At last a designer that does not do everything the way that Gibson or Fender do it, and also using CNC woodworking machines to make that complicated and very clever neck to body joint and taking advantage of the precision routers to sink the scratch plate into the body surface. Bravo Eastman!
Flush scratchplate - yes, I’ve wondered why I haven’t seen that before because it makes great sense. Except in the video, it looks like it might be just a bit below the body instead of flush.
ok, it was worth watching, but i expected that even when the title seamed hyperbole, but because of your integrity i said, no, he is the real deal and i was not disappointed. EXCELLENT SCOOP! I especially was intrigued by what looked like a TREMBUCKER style p90 set up in one of the first guitars on here....EASTMAN is well worth checking into.
I have a blue Eastman Romeo LA. Fantastic guitar! I use it with a Quilter 25w Superblock into a Finnish-made TOOB with a 10" Jensen. 13 lbs. Incredible!
Interesting. Its like a set neck without the glue. Not sure I buy all the toan/sustain blurb (its not like a bolt-on is crippled by an absence of either), but I'm all for people applying new variations to old mass production processes.
Look for actual back to back comparisons of the same guitar shape with the same woods, between bolt on and glued neck, or bolt on and neck through construction. The funniest one was Ola Englund's test where he just straight up ignored the fact that the bolt on Solar has better sustain. Those 3 to 5 bolts transfer vibrations from the neck base to the heel, and all through the back of the body. Glued and through construction don't have that mechanical interface. It's exactly like the "heavy strings for a heavy sound" myth, from people who've never listened to Tony Iommi and SRV. The false position _seems_ more convincing, but logically it's just wrong.
And I thought it was click bait BS. That neck joint genuinely looks pretty cool, and kinda dreamt of. A bolt on, long-tenon that can be easily serviced if needed... Some exciting stuff and hope I get to see some down here in NZ
That neck joint is very very similar to the neck pocket in a Parker Nightfly. It had the exact same rounded neck pocket but with 4 screws inserted, at an angle, into the threaded sleeves in the neck.
Eastman guitars are one of the best companies out there. In fact I can’t think of another company that betters them when it comes to what you get for your money. The quality you get with an Eastman is fantastic.
It's not the first time it has been done, nor is it the first time I have seen that sort of gravity demonstration. This is actually something Taylor was doing and then eventually scrapped it in 1999 with the introduction of the NT neck. And as others have said, it has been done at lower price points as well. I wouldn't even call it exceptionally uncommon, but it certainly differs from the Fender school of bolt-on.
I love my telecasters, but the level of woodwork is still back in the ‘50’s. They are probably using up to date precision cnc routers to do the work, but are stuck because customers demand the original design.
Wow, CNC allows such precision! Nice design and it allows cool shapes and a strong neck joint. Very cool!🎉. I build my own guitars and appreciate great design.
Not a completely new idea but very well executed. I have an old Matsumoku made Hondo II Professional that has a similar long neck tenon held to the body by bolts.
Eastman guitars are great. I'm slowly replacing my Gibsons with them. I just hope there is gonna be a leftie. As someone mentioned though this is similar in many ways to Brian Mays red special bolt on neck solution.
Finally someone did a guitar where the neck pocket is shaped to the neck & not the other way around. It's 2024 there's been no excuse for the back of the neck to turn into a slab at the heel joint in a CNC'd guitar since at least 2000. So brilliant Eastman well done. Though I do wonder why it's a bolt-on at all? Surely this design would work, given it's long tenon, as a setneck as well. Feel like the bolts are simply to reduce build times & cut manufacturing costs.
Reducing build times and manufacturing costs does sound like a potentially very worthwhile consideration. Perhaps less substantial, I imagine there’s a potential advantage for the player in the long term/high mileage case wherein repairability and durability (durability to repairs and adjustments, in particular) are higher for this bolt neck system that otherwise brings many of the advantages set necks would.
BC rich did a warlock very similar to this that is as close to a neck through that you can get. In the 2000's I think. It even had the warlock he'd shape ghat went into the body. So cool!
It's not really a more solid neck join. The surface area may be larger, but it's much thinner. No designers seem to understand that wood is not metal, there needs to be two almost equal thickness surfaces and there's not a way around it. There needs to be something more substantial than the thickness of a few slices of deli meat there. And the 4 bolts are there for a reason, the 2 bolt neck may be locked into the neck pocket side to side, but if there is any gap/mistake in the pocket or shrink/expansion of the wood it can move. Or if it gets a strong knock or fall. And it's not just about strength, the thicker the piece it's bolted onto, the better it sounds. Also it's a round piece in a round pocket, flat on flat or square on square will always be more stable.
