Eastman Guitars......

[JackBootedThug]

Shop about an hour away carries them. Expensive and made in china. Guy says they are Gibson killers. These things are crazy expensive for made in china. What am I missing here? They legit? No way I'm spending that on a chinese product when I can get top tier stuff for similar prices. Any of you play them? Legit?

 

[SpiderWars]

I’ve had a couple but they didn’t stay. They are not Gibson killers imo but they are decent guitars. I don’t have much experience with Burny/Greco/et al but I doubt the Eastman guitars are any better than those. I agree that they are too expensive and not as easy to sell used as I thought.

 

[Devin]

I've only ever played one (LP-ish style) but I thought it was pretty incredible honestly

 

[diddlybo]

I had an Eastman LP Junior and it was top notch. I've owned over a hundred guitars and it was easily in the top five best ever for me. It was light, the Lollar pickup sounded great, the fret work was the best I ever had and it would not go out of tune. I didn't have single complaint about the one I had.

They are pretty much handmade guitars, which means they won't all be alike. Some will just be better than others. You know how it is, if a machine is making the guitars they will be close to identical. If humans are making them, you will find some variance.

I had to sell mine to cover non-music related expenses but I'll have another soon.

 

[Fiesta Red]

I had an Eastman LP Junior with the double cutaway. Incredible guitar and was really well made. I'd have no problems paying that kind of money for a guitar like that again. I'd like to check out their acoustics, as they have a good rep too.