Eastman

Eastman guitars and mandolins came as the result of a passion for high quality string instruments inherited from our internationally recognized fine violin line. Eastman offers musicians an opportunity to enjoy instruments produced by expert craftspeople entirely by hand using the best possible tonewoods, and time tested carving/building techniques.

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  • Eastman AR403CED Archtop Jazz Guitar #L2000656 w case

    16 inch F-hole electric archtop. Maple laminate top, maple laminate sides and back. Custom mounted humbucking pickup. Feedback resistant with great tone, excellent gigging guitar.  Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $1,499
    Price $1,359

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  • Eastman AR403CE-D Archtop Jazz Guitar #L2100461 w case

    16 inch F-hole electric archtop. Maple laminate top, maple laminate sides and back. Custom mounted humbucking pickup. Feedback resistant with great tone, excellent gigging guitar.  Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $1,499
    Price $1,199

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  • Eastman AR403CE-D Archtop Jazz Guitar #0459 w case

    16 inch F-hole electric archtop. Maple laminate top, maple laminate sides and back. Custom mounted humbucking pickup. Feedback resistant with great tone, excellent gigging guitar.  Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $1,499
    Price $1,199

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Eastman - 16 and 17 Archtops

Premium tonewoods and the time honored process of meticulous hand craftsmanship form a harmonious relationship that has established Eastman as a major force in the world of archtop guitars. Today Eastman offers the widest selection of classic and contemporary archtop guitars in the industry. Most often associated with jazz, Eastman archtops are frequently used in many other styles of music due to their beautiful sound, range and finish.

  • Eastman AR605CED Spruce Mahogany 16″ Archtop 2 HB w case

    A classic 16 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR605).Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $2,995
    Price $2,395

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  • Eastman AR371CE Sunburst Hollowbody Pre owned Archtop Jazz Electric Guitar w case #8347

    16" Florentine cutaway jazz archtop. All laminate construction for feedback control. Custom mounted humbucking pickup. Classic styling, great playability, warm tone. OVER 200 Eastmans in stock - We will not be undersold!

    MSRP $1,219

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    Eastman AR371CE Sunburst Hollowbody Pre owned Archtop Jazz Electric Guitar w case #8347
  • Eastman AR372CE Features

    16" Florentine cutaway archtop. All laminate construction for feedback control. Custom mounted humbucking pickup. Classic styling, great playability, warm tone. Lowest price Guaranteed!

    MSRP $1,225

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    Eastman AR372CE Features
  • Eastman AR371CE Features

    16" Florentine cutaway archtop. All laminate construction for feedback control. Custom mounted humbucking pickup. Classic styling, great playability, warm tone. Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $1,125

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    Eastman AR371CE Features
  • Eastman AR403CE Features

    16 inch F-hole electric archtop. Maple laminate top, maple laminate sides and back. Custom mounted humbucking pickup. Feedback resistant with great tone, excellent gigging guitar.  Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

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    Eastman AR403CE Features


Eastman - Jim Fisch Series

Each Jim Fisch Archtop Guitar is hand crafted with a solid Spruce for the top and Mahogany back and sides- which is available in a whole series of different archtops.

  • Eastman AR605CED Spruce Mahogany 16″ Archtop 2 HB w case

    A classic 16 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR605).Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $2,995
    Price $2,395

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  • Eastman AR605 Features

    A classic 16 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR605).

    MSRP $1,975

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    Eastman AR605 Features
  • Eastman AR605CE Features

    A classic 16 inch F-hole archtop built with "Old-World" craftsmanship. Carved spruce top, carved mahogany sides & back. Articulate midrange, great projection and a vintage "woody" tone. Also available in a non-electric, non-cutaway model (AR605).Lowest price guaranteed. All GnJ guitars ship fast, and come with proset up ready to gig right out of the box.

    MSRP $2,050

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    Eastman AR605CE Features

The 605ce features Rosewood fingerboards and are available in Classic and Classic/Sunburst finishes. The mahogany back and sides ad a warmth and depth to the guitar not found in standard maple back and sides archtops. The Rosewood fingerboard enhances the warmth of this archtop.

The 16″ 605ce has a flatter Django style cutaway that imparts a very homogenous tone with great clarity to all the chordal voicing, which excellent chordal note separation This series sound great acoustically with great projection and fullness and is the preferred combination for bluegrass and country music.

The 610 ce is a 17″ fully carved archtop with a traditional Venetian cutaway that creates greater note separation and brighter highs, and fuller lows than its 16′ counterpart. Warm, full with plenty of projection this guitar can stand alone acoustically or amplified with the best archtops. Most Eastman archtops with cutaways are equipped with Kent armstrong designed pickups attach to the pickguard and not to the top of the guitar to allow the greatest acoustic tone and projection.

The 600 series also comes in non cutaway archtops that have the larger top and back soundboards that allow this to be played acoustically with greater projection. The non cutaway models are the favorite of all comping musicians for achieving that chunky full rhythm sound of the big bands of the 30’s and 40’s. Great chordal note separation and full loud projection found on only the most well made hand made archtops. The Non cutaway models are stocked with f holes for the greatest chordal note separation and in the 16 inch 605 and the 17″ 610 models,

The 604 is a 16″ oval hole model with a great acoustic voice for those special acoustic situations that require greater chordal note separation that can be found in an acoustic or flat top guitar.



Eastman - Left Handed Guitars

  • Peerless Gigmaster Jazz 8945 Lefty Archtop Electric Guitar

    The Gigmaster Jazz has all the versatility of an ES 175 with more sustain, a little less weight and much more acoustic tone with great responsiveness, even with a light touch.

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    Peerless Gigmaster Jazz 8945 Lefty Archtop Electric Guitar
  • Peerless Gigmaster Jazz 8943 Lefty Archtop Electric Guitar

    The Gigmaster Jazz has all the versatility of an ES 175 with more sustain, a little less weight and much more acoustic tone with great responsiveness, even with a light touch.

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    Peerless Gigmaster Jazz 8943 Lefty Archtop Electric Guitar
  • Peerless Gigmaster Jazz 8944 Lefty

    The Gigmaster Jazz has all the versatility of an ES 175 with more sustain, a little less weight and much more acoustic tone with great responsiveness, even with a light touch.

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    Peerless Gigmaster Jazz 8944 Lefty
  • Peerless Hardtail Lefty 8550

    16" Arch Top Double Cutaway Laminated Maple Laminated Top and  Maple Laminated Maple Back , 44 mm (1.73") depth at rims. Lowest price Guaranteed!

    MSRP $1,595

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    Peerless Hardtail Lefty 8550