Try taking a neck off a Vintage Advance Guitar from the earlier 2000s. Trev Wilkinson designed something along similar lines.. Though this new system looks better implemented, as Trev's was cruder and far more fiddly to dismantle and reassemble.. Btw, if I recall correctly, Shergold experimented with 'innovative' neck joints way back in the early 80s.
The guitars look nice, and it's good to see Eastman trying different ideas, but one feature of that stepped tenon is short-grain, which is inherently weak. Also, only using two screws is not going to end well. I do agree with using machine screws, and without doubt, the best upgrade anyone can make to a Fender-style guitar is to fit threaded neck inserts and do away with the original woodscrews. The recessed pickguard is a very nice feature. OK, I've just Googled the UK price, which is over £3k! I had assumed these were going to be priced around the £1k mark.
There is so much to love about these guitars above and beyond the neck. Honestly will be keeping a close eye on these. The aged single cuts were great. The new Romeos and Juliets were something. However, this one (these) may put me over the top and dive in on Eastman. EDIT: Just saw the price. I'm out. not saying it isn't for some and that it isn't still great, but I was expecting something drastically different price wise.
Same. Especially for a 'new' design. At that price I'll be sitting on the fence for a few years until they've been out and played in the wild to see how they hold up over time. They look great & sound ok from this short demo, but then so do a lot of other lower priced guitars. Is there enough of a sound difference in that neck design to justify the price? The jury is out lol.
CNC is and has been a gamechanger for quite some time. It just makes every build so much more consistant for fit and finish for sure. I think Peavey was the 1st manufacturer doing it in 79.
Think about a fulcrum . The force pulling up from the neck is secured by the bolt nearest the neck from the back of the guitar body. The neck extension which is recessed into the body is pushing down into the body in the opposite direction therefore there is much more equalibrium of acting forces. The longer the neck protrudes into the body the greater the equalibrium will be. The curved neck joint before the tenon provides the extra surface area to give a better transfer of sound between neck and body. All great stuff but the killer for me personally are those pickups. They sound incredible.
Lots of comments below about similar neck geometries- the earliest I am aware of it is the Matsumoku made Aria TS and Washburn Force bolt on necks from the early 80s. The Aria + Matsumoku combination also came up with the neck cut into 3 pieces lengthwise with the center section flipped for improved stability. The Eastman joint is definitely more complicated, however.
they have definitely taken some inspiration from Brian Mays guitar with that neck design - I wish more people would, that guitar has so many cool innovations that people still never do. I'll certainly put Eastman on my list of "to buy" guitars!
Yes, Red Special has that neck joint. I think they should admit where the idea came from. Instead they are talking like they invented it themselves and are trying to get a patent.
There's another company that's been doing the "scooped" 2 bolt neck pocket. I can't remember the name. The other design doesn't have a tenon, but a lot more sculpted heel.
Sweet, can’t help feeling they missed an opportunity to round off the body to neck area on the back to increase the ergonomics for reaching the upper frets though🤔🤔
Kinda the same idea as the G&L Saddle lock Bridge, where you get moresustain by rooting the neck down into the body, n this case doing it with the neck instead of the bridge...
A neat it of design and engineering. Reminds me of a Tom Anderson bolt-on design from a couple of decades ago, whilst the slightly slanted T body shape is reminiscent of a Hohner (Alan Entwhistle?) design from even further back
That is very cool. A lot of surface area. But also multi-directional contact. The neck pocket radiused to that of the neck should have a centering effect, and the tenon stepping down into the body = more contact. It would have been interesting to hear one unplugged. Probably very possible at NAMM. It would seem like that assembly method would ring out nicely. I made a parts Tele using a MIM std body and a Warmoth boatneck. That combo fit together snug enough to pass the "gravity test." To some extent that was luck.
Side note, I've had an Eastman acoustic for about 6 years. I bought a special run limited edition sloped shoulder and I could not be happier. I tried so many acoustic guitars and luckily where I live I am right by an acoustic Haven where they had a ton of Tailors and Martin's as well as a good amount of Eastman guitars which made it very easy to compare. I can't justify spending twice as much just to have a tailor or Martin name on the headstock. Other side note, kind of disappointing to see Eastman with their new headstocks like this. When you see it immediately you just think of Friedman guitars and even Leo Jaymz guitars on Amazon have been using this very similar style headstock for a while. Nice Review!
