(04-09-2024, 02:22 PM)LittleRuss Wrote:(04-07-2024, 09:18 AM)AlanSam Wrote: Russ - do give us an assessment of your new archtop (incl. more pics if you are up for it), and please keep us informed about your Eastman enquiry. For the record I've seen the 'L' prefix once before on an Eastman dread advertised on Ebay.
It is due to arrive tomorrow. I'll report after I've had some time with it. I have the dealer photos downloaded but I'll take a few of my own when I get time.
I've had just a day to play around with it and as expected it's very, very nice. It had nickel strings on it and I swapped those for some D'Addario EJ16 phosphor bronze that I prefer on my flat tops. That seemed to warm up the tone a bit. The only complaint I have is the Gotoh tuners are not great. I may change those at some point. I included a pics of the volume/tone controls of the Baggs HiFi system. I'm curious how many of these pickups have been installed on arch top guitars? I know it's designed for flat tops and since arch tops don't have bridge plates I have to wonder if there's a better option. Not much of a concern though since I have no need to plug in anyhow.
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