papers underneath the covers are such an awesome, intimate detail! Been looking for a 25.5" dual humbucker guitar that isn't a tele for a while now. I played one of these recently and this is definitely that guitar. Love that the humbuckers lean towards beefy P90s and provide a ton of clarity but provide just enough bottom end and warmth. The Bigsby, to me, loosens up the string tension ever so slightly to a wonderful place that allows easy bends but holds up well to a heavy pick hand
Man, I love these vintagey kind of oddball guitars, looks sweet and you're right, it really fits you, the colors, the shape and everything.
The finish almost looks a bit like old black leather, the whole thing and its colours remind me of an old, trusty, worn in saddle... Really cool!
Also: Happy New Year!
Cheers man... yes I think very cool 😎👍
Yes. Very nice Colin. Thanks for putting Eastman on my radar. Never tried one, but I certainly have no fear about them. They seem to have wonderful builds. Cheers.
Fantastic reviews and as an Eastman fan myself, Im gassing for this one and this video doesnt help! What a nice guitar the Juliet. Has something very unique and loves the headstock!
This guitar has charisma and sounds great. I am not a big fan of the headstock but I definitly could become friends with it. Thanks for the great review Colin!
Great vid Colin. All the best.
Cheers mate!
I have my tea ….let’s rock n roll Colin. Happy new year!
Cheers Micky happy new year mate!
Brilliant review Colin! After watching, I went out and purchased this Juliet at the local guitar store. I love the varnish finish, bigsby and Bare Knuckle pickups. It is a Swiss army type of guitar that can do a lot. The finish does make it feel like it’s a great vintage guitar. Cheers!
Nice one Dave! 😁👍
I use little rubber wedges made from pink rubber school erasers under the bigsby pins to hold the strings in place. They help. The capo also helps.
Thanks. Well presented. You are a Star.
Cheers Cliff! 😁🙏
Marmite is probably spot on, but also looks like "Heinz 57", all bits of guitars you recognise thrown into 1. Happy New Year. I forgot it was Friday, nice surprise to see another great video.🙂
Colin, try my method…get a piece of foam, that you can place under the post area that completely holds the string in place, while you bring the string up to the nut! Cheers!
Happy New Year Colin!
And you man! 😎👍
Colin HNY, you are certainly getting into your Eastman's at mo! Also nice to see Eastman are making some of their own designs while not scrimping on their usual level of high specs.
Man I was just looking for something unique and came across the Blonde one without a Bigsby but this one looks way cooler! Was surprised how light it was, but re-stringing looks like a pain!! I might have to try this one out if I can find one. Thanks for the great video as always. Happy new year!
Cheers Sean, i'm sure I made restringing it look harder than it actually is... 🤣
Happy new year Colin that Eastman is superb 👍🎸
Cheers Malcolm!
Hi Colin! I love your version of "Lullaby". I'm a big fan of The Cure and that guitar certainly reminds my Robert Smith's current Schecter models. I'm pretty impressed with the guitar itself too, especially for the price. The Bare Knuckle pickups really do it justice. Thanks for another good deep dive on another cool guitar. I enjoyed it.
Cheers man! ✌
Cheers Rafael! 😎👍
That's a beauty! I like the sounds it inspired out of you. Cool thing about the paper is you can remove it or put a different color to get a slightly different look. Happy New Year, Colin! I treated myself to the Korina Explorer, you can't be the only one having fun.
Cheers man, I'm jealous it looks like I can only get an ebony explorer in the UK... that will happen soon I reckon!
Happy New Year to you, Colin! What a wonderful surprise it is to see this video. The Eastman Juliet is exactly the guitar I was recommending to my wife just before Christmas. Instead, she wanted a white Epiphone Crestwood Custom, which she got, by the way. You were right about that guitar being great. What a fun guitar to play! We both love it. Anyway, getting back to the story, I considered getting the Juliet for myself. I almost pulled the trigger, but I hesitated because I didn't like the fact that it doesn't come with a hardshell case. I believe that every quality guitar ought to have a real case. The Crestwood didn't come with a case either, but I bought one because I thought it deserved one. But here is where I fell off the wagon and sinned. After commenting in one of your earlier videos that I wasn't a fan of ES-335 style guitars, I got weak and ended up buying a Gibson Murphy Lab '59 ES-355 Reissue in Watermelon Red. I told you before that I am a "cork sniffer" when it comes to guitars, but I shocked myself with this one. I justified my insanity by convincing myself that I needed an ES in order to complete my collection of Gibsons. I have several Les Pauls, and an SG Custom. So it goes without saying that a proper ES was required. I am just surprised that my wife let me get away with it. I am a lucky man, indeed, to have such an understanding wife!
Incidentally, I think the Juliet looks fantastic! It is its shape that originally caught my eye. I still may get one for myself further down the road.
Till next time!
I think your justification for getting the (very expensive) ES- 335 was perfectly valid! 🤣🤣 I use a similar logic in deciding which guitars to buy often! We are both very lucky to have understanding and encouraging partners so let this insanity never end!
@@theguitaristas You are right about being expensive. The list price for the Murphy Lab Light Aged ES-355 is $8499.00! Making it the most high priced guitar I have ever purchased. Probably, under normal circumstances I would not have been so indulgent. However, I got a smoking deal from a shop that I bought two guitars from in the past. They offered me a price so tempting that I simply couldn't refuse. I would have been an idiot to pass on such a rare opportunity. In all honesty though, this will probably be my last acquisition. I have run out of space for any more guitars. Not to mention all the cases. I am an old man now and I am immensely proud of the collection I have acquired. I have been fortunate to put it mildly. It's time now to say enough is enough and simply just enjoy the things I have.