The only real difference between this and the modified bridle joint Gibson uses is that it's bolted instead of glued. It's a bit longer and has more contact area than either a Fender or Gibson, which creates more friction. The reason bolts are not typically used is because wood expands and contracts with humidity accros the grain and the bolts can loosen. Anyone with bolted together furniture knows exactly what I'm talking about. You will need to periodically tighten them. Good news is that it's really easy with this guitar.
I'm a big Eastman fan but their electric guitar designs are clearly Gibson and Fender derived. Dude even referred to a "Fuller Tone" neck - a clear nod to Fullerton, the birthplace of Fender (king of bolt-ons) and, indirectly, all its copiers - including these. The guitars look great, and they sounded great when the guy demoed them but, apart from the long-tenon snake-oil gimmick (a glorified bolt-on), what about these is not just a bent-out-of-shape Fender? I'm sure the joint works fine, but then so does the standard bolt-on we've been happy with for the last three-quarters of a century. As well as a few possible advantages to Eastman's version of the bolt-on, there are possible downsides: shimming to change the neck angle, as we have done forever, is no longer a simple setup option. Very nice guitars, but also plenty of hype. Other opinions are available. [Edited for typo]
Lovely engineering, nicely done, but it's a bolt on neck ( 2 large threads as opposed to 4 small threads ) as opposed to a glued in permanent fixed neck joint. Would be interesting to see comparisons between this guitar and a glued/fixed neck brand with the same pups ? Really cool however that as in Fender if you want to switch necks you can. I'd be pushing that as a marketing positive as well....different necks, different frets even scale lengths. I think they missed a trick here ?? If Eastman are monitoring the YT channel responses, just give me a design credit !!!hahaha I'll be watching !
It’s like the Spanish foot on really good classical guitars built old style. Makes really good sense. By the way, I build the Spanish foot on my classical guitars.
If neck-body designs were really that important, then the neck-through-body design that became really popular in the 80s would have been the be-all and end-all of revolutionary designs and every guitar manufacturer would be using it now, because it would be considered essential. The fact is that the differences between a full neck-through design and a basic standard bolt-on are not enough to really matter to any one. The Telecaster is still one of the highest selling guitars, even with its basic 1950s design.
G.A.S., G.A.S., G.A.S., love Eastman guitars…I have a jazz box and weeks ago tried a Juliet which I still can’t get out of my head…now this! Wow. Any plans to move manufacturing out of Chyna?
Yes! My thought exactly. The obvious next step is to build a headless travel guitar with this kind of neck joint. Unbolted, it would fit easily into a carryon suitcase.
Srews are used since they go good into wood. Bolts might have finer threads but you need to instal something into wood to accept the Bolt. It’s just screw with extra steps IMO 😂
To be honest as a carpenter and owner of some bolt on neck guitars Fender and Squier basically I never understood why we still use 4 pigtail wood screws , I know it's the most trusted cheap option, but hey paying 2000$ for a Fender Custom USA I think deserves some technology in that specific part of the guitar, for 300$ is acceptable because as I said is the system used from day one , that means it works and is reliable , but come on guys it's prehistoric.
The threaded bushing on the end of the neck makes me a bit nervous as these are only prevented from twisting by four tabs that pierce the wood. I would prefer to have seen Eastman totally replace it with a weighty, rectangular brass (or SS) block with a threaded hole that has been recessed into a routed slot. The body thickness under the neck pup looks rather thin, too, which might also be of concern. Maybe I'm over estimating the stresses, but the whole arrangement (both neck and body) looks rather fragile.
How does the longer neck tenon interfere with the tremolo claw on trem models. Eastman should send you one free of charge for you to review. ;) Are they using bolts as well for the trem claw? Seen it done before but it would still need the space under the bridge pickup.
At last a designer that does not do everything the way that Gibson or Fender do it, and also using CNC woodworking machines to make that complicated and very clever neck to body joint and taking advantage of the precision routers to sink the scratch plate into the body surface. Bravo Eastman!
Flush scratchplate - yes, I’ve wondered why I haven’t seen that before because it makes great sense. Except in the video, it looks like it might be just a bit below the body instead of flush.
'At last' ?
There are hundreds of luthiers who build unique and individual guitars, and have done for decades, what are you going on about man ?
