Did Eastman Just Create The PERFECT Slope Shoulder Guitar, UNDER $600?! 

Just coming back to give feedback on the E1SS-SB that I bought a few weeks ago at your Small Business Saturday sale. I have no shortage of much more expensive guitars to pick up, but found this one while strolling through the shoppe and decided I couldn't pass it up. I agree when you say it is not just a great guitar at the price point - it is a great guitar period! This is the perfect guitar for picking around the campfire, and with the short scale neck and bright sapele back and sides, it works quite well for playing lead riffs behind another acoustic guitar player. I also put it in drop D tuning and it is amazingly full top to bottom. Think I need to come back by and get a pickup added into this guy... Thanks Eastman and TAS for a great guitar at a steal of a price!

I bought my Eastman E20ss a couple years back and I can say hands down this is the best guitar i have owned (including vintage gibsons , Matons etc). It still inspires me every time i pick it up and has become my main gigging guitar. Very well built and what a massive tone :) Love my Eastman

Big fan of the Eastman company!

I've been playing guitar for 45+ years and have owned several different guitars of different brands, but I had never heard of Eastman until I found your RU-vid channel. I bought a used Eastman recently,and I can't believe the quality of the guitar for the money! If you didn't see it, but heard it, you would think it was a Martin!

Thanks guys!!! I’ve gotta come check out the shop one of these days.

Ive played the 00 in the store and it sounds unbelievable especially for the price!

Great review. The 00 didn't like being strummed with barre chords, but that is as to be expected. I really want an Eastman J45 and this one is the most affordable yet. Outstanding.

I'm a proud owner of two Eastman guitars, an E20 OOSS and an E20P. Both are fantastic instruments of exceptional tone and build quality. To solve the saddle/pickup conundrum on the OOSS I installed a K&K Pure Mini set up which has three sensors mounted to the soundboard. No battery to fuss with. Been playing it plugged into a Fender Preverb pedal, a great preamp with a selection of several cool reverbs and quite affordable for under $200.

Looking forward to a comparison of E 10ss and the E 1 ss

This has become my favorite channel above all. Makes me miss the Ozarks.

I’m not a fan of the open pour finishes but I have to say for the price these two look and sound good. That being said I believe John could make a 2x4 with a wire sound great.

19th subscriber LIKE; 94th desktop fan view of the matte/satin-finish, no-frills look.

I have an E10 OO SS so I’m good there. But my E20SS is needing a neck reset so I might need another advanced jumbo in my life soon

I recently bought an Epiphone IBG J-45 and out of the 20-odd guitars that I have owned it is one of my favourites. It ticks every box; even the basic pickup is better than some folks make it sound. This Eastman dread costs a little more and doesn't have the pickup, the sound is brighter, the all-round quality is right up there too. It surely deserves to sell well.

I have several Eastmans and just purchased the E1SS. Amazing guitar, the tone and sustain are very good... as good or better tone than my E10SS. This model is simply beyond belief when considering the price point it is at. I cannot find any noticeable flaws or indications of a lower-end guitar. It's a little bit baffling in that I don't understand the need to even spend twice the price in Eastman's line, let alone 4-5 times the price for brands in the over $2000 range. There is always the made is US vs China debate but if someone is considering Eastman I assume that is not an issue.

I hear a bass difference but not an enjoyability factor. I liked the smaller guitar better but they both sounded excellent! 😃✌

put a lens hood or some kind of mattebox on main angle camera on the slider. It'll get rid of that washed out look you have. Great reviews guys!

Hey guys! As always, great review and demos! How come these guitars aren't on the Eastman website yet?

Very tempting! I own an E1d which I love. The only thing that grinds my gear a bit is the satin sunburst. It really needs a bit of a gloss. I wonder if it can be hand rubbed with a compound or something

Oh man, I’ve been looking for SS short scale dred! When will they be up for sale in the shop?

Just wondering if you know why the ss guitars or any that are j45 shaped don't come from factory with pickup already installed? Please let me know if you know Thanks an I enjoy your site !Have a wonderful day!!

Very nice guitars at a very nice price.

So i have stumbled upon this and i am now torn ive been looking at the martin dss17 any words of wisdom for a guy who is torn i love on the martin that the nut width is 1 3/4 and sounds great but, that eastman e1ss sb sounds great

Does the tonal difference of these guitars give them a boarder range of playing other music besides just blues?

If the top had a nitro semigloss I’d be all in

Has anyone buffed one up? Works well.

Either of these would be a perfectly acceptable road guitar for a working folk, bluegrass, or blues performer. Why worry about a 4K instrument when a modest price one will do?

Will Eastman be offering these instruments left handed?

Thanks again guy but, how come I never see any archtop "f" style guitars? Is it because they aren't "bluegrass" type; or something else? I have played many arch tops and love the sound. Keep on smiling.

I actually prefer satin finishes. To me gloss finishes make acoustic guitars look cheap sometimes and I just love a good satin finish

OK I’m not an acoustic guitar expert. Can I put a k&k mini in this guitar or not? Thanks in advance.

I got my e1ss today and it is so much better than my Taylor at 5x the price, it’s not even close! Excellent review, fellas. Anyone on the fence, go get it! The only risk is that you might like it more than your way expensive guitar…

I was going to get an Orangewood at about the same price as those Eastman guitars, now I'm not sure. I prefer a mahogany top, back and sides, so probably getting an Orangewood, if I can decide on which model....?

Is this available with a 1 3/4” neck?

The fact that you can't easily lower the action at the bridge is a dealbreaker for me.

Will Eastman be releasing either of these with a natural top?

One word. Left handed!

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where are they made?

For those that have purchased these guitars, what type of pickup did you end up installing if you have done so?

I'm guessing no leftys😢

For some reason i believe that the slot in long saddle increases sound board sonics.

That satin finish looks hokey,,,,Very Cheap Looking.!!

i just wanna say thats a tremendous shirt you are wearing bro!!! the guitar...meh it sounds 500 bucks..nice beach park guitar

Wow, they are both Boomers!!!

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I'm afraid those are two incredibly shitty sounding instruments, but they have some mojo. Lead lines are ok, but chords sound awfully out of tune, which suggests harmonic interference all over the place. The Gibson designs are not easy ones to optimize. The Martin dreadnought and all the others are so well copied as to be well understood, but Gibson remains a mystery even to themselves. Some sound great, others shit. (Guitar Center lets you mess around with the J200s and everything else, despite the $5000 pricetag).I wonder about the thickness specs, arching and bracing. Its actually possible that the top woods are too high quality for the J 45. It's counter intuitive, but Gibson used whatever was available. Recently, the Bozeman team thinned the perimeter of the top to try and recreate the vintage tone, similar to what Taylor does, and the instrument suffered worse IMO. Also, they really dug into bracing in the old days. Scalloping is essential to create nodal points in the top. Not sure if Eastman appreciates this. Like their arch tops, these two Eastman guitars are stiff in places they need not to be.

Want a J45 sound... get a J45. These guitars don't do it. If you're serious about your sound, stop being cheap and get what it is that'll help you reach the tone you're looking for. Score a decent J45 for $1600. It'll get you a lot further than a $600 knockoff that doesn't hit the mark.