| Once in a while, I’m fortunate to be in the right place at the right
time… and last week, The Twelfth Fret was the first sales call for our
Eastman Guitars representative on the day a fresh list of "specials" was
released.
He mentioned in passing an incredible price on the T 145 archtop
guitar…and without blinking we took all 5 guitars they had on hand.
The T 145 is the ideal club jazz guitar; Small comfortable body:
fully carved top and back with plenty of acoustic volume yet small enough
internal displacement to make it useable on stage without the troublesome
feedback issues associated with full body archtops.
We see this guitar as the ideal studio, rehearsal and live stage
Jazz guitar in the league of the Benedetto Bambino Deluxe…but at a fraction
of the price.
The slim-line 1 ¾ deep sided body ( 2 ¾" deep at the
bridge) and 15" lower boute reminds me of my first love in Jazz guitars:
the Ibanez George Benson guitar.
Fully carved Spruce top with fully carved Mahogany back and sides,
finished in Nitrocellulose lacquer with a simple, elegant violin stain
finish. Ebony appointments include Ebony Bridge, tailpiece, pickguard and
fretboard.
The Eastman Humbucker pickup is top mounted for maximum volume without
feedback issues and more true body resonance through the pickup. This Eastman
proprietary pickup is Kent Armstrong designed and has a great track record
as a jazz guitar pickup.
The T 145 comes factory strung with 12-52 D’Addario Nickel strings.
For players looking to use this guitar for a variety of music genres besides
strictly Jazz we recommend staying with these brighter sounding round-wound
strings. With these brighter strings, you can easily roll off treble at
the tone control to get a fat jazz tone but enough clarity will remain
for Blues, R & B or Rock-a-Billy players.
For Jazz purists, we include in the purchase price, for no extra
cost, a restring and setup with the .012 - .050 George Benson gauge of
Thomastic Flatwounds for the typical classic dark and mellow 50s / 60s
Jazz guitar tone. Thomastic strings have a wonderful rubbery and flexible
feel and make lovely strings for home players.
Or, if desired we would setup with D’Addario Chrome Wound strings
for a slightly brighter, crisper so-called "modern" flatwound tone.
Regular price on these guitars for the past 2 years has been $1859
Canadian with case, $1690 USD with case
The special offer on these 5 guitars is $1199 Canadian dollars (
$1110 USD @ 1.08 exchange rate)
This price includes full setup and string change if desired.
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