This designer talking about force is very good. He's fantastic.
I've been impressed with Eastman instruments for a long time. Great instruments, great people.
ok, it was worth watching, but i expected that even when the title seamed hyperbole, but because of your integrity i said, no, he is the real deal and i was not disappointed. EXCELLENT SCOOP! I especially was intrigued by what looked like a TREMBUCKER style p90 set up in one of the first guitars on here....EASTMAN is well worth checking into.
I have a blue Eastman Romeo LA. Fantastic guitar! I use it with a Quilter 25w Superblock into a Finnish-made TOOB with a 10" Jensen. 13 lbs. Incredible!
Interesting. Its like a set neck without the glue.
Not sure I buy all the toan/sustain blurb (its not like a bolt-on is crippled by an absence of either), but I'm all for people applying new variations to old mass production processes.
I have a mahogany and rosewood butt-plug and the "toan" is nothing short of centromere photosynthesis nipples
Look for actual back to back comparisons of the same guitar shape with the same woods, between bolt on and glued neck, or bolt on and neck through construction. The funniest one was Ola Englund's test where he just straight up ignored the fact that the bolt on Solar has better sustain.
Those 3 to 5 bolts transfer vibrations from the neck base to the heel, and all through the back of the body. Glued and through construction don't have that mechanical interface.
It's exactly like the "heavy strings for a heavy sound" myth, from people who've never listened to Tony Iommi and SRV. The false position _seems_ more convincing, but logically it's just wrong.
You can crank down a metal to metal thread a lot more than a metal to wood screw. I'm buying into "it certainly can't be worse"!
@@Fast2Whlscorrect. You also get less chance of stripping or crossthreading the bolt.
love the flush carved pick guard router thats genius ,
And I thought it was click bait BS. That neck joint genuinely looks pretty cool, and kinda dreamt of. A bolt on, long-tenon that can be easily serviced if needed... Some exciting stuff and hope I get to see some down here in NZ
That neck joint is very very similar to the neck pocket in a Parker Nightfly. It had the exact same rounded neck pocket but with 4 screws inserted, at an angle, into the threaded sleeves in the neck.
Yeah, it's cool but it's really nothing new.
Yamaha’s Billy Sheehan model has a similar deep tenon design.
Eastman guitars are one of the best companies out there. In fact I can’t think of another company that betters them when it comes to what you get for your money. The quality you get with an Eastman is fantastic.
Sweet looking guitars. Love the headstock
long-tenon bolt-on? that's....really freakin cool!
Beauty! Love the headstock. Good idea on the joint.
It's not the first time it has been done, nor is it the first time I have seen that sort of gravity demonstration. This is actually something Taylor was doing and then eventually scrapped it in 1999 with the introduction of the NT neck. And as others have said, it has been done at lower price points as well. I wouldn't even call it exceptionally uncommon, but it certainly differs from the Fender school of bolt-on.
I love my telecasters, but the level of woodwork is still back in the ‘50’s. They are probably using up to date precision cnc routers to do the work, but are stuck because customers demand the original design.
They sound great!
Beautiful design
Wow, CNC allows such precision! Nice design and it allows cool shapes and a strong neck joint. Very cool!🎉. I build my own guitars and appreciate great design.
Damn.. I really like that guitar. The neck idea is awesome.
I think the look of the guitars is great.
Not a completely new idea but very well executed. I have an old Matsumoku made Hondo II Professional that has a similar long neck tenon held to the body by bolts.
I had a pan 335 that had screws inside the body.
I think there's some 90s japanese epiphone les pauls that are like that too
Eastman guitars are great. I'm slowly replacing my Gibsons with them. I just hope there is gonna be a leftie. As someone mentioned though this is similar in many ways to Brian Mays red special bolt on neck solution.
Finally someone did a guitar where the neck pocket is shaped to the neck & not the other way around. It's 2024 there's been no excuse for the back of the neck to turn into a slab at the heel joint in a CNC'd guitar since at least 2000. So brilliant Eastman well done. Though I do wonder why it's a bolt-on at all? Surely this design would work, given it's long tenon, as a setneck as well. Feel like the bolts are simply to reduce build times & cut manufacturing costs.
Reducing build times and manufacturing costs does sound like a potentially very worthwhile consideration. Perhaps less substantial, I imagine there’s a potential advantage for the player in the long term/high mileage case wherein repairability and durability (durability to repairs and adjustments, in particular) are higher for this bolt neck system that otherwise brings many of the advantages set necks would.
