Guitar Tone Tuesday: Ep 203 - Is This Eastman T64/V The Master Of Old School P90 Tone?
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2024
- Guitar Tone Tuesday: Ep 203 - Is This Eastman T64/V The Master Of Old School P90 Tone?
Visually Impaired since birth, Lucas Haneman of the LH Express uses his ears and hands to guide him when choosing gear, writing songs and recording parts. Will you agree with his assessment? Haneman gives you experienced tips and tricks, as well as showcasing lesser known gear in this series. Subscribe and follow to let your voice be heard!
Ladies and gentleman, we're kicking it clean and old school today on GTT with this T64/V (a fine creation from Eastman). This 16 inch hollow body thinline has the sparkle and twang you'd expect from a guitar of this nature, but yet it has warmth when you want it too! Oh yeah, did I mention it has a Bigsby that seems to stay in tune well on top of it all??
The Eastman T64/V has laminate maple/poplar/maple top, back and sides, maple neck with ebony board, with a 24.75 inch scale length, and a nice wide 44mm bone nut as well. The guitar also features 2 Lollar dog ear P90s', a US Bigsby tail piece, Gotoh hardware, a Switchcraft jack and CTS pots.
This episode was filmed at "Sounds Good Music" in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
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What did you think of this T64/V from Eastman Guitars? Did it serve up old school P90 tones that you dig, or are there better options on the market? Let your voice be heard in the comment section below!
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Yup, have had a T64 for just over a year. The Lollar p90s sound gorgeous, and the guitar is super fun to play, and fab to record. Lovely guitar work sir, great demo for those considering one of these. I note they've stopped doing the light relicing on the finish, shame, as it looks really cool. But still got that lovely blood orange ruby finish. It's basically a casino with a few premium upgrades and a very cool rock & roll aesthetic.
Super cool that you’ve got one of these!! They are fantastic sounding and playing guitars. I also appreciate your words on the playing. Thank you so much! Interesting that they have stopped the relic work at this point. I tried a couple of SB 59 - V’s from earlier this year and they still had the light relicking, so it must be recent. I think the ones I tried were from about February.
You had me at "P-90s." Your playing was great, as always, and this was a fine review.
I guess that's Eastman's answer to the Casino. Or an ES-330. The distinguishing feature, I suppose, is the ebony fretboard. The Casinos and 330s mostly had rosewood boards, I believe.
Speaking of which, I think you're right about the ebony board giving that guitar more "snap." My 1983 MiJ Hohner G-940 dreadnought has an ebony board. I used to own a Brazilian Giannini acoustic (Concert, not Dread) that had a rosewood board and bridge. And it was a late '60s/early '70s vintage, so the rosewood was Brazilian. I sold the Giannini years ago, but as I remember the Hohner had more snap than the Giannini.
Did I mention that I love me some P-90s? It's remarkable to me that a P-90 pickup can accurately be described as both "gritty" and yet also having "clarity." Single coil clarity with a bit more girth and an edginess just waiting to be unleashed.
My first tele was custom made for me by a friend, according to my specs, which included a soapbar P-90 in the neck. It is quite versatile. It pairs well with the vintage style tele bridge pickup, and played by itself can be bluesy or do a respectable job of jazz (or what passes for jazz when I try to play it).
I've never owned a guitar with a Bigsby. In the '60s my Dad had a Harmony H19 Silhouette with a Hagstrom vibrato. I played that a bunch, as did my younger brother. But to tell the truth, I didn't use the "whammy" bar all that much.
Yes, definitely in the Casino or 330 vein, but with that ebony fretboard it has a little more snap to my ear and makes me want to play a little differently. It’s great for finger style, rockabilly, things like that. Yeah, P 90s are excellent do it all pickups and the Lollars on this guitar I’d say lean more towards the vintage sparkly end of the spectrum rather than the snarly mid range variety, which is also very cool. It’s interesting you mentioned Gianini guitars. When I was a little kid my family had a 12 string made by them on long-term loan from a friend of ours for about five years or so as far as I recall. It was the first 12 string I ever spent much time with. I remember enjoying it but that it was a little stiff, probably from being an old 12 string that could’ve used a set up. It was a big dread not to and at the time I hadn’t quite grown into playing a guitar that big. LOL
Wonderful Eastman, challenge s the best. You not so bad either. Thx for the review
Ah thanks so much!
Hi Lucas l've just found your videos, they are wonderful! The first one l watched (15 min ago)you were comparing a Yamaki vs Martin back in '18. They were guitar#1 and #2. Yes new strings make a difference but wow as l have owned my Yamaki since '79 l could not tell which one was which! My half arsed ears say #1 was the Yamaki with a cedar top? Trouble is l can not find the answer! Do you or anyone out there remember? Thanks for your efforts, good to see a fellow Canadian doing this stuff. l will subscribe and catch you on the flip side, Cheers!
Thank you so much for watching and subscribing! The answer is always in the episode right after….so in this case episode 151. Your ears are correct and the Yamaki was number 1 with the Martin number 2. Thank you again and I hope you enjoy the channel!
Hi again Lucas that video was from Fed '22 not '18 sorry...... see below....
Cool, is the neck wide and thin like the T484 I just traded away? It just didn’t fit my hand. I don’t really need another guitar though. Three electrics, three acoustic. Done and dusted. Except a maple back acoustic. Lol.
It reminds me a lot of The neck on my T1 85 MX. Probably a 1.75 inch nut with, so wide for sure but more medium, rather than thin. That’s how I remember it anyways from just a couple of weeks ago when I did the shoot.
My Romeo has a nice chunky neck, but the T484 was way thin.@@LucasHaneman
Yeah man, they are all hand carved so I find there is a good amount of variation from guitar to guitar with Eastman, of course within a certain range for each model. For instance that Black LP style SB 57 I reviewed two weeks ago on the channel has a much deeper neck with a little bit of a V. that one really felt great in the hand! I also prefer a fatter neck, especially when it comes to depth from front to back, if the shape is right. Sounds like your Romeo has one of those great fatter necks for sure. I think they generally carve their 335 inspired guitars a little more medium/thin depending on the guitar in terms of the neck shape whereas The S bees, Romeos etc. have nice fat chunky necks. Same thing for their acoustics. The AC series tends to have a medium to thin neck, whereas the traditional dreadnaughts and OM‘s etc. have nice fat C shaped necks. That’s my observation anyways after playing many many Eastman guitars over these past years.