Take care, brother, and stay strong. I look forward to seeing you again next Friday.
Nice sound nice looks, and from what I'm hearing, you've already found your guitar of the year 🤘😃
Certainly its in the lead at this point! 🤣👍
@@theguitaristas 😃😃
You know what happens when you buy an Eastman?...... You have a guitar for the rest of your life. Beautiful handmade/spec guitars.
Love it, a new twist on an old design..really intrigued to see/feel the antique varnish if I've ever got a couple of grand spare 🤣
A cool looking guitar it suits you! Gibson and Fender seems to have nailed some of their designs for all time to come so it is refreshing to see that is still possible to come up with something of its own that looks genuine.
I think its great that there's companies out there coming up with new designs that pay respect to old traditions. Bilt guitars and Novo guitars have done a similar thing in terms of new designs with classic features. I love it!
I think Eastman definitely have themselves a new fan. Very nice axe. Happy new year bro 👍
Cheers Karl, and you mate!
I just tried one. After trying almost every guitar on the current market (Fender AM PRO 2, American Vintage 2, Gibson Original 's... And a lot of other stuff) for the last month.
I was aware of these, but they're very sparse and hard to find.
Fell on this one and the Romeo. The latter was really nice, but the Juliet.. God😮.
A masterpiece, and the perfect link between a Fender and Gibson. It's got spank, it's got mellowness, it's got jazz, it's got rock.. Hendrix to Jimmy Page
It's a fascinating guitar, that has complexity in tone, and huge punch.
I couldn't put it down in the shop, and the salesman came downstairs in the test room, and told me, "Gosh, it's just came in, I haven't tried it yet, but it kills ! Gonna keep it for me.. 😅". . "No man, I'M gonna buy it 🤯".
What an instrument
Happy New year Colin! Sounds very sweet and love the playing, bit of a marmite vibe but I like it.
Played one not long ago here in Holland......its one of them you have to play ...i garentee most will fall in love.....superb playing..sounding...guitar...great feeling neck.....
Cheers Jon... yep that's the truth! 😁👍
Happy New Year Colin
Cheers mate and you!
love it.
Gawd I love the Cure. Beautiful playing!
I'm lovin these Eastman guitars.
Gorgeous guitar
I can tell you love the Eastmans and am starting to get interested in them as well. The SB59 is fantastic looking and sounding, especially the Gold Top. Not a fan of the Bigsby on this one. But I have added a Duesenberg Les Trem II to a guitar of mine and it is very impressive. No drilling and you can switch back to the stop tail piece if you want. As always, great vid. Very informative. Your style is top notch.
Happy New Year, Colin!
Thanks for another very interesting video. Its interesting which not so known guitars you are presenting.
To be honest: This is the first guitar on your channel that really don´t catches me 🤔 Maybe because I´m the "classic design" guy!?
Somehow its a guitar I would not take from the wall in a guitar shop. But that is the great thing today that there are so many different instruments we can choose from
and if you like it take it, if not leave it.
Anyway - looking forward to the other 51 videos this year 🤣
Greetings from Germany! 😎🎸
Cheers man happy new year!
I am a big fan of the comparison videos you make and I like single-cut guitars. I wonder if you would make a video comparing your Gibson Les Paul and the Eastman alongside a Heritage 150 as Heritage claim to be more like the Original Les Pauls than even the Gibson, today. Great video...Eastman fan because of you. Thanks...a lot. 🤗
Happy New Year :) In my limited experience Bareknuckle pickups tend to be too high output for me, although my favourite of any brand of pickup is their Stormy Monday in the neck position on an LP or similar, incredibly sweet.
Sounds great & it is a lovely looking guitar. Still in love with my SB59! Great review as always Colin - must check out the vhx channel as I’m really enjoying your content 😊
Cheers Andy, yes maybe check it out... there's even more of me talking nonsense over there and with no ad breaks! 😆👍
Well what a great start to 2023 with a wonderful hommage to the greats Gibson firebird neck into ‘Leo’ Fender body and the Gretsch hardware … wonderful looks and stunning tones… cool 50s tuners would swap them for vintage locking stepped !… alnico II pickups most under stated pickups …either way it’s a keeper ?
I really dig this for some reason!
Colin, nice review. Yes, all of us have the guitar addiction. My ophthalmologist told me there is no cure for this condition so I continue watching your videos.
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Have a wonderful new year ✨️ 😊
Cheers man and you! 😎👍
Happy New Year Colin. As a ever a fantastic review. Yeah, I like it. Headstock is massive. It is scruffy but got character. Pickups sound great. Need to dig into Eastman, I like them. No problem with them being built in China.
Colin, It seems as though the Eastman guitars leave little to be desired, have quality parts, and are reasonably priced, for what you get. I'd take out the paper pieces so you can see the stuff underneath.
You would think that a 3 grand Gibson Les Paul Standard would not need any upgrading, to reach the quality of the Eastman, Not so, is it. Another reason I prefer Epiphone guitars .
You mentioned, and I checked, that Eastman make symphonic instruments, loved by many classical musicians. There is why their guitars are so nice. '-)
I've been googling Eastman guitars in my country(Australia) and I've found a fewSB55's and SB59's but no Juliet's. I'm still on holidays and my wife's gone back to work so I've got way too much time on my hands. This is not going to end well. Great review as always Colin. All the best for 2023.
😁 cheers man... maybe get the others first like I did and then Juliet when they eventually drop down under? 🤣
I love it!
Well I bought an eastman ac122ce and it does not disappoint!!
I hated these from the pics but when I saw it in person I loved it. Also love the cure cover. Love your take on songs.
Cheers Ryan!
i love the lullaby jam!