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(10-05-2021, 04:53 PM)Pura Vida Wrote: Zissou can chime in, if I get the details wrong... but he's longed for Eastman to make a slope dread (think E10SS), but with a 1-3/4" nut width (a request many of us share) and 12-fret dread body. It's like a Gibson Roy Smeck, but made by Eastman, hence Smeckman!
Yeah, I'd like one of those smeckers myself. I've always been drawn to those SS's but not with the narrower nut.
Besides the 322 I like the AD27. Not sure about how they sound as I haven't listened to many videos and while the AD is not 12 fret I like the body size
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(10-08-2021, 12:38 PM)billymo Wrote: Eastman E20P full rich tone. Seemed to be no sacrificing of bass. Impressive.
Recording King ROS-647. Incredible rich smooth balanced tone. Why oh why did I sell this. This exact guitar, the one I owned, not just the same model, was owned by 2 members of this forum. I could not get used to to the 1 13/16 " nut width and the strings felt loose.
Blueridge BR-142, yes, super..played one, did not own
Blueridge BR-162, no, owned it, very disappointed.
Martin 000-15SR, yes, played it last week in a shop, really nice guitar/tone but a bit too bright for me. Watched a few videos of those guitars. That recording king sounded pretty darn nice!
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My good friend has an Alvarez Yairi 12 fret dread in sunburst. DySr70 sb I think. He can make it sing. I just like playing it  . Really beautiful instrument visually and sonically. Tough to find in shops to demo or so he says.
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(10-08-2021, 03:49 PM)Sausage fingers Wrote: My good friend has an Alvarez Yairi 12 fret dread in sunburst. DySr70 sb I think. He can make it sing. I just like playing it . Really beautiful instrument visually and sonically. Tough to find in shops to demo or so he says.
Maybe this - maybe not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flAOlXO8W-8
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(10-08-2021, 04:40 PM)AlanSam Wrote: (10-08-2021, 03:49 PM)Sausage fingers Wrote: My good friend has an Alvarez Yairi 12 fret dread in sunburst. DySr70 sb I think. He can make it sing. I just like playing it . Really beautiful instrument visually and sonically. Tough to find in shops to demo or so he says.
Maybe this - maybe not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flAOlXO8W-8
Pretty nice. Have heard good things about the brand. Is there a mahogany version?
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(10-08-2021, 04:40 PM)AlanSam Wrote: (10-08-2021, 03:49 PM)Sausage fingers Wrote: My good friend has an Alvarez Yairi 12 fret dread in sunburst. DySr70 sb I think. He can make it sing. I just like playing it . Really beautiful instrument visually and sonically. Tough to find in shops to demo or so he says.
Maybe this - maybe not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flAOlXO8W-8 Yep that is the one. Funny thing my friend bears a striking resemblance but no accent, at least not a euro accent. More of a SoCal surfer dude.
edit: Don’t know if there is a hog version. Here is a link.
https://www.alvarezguitars.com/instrumen...ri-series/
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Yes I own one 12 fret model the E10 00 that along with the E10/20P, E20 00 models that come with Eastman's widest string spacing and fattest necks are just a joy to play. The reason bought the E10 is that I feel is their wood combo of Adi and their version of mahogany is sonically their best sounding models throughout their line. I'm a fingerstyle player and their small body 12 fret models to me were designed specifically for fingerstyle.
I was on track to buy a 13 fret Santa Cruz guitar when a family member needed some financial help and I was glad that I was able to help out. Recently my wife told me if I still wanted to buy the H13 Santa Cruz guitar model just go ahead and pull the needed funds out of our savings. Well for some reason doing that way seems to make the situation too easy and not really earned as it was when I was saving up doing things to help finance my own purchase. I don't know if I'm making sense but I'm sitting back thinking the whole process over.
Anyways the 13 fret is the same setup as the 12 fret with all the advantages the 12 fret brings. Here's what SCGC's specs are for the H13.
https://santacruzguitar.com/h13/
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(10-09-2021, 07:23 AM)Sausage fingers Wrote: (10-08-2021, 04:40 PM)AlanSam Wrote: (10-08-2021, 03:49 PM)Sausage fingers Wrote: My good friend has an Alvarez Yairi 12 fret dread in sunburst. DySr70 sb I think. He can make it sing. I just like playing it . Really beautiful instrument visually and sonically. Tough to find in shops to demo or so he says.
Maybe this - maybe not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flAOlXO8W-8 Yep that is the one. Funny thing my friend bears a striking resemblance but no accent, at least not a euro accent. More of a SoCal surfer dude.
edit: Don’t know if there is a hog version. Here is a link.
https://www.alvarezguitars.com/instrumen...ri-series/
I"ve never explored Alvarez guitars. Didn't realize that they made a full range of guitars. Always thought of them as lower end but have heard lots of good about them. Thanks or the link. From a born in SoCal beach rat!
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(10-09-2021, 11:46 AM)sagebrush tom Wrote: Yes I own one 12 fret model the E10 00 that along with the E10/20P, E20 00 models that come with Eastman's widest string spacing and fattest necks are just a joy to play. The reason bought the E10 is that I feel is their wood combo of Adi and their version of mahogany is sonically their best sounding models throughout their line. I'm a fingerstyle player and their small body 12 fret models to me were designed specifically for fingerstyle.
I was on track to buy a 13 fret Santa Cruz guitar when a family member needed some financial help and I was glad that I was able to help out. Recently my wife told me if I still wanted to buy the H13 Santa Cruz guitar model just go ahead and pull the needed funds out of our savings. Well for some reason doing that way seems to make the situation too easy and not really earned as it was when I was saving up doing things to help finance my own purchase. I don't know if I'm making sense but I'm sitting back thinking the whole process over.
https://santacruzguitar.com/h13/
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