After 40 plus years of mucking about with guitars I recently bought my very first new one. Strictly used until now.
I had an afternoon off recently and wandered into a couple of music stores up near Baltimore. Shop one I played a Martin M36 that was terrific. At upwards of $2,400 it should be. Also a Martin 000-28 that was nice but I felt a bit subdued compared to the M. Shop two is a small, very friendly place, the Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe. They had a bunch of Martins, Taylors, a few Bedells and Eastmans. I'm not all that interested in dreads as my Guild D-60 and D-35 pretty much have that area covered so again I focus on the smaller bodies. An Eastman AC722, 000 size, gets my attention and all it takes one G chord to know this is a great guitar. I A/B it with a OM-21, a 000-28, a 000-18, a bunch of Taylors, a couple other Eastmans and I just become even more enamored with the AC722. I ask one of the store guys to play the guitar and a few others and again, the AC722 just sounds great. I had no intention of buying anything. In fact I've been in sell mode of late, w/ a Martin 12 string and a Guild GF-30 heading to new owners. But this one really spoke to me.
So, here she is.
Some skinny for those that might be interested.
http://www.eastmanguitars.com/ac722/
I had an afternoon off recently and wandered into a couple of music stores up near Baltimore. Shop one I played a Martin M36 that was terrific. At upwards of $2,400 it should be. Also a Martin 000-28 that was nice but I felt a bit subdued compared to the M. Shop two is a small, very friendly place, the Appalachian Bluegrass Shoppe. They had a bunch of Martins, Taylors, a few Bedells and Eastmans. I'm not all that interested in dreads as my Guild D-60 and D-35 pretty much have that area covered so again I focus on the smaller bodies. An Eastman AC722, 000 size, gets my attention and all it takes one G chord to know this is a great guitar. I A/B it with a OM-21, a 000-28, a 000-18, a bunch of Taylors, a couple other Eastmans and I just become even more enamored with the AC722. I ask one of the store guys to play the guitar and a few others and again, the AC722 just sounds great. I had no intention of buying anything. In fact I've been in sell mode of late, w/ a Martin 12 string and a Guild GF-30 heading to new owners. But this one really spoke to me.
So, here she is.
Some skinny for those that might be interested.
http://www.eastmanguitars.com/ac722/