Super fine guitars.
It seems like a variation on the neck joint that Driftwood uses on their “Titlecaster” design.
Like how they've taken the Gibson/PRS long tenon joint a stage further - never seen a curved neck pocket before. Nice idea.
I'm glad they have applied for a patent. Guess that makes it an actual PAF neck attachment. That alone garners top dollar. 🙂
That is impressive.
It looks like planning ahead was the best ideas.. Again impressive.
BC rich did a warlock very similar to this that is as close to a neck through that you can get. In the 2000's I think. It even had the warlock he'd shape ghat went into the body. So cool!
What that is to me, is development and improvement. Great use of modern engineering technology. Yes I think it’s great 👍🏼
It's not really a more solid neck join. The surface area may be larger, but it's much thinner. No designers seem to understand that wood is not metal, there needs to be two almost equal thickness surfaces and there's not a way around it. There needs to be something more substantial than the thickness of a few slices of deli meat there. And the 4 bolts are there for a reason, the 2 bolt neck may be locked into the neck pocket side to side, but if there is any gap/mistake in the pocket or shrink/expansion of the wood it can move. Or if it gets a strong knock or fall. And it's not just about strength, the thicker the piece it's bolted onto, the better it sounds. Also it's a round piece in a round pocket, flat on flat or square on square will always be more stable.
Now that makes sense!
Try taking a neck off a Vintage Advance Guitar from the earlier 2000s. Trev Wilkinson designed something along similar lines.. Though this new system looks better implemented, as Trev's was cruder and far more fiddly to dismantle and reassemble.. Btw, if I recall correctly, Shergold experimented with 'innovative' neck joints way back in the early 80s.
Wow, great idea
Eastman guitars are fantastic instruments across the board.
The guitars look nice, and it's good to see Eastman trying different ideas, but one feature of that stepped tenon is short-grain, which is inherently weak. Also, only using two screws is not going to end well. I do agree with using machine screws, and without doubt, the best upgrade anyone can make to a Fender-style guitar is to fit threaded neck inserts and do away with the original woodscrews. The recessed pickguard is a very nice feature. OK, I've just Googled the UK price, which is over £3k! I had assumed these were going to be priced around the £1k mark.
That was an impressive change of opinion there, Andy.
There is so much to love about these guitars above and beyond the neck. Honestly will be keeping a close eye on these. The aged single cuts were great. The new Romeos and Juliets were something. However, this one (these) may put me over the top and dive in on Eastman. EDIT: Just saw the price. I'm out. not saying it isn't for some and that it isn't still great, but I was expecting something drastically different price wise.
Same. Especially for a 'new' design. At that price I'll be sitting on the fence for a few years until they've been out and played in the wild to see how they hold up over time. They look great & sound ok from this short demo, but then so do a lot of other lower priced guitars. Is there enough of a sound difference in that neck design to justify the price? The jury is out lol.
Fullertone, definitely nodding to fender instruments. nice.
And a lovely lake placid with tort guard.
CNC is and has been a gamechanger for quite some time. It just makes every build so much more consistant for fit and finish for sure. I think Peavey was the 1st manufacturer doing it in 79.
I love the vibes of this guitar - get kind of like, Peavey guitars, and like, the Gibson Grabber bass.
My thoughts exactly. I was thinking about that old T-20 I never should have sold.
WELL DONE GUYS AT EASTMAN GUITARS.
The design of the guitar overall and the dirty tone on it was really Niccee. Never heard of them, good to keep on the radar.
Interesting design. Cool what you can do with production machinery, these days. I like what I could see of the pickup choices, as well.
Love these, so glad they don't make a short scale version, that way I don't have to spend more money.
Physics for the win! 😊 Very interesting design.
Think about a fulcrum . The force pulling up from the neck is secured by the bolt nearest the neck from the back of the guitar body. The neck extension which is recessed into the body is pushing down into the body in the opposite direction therefore there is much more equalibrium of acting forces. The longer the neck protrudes into the body the greater the equalibrium will be. The curved neck joint before the tenon provides the extra surface area to give a better transfer of sound between neck and body. All great stuff but the killer for me personally are those pickups. They sound incredible.
falling in love with the Offset'62
Lots of comments below about similar neck geometries- the earliest I am aware of it is the Matsumoku made Aria TS and Washburn Force bolt on necks from the early 80s. The Aria + Matsumoku combination also came up with the neck cut into 3 pieces lengthwise with the center section flipped for improved stability. The Eastman joint is definitely more complicated, however.
