EASTMAN E10SS SLOPE SHOULDER DREADNOUGHT Review | WHY IT'S "MY PPPRECIOUS" :)))
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- Опубліковано 4 лют 2025
- Eastman E10SS slope shoulder dreadnought review (solid Adirondack spruce top, solid mahogany back and sides)
Timestamps:
01:48 My story and the story with the guitar
12:58 Exterior finish and hard case
15:48 Sound test - unplugged
18:00 Sound test - plugged (Bose S1 Pro amp)
My sax teacher told me this week it’s time to upgrade to a professional mouthpiece and brought a few of the mouthpieces to try. When I asked him how to pick one among so many different brands and varieties, he said it’s a little bit like Harry Potter where the wand picks you.
Now I feel this is what happened with this guitar. I’ve been thinking about checking a steel string acoustics for a long time. I’ve read and watched multiple reviews online. I even had an idea of what shape of guitar I’d like and had narrowed it down to specific models.
I actually once tried to go to the shop a few months ago only to realise I caught the bus in the wrong direction. Because I had a sax lesson later in the day, I’d only have had 20 minutes in the shop, so I thought it’s not meant to be that time and left it until later.
Then a guy I bought my amp from mentioned he had a collection of 30 guitars, and when I asked him his opinion about a Yamaha guitar, he raved about Eastman - I’d never heard of the brand before.
When I went to the shop, I asked for a travel size Eastman. Then I started looking around and trying other guitars. I never thought I’d go for a dreadnought as the name implies something huge and bulky, and I thought I’d prefer a cutaway shape.
When I picked this guitar, I immediately liked how comfortable it felt to hug it, I loved the finish and the sound. Then I asked for a similar spec cutaway Eastman which I thought I’d like. And it was beautiful too and actually somewhat easier to play, but I kept going back to this guitar.
After two sleepless nights and a trip to another guitar shop, I couldn’t stop thinking about this guitar. I actually confused the model names and when I realised that I had the wrong model number, I thought it was odd that the shop website had none shown in stock. Then I discovered that there was only one used guitar of that model in stock of that model and it was actually less than the price of a new one. That happened to be the actual guitar I tried on the first day.
So I then decided to give it a proper test run with my amp and went in today with my mock-up setup: amp, tablet with chord charts, mic, capo, pick, etc. I wanted to go with a more knowledgeable and experience friend, but he wasn’t available until next week. The weather was also not great for outdoors, but I just couldn’t wait.
When I got to the shop, I asked to be put into a closed room so that I would feel uninhibited and less self-conscious about trying things and messing up. I originally wanted to try it out next to my current guitar to see if there was really much difference between the two to warrant getting another guitar.
I ended up playing for an hour and a bit until the sales guy who checked in two or three times in between hinted it maybe time for a decision. I think I already knew the answer inside me that I couldn’t let this guitar by, so I put a deposit down. Apparently, as I was playing the guitar someone actually enquired about the guitar.
So here is some video of the process. It’s still in the shop, but I can now relax knowing that it will be mine soon.
I still wonder if it’s too advanced for my skill level, but then I think perhaps this is a good way to crown my one year guitarversary.
Wonderfully made handcrafted instrument from stunning quality woods with an incredible full-bodied sound. It works very well as an accompaniment to your beautiful voice either for strumming or soft-picking. I wish that you enjoy this rewarding playing experience with “PPRECIOUS” for years to come!
Thank you 🙏🏼
A word of caution, leaving a clip on tuner attached to the headstock can deform or indelibly mark the nitrocellulose finish ... best remove it when not actively tuning this guitar.
Great point, thank you, will try to not do that
Doesn’t seem to affect on my Eastman E20/v-SB. Varnish finish
Warning ; 10 minutes of the guy’s life story before some rudimentary cowboy chords from an out of tune guitar.
Ahaha, it should say “spoiler alert”. Anyways thanks for stopping by and helping the algorithm :)
Please! Never ever play a D Major chord with an open Low E-string! Horrendous. Someone should have told You - or You should have heard the dissonance Yourself.
Solution: Put Your thumb on the second fret of the Low E. Or if Your really lazy - just silence the Low E by touching it with Your thumb. And by the way: Tune the Guitar before recording it.