The new T486B arrived

[Rad]

I’ve owned a few Chinese guitars before and they have been ok, nothing spectacular. That all changed a few hours ago.

This guitar easily rivals my Gretsch Pro Line for fit and finish and completely blows my old Gibson 335 completely out of the water.

I was after a warm blues tone in a 335 thin line style guitar and I found great tone in the Gibson and horrible build quality and a neck I did not like. I found stunning build quality and a great neck in my Gretsch thin line but not the warm tone I wanted.

A quick run through with the Eastman with my Fender Princeton Reverb 65 gave a fantastic tone, just what I was after.

This particular guitar was set up and displayed the 2019 NAMM and the attention to detail in the set up is stunning.

Besides the tone I had one other concern, the 1 3/4” neck, wider than my other guitars. Within a few minutes the buttery smooth neck with Ebony fingerboard made me forget all about the wider neck...not a problem.

I’m very pleased.

Pictures to follow later tonight

[Pura Vida]

Woot! Congrats, Rad. Looking forward to the photos. Eastman is different than other Chinese companies because they use quality materials and skilled workers to make exceptional, handcrafted instruments. It seems like you got a great one!

[Rad]

some pics 

[AlanSam]

Beautiful! And the back?

[Bert]

Congratulations Rad, Just looking at it sounds great.

[Pura Vida]

Stunning.  Well done, Rad.

[sleigh]

Very nice-looking!  I'm jealous!

[Rad]

Beautiful! And the back?

I'm a sucker for pics

[Pura Vida]

Droooool.  I really love these blonde Eastman guitars.

[Meathead]

Just WOW. Look at that flame!