Very nice thinking, and nice looking guitars
Has all the benefits of a bolt on neck with sustain of a neck thru - cool design I'm interested
Very cool.
they have definitely taken some inspiration from Brian Mays guitar with that neck design - I wish more people would, that guitar has so many cool innovations that people still never do. I'll certainly put Eastman on my list of "to buy" guitars!
Yes, Red Special has that neck joint. I think they should admit where the idea came from. Instead they are talking like they invented it themselves and are trying to get a patent.
@@aritikka5240 the stratish guitar is reminiscent of the RS too as is the pickguard
Nice! I like the new neck system, but the ubiquitous bolt-on has a 70 year headstart.
I'll bet these will have a similar feel and reaponse to some acoustic guitars with that neck heel design. That dual P90 model sounded FANTASTIC!
There's another company that's been doing the "scooped" 2 bolt neck pocket. I can't remember the name. The other design doesn't have a tenon, but a lot more sculpted heel.
I haven't been interested in a guitar this much since the Parker Fly came out 200 years ago now
Sweet, can’t help feeling they missed an opportunity to round off the body to neck area on the back to increase the ergonomics for reaching the upper frets though🤔🤔
Kinda the same idea as the G&L Saddle lock Bridge, where you get moresustain by rooting the neck down into the body, n this case doing it with the neck instead of the bridge...
Fantastic to see such a functional performance oriented innovation. I’ll recommend that anyone shopping check into this.
Impressive design, very cool.
Yamaha did this tenon in the 90's with their 912 Pacificas. You are 30 yrs late to the party, but I would like to see it in person.
if the p90 model came with a TOM bridge it would be going to the top of my list.
Hope your voice recovers soon , the intensity of an event like that I notice a lot on everyone’s voice is strained at the end
I already used this method on a build. In fact I did it twice because it's a double neck.
It's a solution for a problem that doesn't exist but still cool nonetheless
Mosrites had a very similar long tenon bolt-on neck design 60 years ago.
Yeah, I was just coveting the staple pickups and lux floating trem, but that neck tech!!
A neat it of design and engineering. Reminds me of a Tom Anderson bolt-on design from a couple of decades ago, whilst the slightly slanted T body shape is reminiscent of a Hohner (Alan Entwhistle?) design from even further back
I recommend that the designer looks at Japanese wood joint techniques for other innovatory ideas.
That is very cool. A lot of surface area. But also multi-directional contact. The neck pocket radiused to that of the neck should have a centering effect, and the tenon stepping down into the body = more contact.
It would have been interesting to hear one unplugged. Probably very possible at NAMM. It would seem like that assembly method would ring out nicely.
I made a parts Tele using a MIM std body and a Warmoth boatneck.
That combo fit together snug enough to pass the "gravity test." To some extent that was luck.
Interesting, very interesting.
You can easily buy the whole Squier CV catalog for that amount of money 🤑
Looks like how the aluminium Kramer DMZ necks work
Side note, I've had an Eastman acoustic for about 6 years. I bought a special run limited edition sloped shoulder and I could not be happier. I tried so many acoustic guitars and luckily where I live I am right by an acoustic Haven where they had a ton of Tailors and Martin's as well as a good amount of Eastman guitars which made it very easy to compare. I can't justify spending twice as much just to have a tailor or Martin name on the headstock.
Other side note, kind of disappointing to see Eastman with their new headstocks like this. When you see it immediately you just think of Friedman guitars and even Leo Jaymz guitars on Amazon have been using this very similar style headstock for a while.
Nice Review!
The only real difference between this and the modified bridle joint Gibson uses is that it's bolted instead of glued. It's a bit longer and has more contact area than either a Fender or Gibson, which creates more friction. The reason bolts are not typically used is because wood expands and contracts with humidity accros the grain and the bolts can loosen. Anyone with bolted together furniture knows exactly what I'm talking about. You will need to periodically tighten them. Good news is that it's really easy with this guitar.
Damn, I love my Eastma SB59/v, and can just imagine how good these new ones are. If they had an HH one, damn. Still I will get a Juliet at some point
That's a really beautiful guitar
slightly reminiscent of the 2 bolt bolt-on neck of the 80s hagstrom swede
Look at Soultool Custom Guitars from Switzerland. He uses a similar neck joint.
