Always love your demos! I bought a Danelectro Fifty Niner gold top recently partly due to your review. I love all the Eastman reviews you’ve done as well. I just got my 4th one, giving me 3 SB59’s and a T484, and I must say, there’s not many guitars that I can think of that give you that level of quality for that price. I still love my Gibsons and others, but I have been on an Eastman buying kick lately. You now have me wanting an SB55/v! 😂
I have an SB59, and the bones of these guitars are so good. It plays so smooth, and acoustically it’s probably the loudest solid body I’ve ever played (and yes it’s light as well)!
Hi Brett, I picked up a used 2019 SB59/V with Lollars and love it. 😎 Is the SB56’s neck a lot bigger than the SB59’s? I am thinking about saving up for either the Eastman SB56 or T58/V, but have not yet tried either one. - Any recommendation on which way to go? Many thanks for all of your enjoyable demo videos! 👍
Hey Ed. My only experience with the 56 was what you see in this video. It was taken from me directly afterwards so I cannot offer any comparisons unfortunately. You'd be better off chasing specs from the website or consulting one of the forums and someone who owns both. Sorry I can't help this time!
@@davidwilkins2196 Good to know. But, since writing that comment two years ago I have purchased a 1960 Reissue LP & a TV Yellow LP Special. Humbuckers and P90 boxes ticked.
Hiya Burgs Yes a bit late to the party but here all the same right, can you forward the Australian contact for Eastman details across when you have a moment please, cheers HNY 2022 also dude !!
Hey Friends....Last Week i got My New Baby....a sb56.....a very superb guitar....only one problem with this. Bridge and Middle Position are very cool and usefully but the Neck PU sounds very muddy and a lot louder than the rest and the height of the pickups are not adjustable....anybody with the same problem? Greetings from Germany and sorry for my bad School English
Hello from Germany too, have the same guitar and the neck pickup is not muddy at all. Compared to my humbucker stacked Les Paul's, the tones from both pickups is brighter. Rather a strat on steroids
I have the gibson equivalent and its exactly the same! I wired in a 0.47 capacitor between the hot wire of the neck pickup and the pot, it takes a chunk of the mud out of it. I also put the treble bleed on it which is so much better. I'm no expert but it's doable with a simple soldering iron.
I have the gibson equivalent and it's exactly the same. I wired in a 0.47 capacitor between the hot wire of the neck pickup and the pot. Takes a chunk of mud out of it. I also added a treble bleed. Much better now. I'm no expert, but it's doable with a simple soldering iron.
There is always a reason when something is too good to be true! Eastman guitars are made in Chinese factories under dreadful conditions for many very young workers, if you ever saw how they are treated you would never include an Eastman in your review again. Do your own research before buying an instrument because someone paid a price so you can get a bargain and if that doesn't make you feel awful playing it you need to question your humanity.
My understanding is that Eastman Strings is the ONLY Chinese company next to Epiphone that isn't a sweatshop, and has good working conditions. The owner apparantly loves America and western culture, and this is apparent from all the dealers who approach him and not the other way around. Remember, Jason Lollar approached Eastman himself! I tried to afford another Gibson, but couldn't justify paying double for shittier pickups, headstock angle, and poorly cut nuts. All my guitars are 100 percent USA/Canadian made, but I'd gladly support Eastman based on their rep alone.
@@The9thChord unrelated to this video, but how is it that Gibson can’t cut a nut for shit. I bought an SG standard last year and it would NOT play in tune on the first few frets. Got the nut lowered down and it’s pretty great now. I just don’t understand why that’s necessary. I’ve got American and import g&ls, fenders, squiers, ibanezes, etc and have never had that issue before buying Gibson, which should be a premium experience.
I have been binge watching vids of Eastman guitars, i might be blowing up a credit card again !!
They’re great guitars!
Always love your demos! I bought a Danelectro Fifty Niner gold top recently partly due to your review. I love all the Eastman reviews you’ve done as well. I just got my 4th one, giving me 3 SB59’s and a T484, and I must say, there’s not many guitars that I can think of that give you that level of quality for that price. I still love my Gibsons and others, but I have been on an Eastman buying kick lately. You now have me wanting an SB55/v! 😂
I’m obsessed with Eastman.
I have an SB59, and the bones of these guitars are so good. It plays so smooth, and acoustically it’s probably the loudest solid body I’ve ever played (and yes it’s light as well)!
Hi, what is the distance between the E and low E string at first fret please ? In mm...Kindest regards from France
@@belo1971 Hi, center to center is about 38 mm at the first fret, and the neck is about 44.5 mm wide at the first fret. Hope that helps!
Brett looks like he wakes up in the morning, grabs a guitar, and more or less plays continuously the whole day. Nice way to spend Quarantine!
