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First Look at Two Tasty New Eastman Vintage Varnish Models: E20SS/V & E20 OOSS/V
Check out these two brand new beauty old beat up Eastmans. Rosewood & sunburst has finally arrived at the vintage ball. Very intriguing!
My love affair with my own 2018 Eastman E10SS/V continues to grow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WW1wIvoTuE Dan's Mahogany E10 SS/V https://imgur.com/a/DTmkrLv Last edited by Dan Boggs; 02-16-2022 at 09:24 PM. |
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Boy! Those look tasty. I'd love to try that ss dreadnaught!
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Yes. They look cool. Shame they don't have a 1 3/4" nut. Boy the Eastman prices have crept up though.
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…..I can’t understand why they chose to use those fretboard and headstock inlays…..why make such a nice copy of an iconic instrument and booger it up with such non traditional inlays….I know it’s in the eye of the beholder….this beholders eye don’t t like em….
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I completely agree, those headstock inlays are the ugliest I have ever seen...complete deal breaker!
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Yep, those inlays and the narrow neck and string spread don't work for me either, nor the fake wear.
Last edited by Cameleye; 02-18-2022 at 10:45 AM. |
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This guitar may not be for everyone but what guitar is?
There will be a good following for this guitar once they start selling. Besides, this isn't Eastman's only offering. They are really stepping up their game under the new partnership.
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"Antique varnish"?
No offense, but I've always found those who buy prematurely aged guitars to be leaning towards the poser side of life. These guitars look and sound wonderful. I love the overall finish on them. But that artificial "elbow rub" is ridiculous. That's something I want to do. It's a marketing gimmick which a large portion of the guitar playing public has bought into. Years ago, there was a joke about the Fender Custom Shop, in that their "relic" guitars were put into such a state by some acne-ridden kid swinging a belt full of belt buckles at a guitar. You can imagine that, much to our surprise, that during a tour of the Custom Shop we saw some acne-ridden kid swinging a belt full of buckles at a guitar. These guitars didn't need it and, for me, it's a shame that Eastman decided to do it... |
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There’s obviously a market for the relic stuff. Eastman is a business. They’d be foolish not to dip a toe in the water and take advantage of a trend. |
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Boy, you guys are tough. PW guitars gets a lot of great pub here on AGF, and I don't think one can even order a non-reliced guitar from them. I personally don't care for the trend, but people want what people want.
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Oh, I understand that, which is why I didn't say there wasn't a market for it or that it was a bad business decision. I just think people who buy such guitars tend to be posers...
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Are people who buy well used vintage guitars posers as well?
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I owned two Eastman E10 SS/V models (as well as a few E10ss models) over the last decade.
Generally I can say two things, and I don’t mind being challenged or educated: 1) The guitars tend to need some tweaking /setup help; once that is accomplished they are nice guitars. 2) They used to have nitro lacquer finishes. Now they have a more poly-type of finish. The nitro finished Eastmans are vastly superior sonically. |
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Yes. Once guitars look old they should be thrown out ...
-Mike |
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The varnish gets aged pretty quickly anyway. Might work on a violin but on a guitar: scratches, discolorations, marks (from the bubble wrap!) all happen irrespective how careful you are.
I have a e10ss/v. Hate the sunburst on these ones and the inlays... |