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Regarding Chinese guitars, Eastman has done me well. I have three of their acoustics all bought used on CL. Two OM sized .. an E20 OM and a top of the line 812S (slot neck with wonderful top of the line wood and cosmetic touches). Paid like $750 each in great condition. I also got an Eastman acoustic with pickup a 712Ac model probably 8 years ago Used like new. It was a warranty replacement.. back then and maybe still they stood by their products. Its a larger body type. Kind of like the Taylor 712. I actually met the seller at a GC acoustic guitar room and compared it to that Taylor. The Eastman sounded much better for less than half the price. Beautiful wood and build quality. Some of the jazz guys love their jazz boxes too. I’ve only bought one new guitar in recent decades. In 2012 Sam Ash had a blow out sale of new American Standard Strats. Two colors Candy Cola or Charcoal Frost. Came with Fat 50s pickups. Went to two stores tried maybe 12 of em. Got a nice RW board Charcoal Frost for $750. Other than that I always buy used. Even cars going forward so many new ones are shite and so expensive.

Or short and long term pain. Hard to watch.

I put the Wolfetone Meaner in my Korina Jr as well. And the Mean / Meaner set in my Special. Great choice. Someone should grab this.

Well there is a 48 month payment plan. And, as per the ad, the tone is “luxurious “.

Beautiful Gretsch. Fun guitars.

Ultimate beach / guitar picture there^^. Watch the damn sand. This is a great story in general..happy for all you new owners and happy for Mr Shiskov. Any word on other possible body styles to come? Maybe I can extract myself from the low rent, but very satisfying CL rut I've been in.

The tuners have "Deluxe" and a small S on them..Schallers I assume? Not the clearest shot..all I've got.

Good info, thanks. No paperwork of any kind came with the guitar..guitar and case, that's it. Do you have your bridge backed out some with the set screws towards the bottom of the guitar? Without engaging the set screws I wouldn't be able to intonate it.

How can you tell? Congrats Pete. Great score and super deal. So you now approve of the headstock? After you made fun of it I almost abandoned my pursuit. You've been spending too much time with the Heritage guys me thinks Thanks Mike.

I'd be interested in any history on the guitar. The seller only had it a few months. I'll pm you with the sn if you'd like to have a look.. Will do. In the for sale thread you had asked how I would rate if for jazz applications, I never got back to you. I'm no jazz player but I noodle a little. I guess any guitar can be used for jazz but with that said, this would not be my first choice, This thing is great if you want to dig in for whatever application. The action is not super low, but even played acoustically, I can dig in and it just rings out buzz free. Hope that's some help. Thanks again for all the kind words, it is in the HFC fold now FWIW.

I'll kiss and tell, he went down to $900 over the phone and to $875 because I drove to his location. And because he "hates CL". This will be a keeper for sure.

Thanks G Man. Really I'm not sure what the pickup is or what they were using in 2004..assuming it's a hot Duncan..it reminds me some of the ones I had in my 93. I'll pull it out when I change strings and look. I love my Wolftones (Mean and Meaner) in my 93 Special so much, I'm tempted to just get a Meaner and install it but maybe I'll get something a little different..open to suggestions. I like vintage tones with some balls if that's any help. Edit: Ha, just occurred to me that to replace "pickups" in a Jr you only have to buy one..cool