Description

Specifications:

  • Case: Comes with Original Hardshell Case
  • Lower Bout Width: 15″
  • Body Depth: 2.75″
  • Nut Width: 1.75”
  • Fingerboard Scale: 25″
  • Pickup Type: 1 Kent Armstrong Top Mounted PAF
  • Fretboard: Rosewood
  • Binding Material: Ivoroid(top)/Black 3 ply
  • Pickguard: Ebony w/ Ivoroid Binding
  • Bridge: Adjustable Gotoh Bridge
  • Tuners: Gotoh Nickel with Ebony SG360-EN01
  • Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo
  • Hardware Color: Gold
  • Tailpiece: Ebony on Brass
  • Bridge: Floating
  • Finish: Classic

 

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Eastman AR603CE-15 Archtop Hollow Body (2018)

This is a mint Eastman AR603CE-15 Archtop Electric Hollow Body guitar. This is a more upscale Eastman model that features a solid hand-carved Spruce top as well as a hand-carved Mahogany back and sides. All solid construction along with the Kent Armstrong top mounted PAF gives the guitar a lively and warm amplified tone. 

The 15 inch lower bout and 2- 3/4 inch body depth make the guitar very comfortable to hold when standing. The Rosewood fretboard is well constructed. The Mahogany neck has a C profile with a 1-3/4 inch nut width, making the neck slender and very easy to play. I like that Eastman uses a lacquer finish instead of a polyurethane finish. Lacquer just seems to let solid woods resonate more freely.

I find that the top of the AR603CE is sensitive enough to use light gauge strings on. I’ve been using Thomastik Infeld .013, .017, .020, .027, .037, .050 with a wound G string. Acoustically, the sound is louder than other small body archtops I have played, but the shallow depth probably contributes to a brighter, more acoustic sound than a full sized acoustic archtop. Plugged in it has a very warm, clear jazz guitar tone.

Check out these videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4nKv4ZOaxk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeH1paYqLQI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWeZWMj5Rio&t=44s 

$1,545.00

1 in stock