EASTMAN CABARET

 SOLD

 eastman contacted me over 2 years ago with the express interest in building my cabaret model carved back nylon string guitar. in those 2 years i have worked closely with their people to produce a guitar that was a proper REPRESENTATION of the guitar i build by hand and one that i could be proud of. This being a somewhat unique Classical design because of the carved back and the cutaway I had always hoped I could find a way to get more of these guitars in the hands of classical and fingerstyle players. Being a small custom builder I can only make 25 to 35 guitars a year and I have several other models besides this one to build. Eastman provided a way for me to have more of my cabaret models out in the world and for this i am grateful. all eastman cabarets that are sold by me from my shop are meticulously set up and intonated and tweaked until they are playing at their very best. i also have changed the pickup on this one to the james may ultra tonic pickup for its superior acoustic tone and natural sound. I have been using this pickup as of late for the cabarets built in my shop and i am just in love with the tonal quality and the NATURALNESS this pickup provides. the body is a european flame maple stained a rich brown sunburst and the sides are tapered for comfort and by having the lower bout deeper you get a nice bass boost. this guitar is beautifully balanced and has a rich warm tone with those bell like trebels we all love so much. This is the last one I have available at the moment and we are not sure when the next batch will arrive.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY WIDTH:             14 3/8"

BODY DEPTH:              3 1/2" TO 3 7/8" TAPERED SIDES

NECK WIDTH:             1 15/16"

weight: 4 pounds

BODY WOOD:              highly figured european flame maple

TOP WOOD:                european SPRUCE

NECK:                          ONE PIECE spanish cedar

SOUND HOLE:            Ebony OVAL hole rosette with mother of pearl ribbons

CUTAWAY:                  SINGLE VENETIAN

FINISH:                       HIGH GLOSS NITROCELLULOSE LACQUER IN violin brown sunburst

FINGERBOARD:         ebony, no radius

SCALE:                        25 1/2”

FACE PLATE:              ebony

FRETS:                        nickel silver

binding                     koa

bracing                     Lattice

TUNERS:                     schaller grandtune with snakewood buttons

PICKUP:                      james may ultra tonic pickup with volume control, passive electronics (no battery)

BRIDGE:                      Ebony

sideport:             oval

TRUSS ROD:               2 WAY ADJUSTABLE

case: custom fit hardshell