This one. This is the best one of this bunch.
Really nice demo! I bought one of these after watching this video. It's on it's way to me right now. Can't wait. You should get a cut from Eastman.
That's my favorite out of all the Eastmans you have reviewed so far.
I played one of these at Monkton's Guitars here in Colorado last year. Excellent instrument. I regret not buying it.
Thanks Brett. The SB56 NGD sounds amazing. Get my Freddie King on !!
oo yes that’s lovely
I think n-GD stands for “new guitar day.”
Sounds great
These are so good. I just picked up one which weighs 3.6 kg.
I wonder if the SB56 has the same neck carve as the SB59?
Hi Brett,
I picked up a used 2019 SB59/V with Lollars and love it. 😎
Is the SB56’s neck a lot bigger than the SB59’s?
I am thinking about saving up for either the Eastman SB56 or T58/V, but have not yet tried either one.
- Any recommendation on which way to go?
Many thanks for all of your enjoyable demo videos! 👍
Hey Ed. My only experience with the 56 was what you see in this video. It was taken from me directly afterwards so I cannot offer any comparisons unfortunately. You'd be better off chasing specs from the website or consulting one of the forums and someone who owns both. Sorry I can't help this time!
@@BrettKingman Thanks man. Take care.
I'm torn between a gold top gibson and this. I heard these are better. Is that true?
Yep, as good as a Custom Shop Gibson for a third of the price
What did you end up getting?
what ? no crunch box? Lol!! rock on Burgs!
Only thing putting me off buying an Eastman SB is they're fitted with single action truss rods. Why not a double?
Now double action
@@davidwilkins2196 Good to know. But, since writing that comment two years ago I have purchased a 1960 Reissue LP & a TV Yellow LP Special. Humbuckers and P90 boxes ticked.
@1:43 ............. "ehhhh" LOL
Awesome sounding guitar. That overdrive with the clean sound coming through with the dirty? Not for me.
Hiya Burgs
Yes a bit late to the party but here all the same right, can you forward the Australian contact for Eastman details across when you have a moment please, cheers HNY 2022 also dude !!
Sure. Here you go. facebook.com/Eastman-Guitars-Australia-102529654489467/
That guitar sounds redic good...
Jonesin for a goldtop and Gibson are steep..
Hey Friends....Last Week i got My New Baby....a sb56.....a very superb guitar....only one problem with this. Bridge and Middle Position are very cool and usefully but the Neck PU sounds very muddy and a lot louder than the rest and the height of the pickups are not adjustable....anybody with the same problem? Greetings from Germany and sorry for my bad School English
Hello from Germany too, have the same guitar and the neck pickup is not muddy at all. Compared to my humbucker stacked Les Paul's, the tones from both pickups is brighter. Rather a strat on steroids
I have the gibson equivalent and its exactly the same! I wired in a 0.47 capacitor between the hot wire of the neck pickup and the pot, it takes a chunk of the mud out of it. I also put the treble bleed on it which is so much better. I'm no expert but it's doable with a simple soldering iron.
I have the gibson equivalent and it's exactly the same. I wired in a 0.47 capacitor between the hot wire of the neck pickup and the pot. Takes a chunk of mud out of it. I also added a treble bleed. Much better now. I'm no expert, but it's doable with a simple soldering iron.
It may be the recording, but this doesn't sound near what that guitar can do. Great playing, though.
Why does he have to make it look like a Gibson. Boring 🙄
There is always a reason when something is too good to be true! Eastman guitars are made in Chinese factories under dreadful conditions for many very young workers, if you ever saw how they are treated you would never include an Eastman in your review again. Do your own research before buying an instrument because someone paid a price so you can get a bargain and if that doesn't make you feel awful playing it you need to question your humanity.
My understanding is that Eastman Strings is the ONLY Chinese company next to Epiphone that isn't a sweatshop, and has good working conditions. The owner apparantly loves America and western culture, and this is apparent from all the dealers who approach him and not the other way around. Remember, Jason Lollar approached Eastman himself! I tried to afford another Gibson, but couldn't justify paying double for shittier pickups, headstock angle, and poorly cut nuts. All my guitars are 100 percent USA/Canadian made, but I'd gladly support Eastman based on their rep alone.
Show me the evidence
Dump everything from there then. Iphones/Macs etc...
You might want to do a little more research.
@@The9thChord unrelated to this video, but how is it that Gibson can’t cut a nut for shit. I bought an SG standard last year and it would NOT play in tune on the first few frets. Got the nut lowered down and it’s pretty great now. I just don’t understand why that’s necessary. I’ve got American and import g&ls, fenders, squiers, ibanezes, etc and have never had that issue before buying Gibson, which should be a premium experience.