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[Zissou Intern]

Eastman E10OM-TC 

• torrefied red spruce top 
  
• mahogany back and sides
  
• ebony peghead, fretboard, and bridge
  
• 25" scale
  
• 1 3/4" bone nut
  
• bone saddle
  
• ebony pins
  
• Tor-tis pickguard
  
• original hardshell case
  

It's a sweetheart of a guitar, like new, with no issues. I wish I could keep it. 

[sleigh]

That's a gorgeous-looking guitar (and gorgeous-sounding too, I expect). Someone will be very lucky to get it at that price.

[Pura Vida]

So, wait... I think I'm confusing myself.  Do you and EMS each have an E10OM-TC, and both are for sale?  Those are pretty rare models, and we have at least two of them on EGF.  Don't make me sell my E20OM-SB, so I can buy one of these!

[Zissou Intern]

I now have EMS's EOM-TC. I took it on trade for my Gibson J35 Fuller's. I knew full well that it'd be difficult getting clearance from the tower to keep it, and I was right. I'd love for you to have this one, PV! It's a sweetheart.

[sagebrush tom]

So, wait... I think I'm confusing myself.  Do you and EMS each have an E10OM-TC, and both are for sale?  Those are pretty rare models, and we have at least two of them on EGF.  Don't make me sell my E20OM-SB, so I can buy one of these!

Now why in the world would you get rid of a perfectly fine rosewood OM? Just buy the E10OM-TC and be through with it. Worry about your guitars later.

[Zissou Intern]

So, wait... I think I'm confusing myself.  Do you and EMS each have an E10OM-TC, and both are for sale?  Those are pretty rare models, and we have at least two of them on EGF.  Don't make me sell my E20OM-SB, so I can buy one of these!

Now why in the world would you get rid of a perfectly fine rosewood OM? Just buy the E10OM-TC and be through with it. Worry about your guitars later.

Tom, I am seeing a missing puzzle piece in your guitarsenal... no torrefied tops. You could strike now, beat PV to the punch, and adopt this OM-TC!

[Pura Vida]

EMS only lives an hour away from me.  We could have saved on shipping... TWICE!  

[Zissou Intern]

EMS only lives an hour away from me.  We could have saved on shipping... TWICE!  

Now you tell us!

[eastmanschool]

So, wait... I think I'm confusing myself.  Do you and EMS each have an E10OM-TC, and both are for sale?  Those are pretty rare models, and we have at least two of them on EGF.  Don't make me sell my E20OM-SB, so I can buy one of these!

Now why in the world would you get rid of a perfectly fine rosewood OM? Just buy the E10OM-TC and be through with it. Worry about your guitars later.   

Tom, I am seeing a missing puzzle piece in your guitarsenal... no torrefied tops. You could strike now, beat PV to the punch, and adopt this OM-TC!  

It does get confusing, all this swapping. But some of you may have tracked the guitar-under-the-shell from my house to Keith's (ZI's).

I bought it in the first place on an impulse, being super curious about torrified tops and it just sitting there for a good price! Before I knew what happened, I owned it. While I had it, I made a concerted effort NOT to bond with it, (too many guitars, not enough talent or time). So I only played it about say, 1/3 as often as my E6D, which I play less than half as often as my rosewood OM. So not that much.

But in that time, it went from "hmm, so I guess torrified ain't all it's cracked up to be," to "oh, wait a minute, THAT'S what all the fuss is about." It definitely opened up - and fast, considering how little I played it - to a nice, intimate, woody little box. I want to say Martinesque, but maybe Keith can get more specific on the tone, since he's got a Collings or two lying about the place.. Having owned both an E6OM and an E8OM, neither of them new, I can attest they were still light years behind this 2018. And that's saying something, as both of those were great guitars. Also, the neck is super comfortable. A rounded C - nowhere near a baseball bat, but also not a modern skinny mini.

I'd had it for sale long enough for me to just about convince myself it would be ok to keep it (poor me); and just when I was about to that point, Keith made me an offer I couldn't refuse. Personally, I think he was out of his mind to sell me his J35, but that's a story for another day, and an issue for his shrink to try and suss out. That said, he's still a great guy - and also one you can deal with.

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EMS only lives an hour away from me.  We could have saved on shipping... TWICE!  

Now you tell us! 

Yeah, c'mon! Get your head in the game!

[sagebrush tom]

So, wait... I think I'm confusing myself.  Do you and EMS each have an E10OM-TC, and both are for sale?  Those are pretty rare models, and we have at least two of them on EGF.  Don't make me sell my E20OM-SB, so I can buy one of these!

Now why in the world would you get rid of a perfectly fine rosewood OM? Just buy the E10OM-TC and be through with it. Worry about your guitars later.  

Tom, I am seeing a missing puzzle piece in your guitarsenal... no torrefied tops. You could strike now, beat PV to the punch, and adopt this OM-TC!  

I thought i had my bases covered, but i guess not! AS much as I would like to add a TC-OM
to my collection, i'm waiting for Eastman to come out with a 00/P model with a baked top, maybe in my lifetime.  Besides it looks like Brian has his heart set on this guitar and i would really not want to screw things up....