Coming to a layby, deserted park or woodland, public convenience or dogging area near to you soon.....
I only bought these a couple of weeks ago, but a decision to put some cash into a new website for my business has meant that I have to move a couple on. I have a lovely ES-335 '58 VOS that I'm hoping to hang onto, so I thought I'd sacrifice this pair, although we'll see....
Eastmn T64/v first then. I recently sold one and regretted it, so was on the hunt for one and the excellent
@Kristo had this beauty for sale, so I ventured across to Beccles (which for anyone from the Midlands and North is near Holland) and bought it. Lovely guitar - I like Eastmans a lot, and also have a fairly rare T58/v which I doubt I'll be parting with any time soon. Well, this week, which is the same thing really. My logic is that I can find another T64/v fairly readily. Logic. Lol.
It's got that lovely (to me anyway) Eastman mild relicing and the Lollar P90's are so sweet. It's so light that I have to put a feather on it just to stop it floating away. What can I say? Nothing wrong with it at all, it's got a very nice Eastman hard case with it and it plays ever so nicely, with a low action, which plenty of adjustment either way.
£1050 - won't post but don't mind delivering unless you're near Holland. Well, anyway - talk to me about that. Anyone that's ever had anything to do with me knows that I don't mind getting in a car and meeting somewhere seedy. Or you can come to my house. That's probably seedier than most of my meeting places.
Next is another guitar recently acquired, although probably not a 'forum' guitar - it's a Korean built Epiphone Emperor Regent, built at the Unsung factory in 2007. To the best of my knowledge, Epiphone used Peerless, Samick and Unsung to build their Korean built Emperor Regents. I've had models from all three and I can say tthat this model is on a par with even the best Peerless examples. A bit of an Unsung hero, in fact. Ahem.
I bought this (as it's already had a pickup upgrade) with a view of getting a Charlie Christian pickup fitted with a wild notion of somehow sounding like Charlie Christian. It stands as much chance as a Lucille making me sound like BB King. But - it's got what appears to be a Seymour Duncan Benedetto S-6 suspended pickup with it AND the original should you so wish. The pickup sounds warm, bluesy and jazzy, which is what it's supposed to sound like, I suppose. It's in beautiful condition, apart from a couple of holes in the pickguard where a vampire attacked it at the Whitby Jazz Festival one night. Or it could be from the original pickup, I suppose.
It's also got it's original branded Epiphone hard case, and very nice quality it is too.
£495 sounds reasonable, doesn't it? That's if you collect it - if I have to deliver it, well, it might be a few quid. Or not. We can have a chat. It plays nicely, stays in tune ever so well, and I think it looks great. I must have shrunk over the years as it feels a bit big - it might look it on me as well, as my wife described the view as 'like a squirrel playing a double bass'. Bloody woman.
They're both on eBay for more money, so hopefully they'll appeal to a forum chum. I've got loads of pics, but here's two or three of each.
Call me Dave.
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1.72" nut width was one of the reasons I wanted to give it a try! It's closer to acoustic/resonators, more suitable for slide etc. So I think it's actually a very good differentiator for Eastman which makes their guitars unique and appealing for some.
P.S. Sorry to OP, I realised it becomes off-topic!