It may be that Eastman has improved the durability of their finishes on later models. I've had my early 2011 AC312 for about five months now and the finish is holding up well. I had Steve at Gianna's put a standard sized pick guard on mine since I'm mainly a strummer/cross picker for now but the area below the guard where my Potomac dred is showing a good deal of scratching (from pick "overrun" :0) ) is unmarked on the eastman.
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