Grand Auditorium

Eastman AC222CE-CLA

Electro-Acoustic Guitar / HN268858

Description of product

The Eastman Strings brand was founded in 1992 by Chinese flutist Qian Ni after graduating from the Boston University School of Music. Over three decades, the company's portfolio has grown to include acoustic, semi-acoustic and electric guitars (Eastman Guitars) and with it the brand's fame, so that the company's players include such luminaries as James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), Adrian Utley (Portishead) and Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth). In the case of Eastman instruments, you can rely on superior craftsmanship, demonstrated by features and techniques such as hand-cut ribbing or individual tuning of the instrument's soundboard.

The Eastman AC222CE-CLA is an all-massive Grand Auditorium-style electro-acoustic guitar. The front of the guitar is made of Sitka spruce, while the back and sides are made of ovangkol. An ebony fingerboard with 20 frets is glued to a mahogany neck with a pleasant "C" profile.

The rounded lower body cutout ensures good fingerboard matching at the higher positions, while the pearl position dots facilitate orientation on the fingerboard. The resonance of the top is aided by hand-cut ribbing (Scalloped X).

The strings are held in nickel tuning machines and an ebony fingerboard via a bone fretboard. The nice workmanship is accentuated by the double-sided perimeter body and pickguard in imitation tortoiseshell and the mother-of-pearl company logo on the headstock.

The guitar's sound system is provided by Fishman Sonitone electronics with a Sonicore sub-coil pickup and Volume and Tone controls discreetly placed in the instrument's soundhole. The guitar comes in a padded gig bag.

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