Eastman AC922CE

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 AC922CE is an all-massive Grand Auditorium-style electro-acoustic guitar. The front of the guitar is made of North American Engelmann spruce, while the back and sides are made of rosewood. The distinctive rosewood grain is enhanced by the glossy lacquer (Truetone Gloss).

The mahogany neck with a pleasant "C" profile is glued to an ebony fingerboard with 20 frets. The rounded lower body cutout ensures good matching at higher fretboard positions, the fingerboard surface is embellished with a richly decorated mother-of-pearl inlay in a vine leaf design. The resonance of the top is supported by hand-cut ribbing (Scalloped X).

The strings are mounted across the bone fretboard in Gotoh SG301-20GG tuning machines in gold with white pegs and an ebony fingerboard. The luxurious craftsmanship is accentuated by a soundport opening in the guitar's headstock providing musicians with instant feedback and traditional touches in the form of a comfortable rosewood shoulder rest, body surround, fingerboard and figured maple headstock complemented by a mother-of-pearl top, a mother-of-pearl rosette (Abalone), a centre strip on the back, a tortoiseshell pickguard, ebony pegs to the neck with mother-of-pearl eyelets (Abalone) and a mother-of-pearl motif and company logo on the headstock.

Faithful transmission of the instrument's acoustic sound is guaranteed by L.R. Baggs Anthem electronics with patented Tru-Mic technology combining microphone sound pickup and Element sub-coil pickup. The controls are discreetly placed in the guitar's soundhole.

The guitar comes in a carrying case.