Archtop Jazz
How are the Eastman Archtop Jazz guitars? I'm looking at a single (neck) pickup Fhole guitar for 1,200?
for some qualification for guitar/player match-up, I'm an expert classical guitarist who is studying jazz
thats $1,200 for the guitar. Everything sounds ok to me, except for some tweaks to a few neck buzzings maybe (which is the same issue on any 1,200 classical guitar also). It looks like these things normally sell from 1,600 to 2,400 dollars and I think I'm getting a good deal on this, but I dont live in an area where I can go try out dozens of jazz guitars... this is pretty much the highest quality I've seen in a while, but what do you think? Am I making a novice mistake?
These guitars looks a lot like what I'm looking at:
http://www.soundpure.com/resources/org.apache.wicket.Application/productImage?id=1352-Eastman_AR880CE_John_Pisano_Signature_Classic_sn2298_Archtop_Guitar-1273d0ea0e2-43-main.jpg
http://cgi.ebay.com/EASTMAN-805-7CE-7-String-Electric-JAZZ-ARCHTOP-4708-/310228399275
Except it is a 6 string, not a 7 string...
Bruce Forman plays an Eastman. They are pretty good guitars.
http://www.bruceforman.com/discus/messages/31/74.html?1082932542
Be VERY careful buying online. Make sure your seller gives you an adequate inspection and approval period. Use an escrow service like PayPal so that you have some leverage if the seller gives you a hard time about taking the instrument back.
Have a knowledgeable luthier or two lined up for the initial inspection, in addition to your own inspection, too.
Source is my personal experience buying a $2000 jazz archtop on eBay. Proceeded with the purchase after conversing with the seller and letting him know I had thirty years under my belt as a jazz guitarist, and expected this guitar to meet very high standards. The seller reassured me that the guitar was virtually flawless and played like a dream. Well, that was not the case by a longshot. I had to be VERY firm with the seller about taking the guitar back; he got very upset, hung up on me, etc. It was a real PITA. I have long had a policy of never buying a guitar without playing it first, and made an exception because of my expectation that this particular guitar would be worthy of that exception. Never again. Many eBay sellers think their piece of firewood is somehow more valuable than it actually is, many of them are just ignorant, many of them are unloading junk, and many of them have unrealistic expectations about recouping full price on a guitar they paid full retail for. You canNOT shop too much, do too much research, or be too cautious. I would suggest you look for an Eastman in your local area, and while you're waiting to find it, to watch prices and try to play as many of them as you can.
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