Eastwood Guitars

[BenHagerty]

http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/index.htm

Anyone Have any? They look interesting

Scroll down, there are a few with the Jazzmaster Trem, kind of neat

[HeartfeltDawn]

I had an Eastwood Airline reissue for a whle, the Jack White heralded model. It's a good lilttle guitar for the money, the pickups gave a nice garage rock growl. Nothing wrong with the construction at all. A little thin at the nut but that's just me, I like wide necks. I'd be interested to try other guitars in the range. I sold it as part of the campaign to get the collection back to single figures instead of the 22 guitars I had when the collection reached its peak.

[k o y l]

I had the Airline too: It totally kick ass if you can handle the pots position and the fact that the veck pocket starts at the 13th fret.
I really like the bridge pickup but the neck was too muddy for me: HUGE sounding but too much huge (I must say I'm more on the treble side of guitar tone): I resold it mainly for this reason and because I wanted a guitar with a tremolo.

I regretted to have sold it a few weeks after but I don't regret it anymore since my new Jazzmaster is heaven to me ! 

[BenHagerty]

I am considering one because I can't afford a Jazzmaster right now, they look cool. idk should I?

[Maggieo]

I am considering one because I can't afford a Jazzmaster right now, they look cool. idk should I?

I had a Hi-Flyer for the same reason and I'll have to say, "save your money."  The trems are pretty crappy and the pickups were horribly microphonic and the guitar needed a fret job and set-up before it was really playable.

[Stereordinary]

I was really dissappointed with Eastwood guitars.  I was so excited about them, because I love Supros and Airlines, and the Eastwods looked super cool, but when I finally held one in person, it was a total let-down.  There were flaws all over the thing (I am talking every Eastwood I picked up, which was about five), like the binding coming up a little on one of the necks, some bad routing near a pickup, cheap screenprinting on the pickguard, plastic nuts that were badly shaped, even the finishes were lack-lustre and un-professional.  None of these would be a problem if the guitars were in the $200-$300 range, but they're like $600-$700.  Total rip-off, you could get an original '60s Airline for that much.

[Jay]

I played a Saturn the other day.  The Eastwood's appeal to those that like the look of an old guitar but the feel of a modern guitar IMO—flat radius and jumbo frets.  Can't comment on the pickups or anything as I only played it acoustically but it did sound nice unplugged.

[BenHagerty]

I was really dissappointed with Eastwood guitars.  I was so excited about them, because I love Supros and Airlines, and the Eastwods looked super cool, but when I finally held one in person, it was a total let-down.  There were flaws all over the thing (I am talking every Eastwood I picked up, which was about five), like the binding coming up a little on one of the necks, some bad routing near a pickup, cheap screenprinting on the pickguard, plastic nuts that were badly shaped, even the finishes were lack-lustre and un-professional.  None of these would be a problem if the guitars were in the $200-$300 range, but they're like $600-$700.  Total rip-off, you could get an original '60s Airline for that much.

I have been trying to find an origional 60's, havn't come across many. If I find one for a decent price I will probably buy it.

[Pumpkin]

I want one of these but by the sounds of it they suck,maybe I'l get a univox someday.

[Stereordinary]

Well, they pop up on eBay quite a bit, or you can always check GBase.com.

The most common ones are these (sorry about the blurry pic, I took it from eBay):


But you can occasionally snag one of these, though they run a bit higher in price:

[BenHagerty]

I found the second one on Gbase but it was sold, how much do they normally go for

[Stereordinary]

About $1000.

[BenHagerty]

thats it? haha I want one haha

[k o y l]

Just to avoid any potential deception about the original Airline: The body is made of plastic so don't except to get an average guitar sound with it..

[Stereordinary]

I know...