They look like the Aria nexter? And the Aria jet kind of. Cool with the jazzmaster style trem
this is not revolutionary, this is convoluted and superfluous
I think scott walker guitars did that same neck joint a while back on his line of solace guitars
i just hope the grain of the wood is strong enough in the step of the neck. at least the force of the strings hold it even if it did crack
I'm a big Eastman fan but their electric guitar designs are clearly Gibson and Fender derived. Dude even referred to a "Fuller Tone" neck - a clear nod to Fullerton, the birthplace of Fender (king of bolt-ons) and, indirectly, all its copiers - including these.
The guitars look great, and they sounded great when the guy demoed them but, apart from the long-tenon snake-oil gimmick (a glorified bolt-on), what about these is not just a bent-out-of-shape Fender?
I'm sure the joint works fine, but then so does the standard bolt-on we've been happy with for the last three-quarters of a century. As well as a few possible advantages to Eastman's version of the bolt-on, there are possible downsides: shimming to change the neck angle, as we have done forever, is no longer a simple setup option.
Very nice guitars, but also plenty of hype. Other opinions are available.
[Edited for typo]
Lovely engineering, nicely done, but it's a bolt on neck ( 2 large threads as opposed to 4 small threads ) as opposed to a glued in permanent fixed neck joint. Would be interesting to see comparisons between this guitar and a glued/fixed neck brand with the same pups ? Really cool however that as in Fender if you want to switch necks you can. I'd be pushing that as a marketing positive as well....different necks, different frets even scale lengths. I think they missed a trick here ?? If Eastman are monitoring the YT channel responses, just give me a design credit !!!hahaha I'll be watching !
It’s like the Spanish foot on really good classical guitars built old style. Makes really good sense. By the way, I build the Spanish foot on my classical guitars.
so looks like a Lag jet!
George Fullertone neck, i like what you did there.😂
If neck-body designs were really that important, then the neck-through-body design that became really popular in the 80s would have been the be-all and end-all of revolutionary designs and every guitar manufacturer would be using it now, because it would be considered essential. The fact is that the differences between a full neck-through design and a basic standard bolt-on are not enough to really matter to any one. The Telecaster is still one of the highest selling guitars, even with its basic 1950s design.
G.A.S., G.A.S., G.A.S., love Eastman guitars…I have a jazz box and weeks ago tried a Juliet which I still can’t get out of my head…now this! Wow. Any plans to move manufacturing out of Chyna?
These are made in California
@@TheGuitarGeek - Excellent!
Clever design.
Roil guitars, while not exactly the same have a similar neck joint they have been using for some time now.
That's a problem solved that really doesn't exist.
Easier to travel with, obviously. Fantastic!
Yes! My thought exactly. The obvious next step is to build a headless travel guitar with this kind of neck joint. Unbolted, it would fit easily into a carryon suitcase.
Would love to know what the amp is he's playing through. That combination with the Eastman guitar is magic!
It’s the REVV D25
Thanks, that's a great marriage of guitar and amp. @@TheGuitarGeek
Srews are used since they go good into wood. Bolts might have finer threads but you need to instal something into wood to accept the Bolt. It’s just screw with extra steps IMO 😂
To be honest as a carpenter and owner of some bolt on neck guitars Fender and Squier basically I never understood why we still use 4 pigtail wood screws , I know it's the most trusted cheap option, but hey paying 2000$ for a Fender Custom USA I think deserves some technology in that specific part of the guitar, for 300$ is acceptable because as I said is the system used from day one , that means it works and is reliable , but come on guys it's prehistoric.
Super cool.
Wow, it's a really nice guitar. I like the new fixing system of the neck. The idea is not new, but very well made. How much is it? 1800 - 2000€?
About double that.
The threaded bushing on the end of the neck makes me a bit nervous as these are only prevented from twisting by four tabs that pierce the wood. I would prefer to have seen Eastman totally replace it with a weighty, rectangular brass (or SS) block with a threaded hole that has been recessed into a routed slot. The body thickness under the neck pup looks rather thin, too, which might also be of concern. Maybe I'm over estimating the stresses, but the whole arrangement (both neck and body) looks rather fragile.
How does the longer neck tenon interfere with the tremolo claw on trem models. Eastman should send you one free of charge for you to review. ;) Are they using bolts as well for the trem claw? Seen it done before but it would still need the space under the bridge pickup.