Pre-owned Eastman Jazz Elite 17 #10445377

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A beautiful early example of the Eastman Jazz Elite 17 model. Solid, carved woods with all of the upgraded appointments of an elite-level guitar.Only non-original part is a Seymour Duncan SH2N Jazz Model w/ a gold cover.Excellent condition w/ only minor finish wear evident (see pictures for details) If you like a Gibson Johnny Smith with a floater, you will get almost the same tone, but with a hunbucker to reduce feed back at a third the price. The are no longer made, don’t ket this one slip away!

• 17″ x 2.5″ hollow-body archtop guitar with solid Spruce & Maple woods
• 3-piece Maple neck
• 22-fret, 25″ scale length Ebony fretboard w/ MOP block inlay
• Seymour Duncan SH2N Jazz Model w/ Gold cover
• Original electronics including CTS potentiometers & .473k ohm capacitor
• Gold Gotoh tuners w/ Ebony buttons
• Original gold bell knobs
• Weighs 5 lbs. 10 oz.

Eastman Custom Jazz Elite 17 was designed by Guitars ‘n Jazz owner, Lou Del Rosso and made by Eastman Guitars exclusively for Guitars’ n Jazz. It is “gig ready” out of the box. The Jazz Elite 17 is a 17″ lower bout by 2 1/2″ depth at the rim and features Eastman best premium woods, 905 neck profile, abalone inlays, hand wound Kent Armstrong set humbucking pickup, and most importantly heavy parallel bracing used in the 60’s by Gibson in it’s famous L5 models which are extremely expensive today. The fuller 905 profile neck and the heavy parallel top bracing makes a much stiffer top and a more complex Gibson like Jazz tone with the clarity that Eastman archtops are famous. The Jazz Elite 17 comes in a natural blonde finish with all maple binding.

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