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Eastman T145 SM

Description

*EXCLUSIVELY AT THE BLOOR STREET LOCATION*

The Eastman T145 SM 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.

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.

Specifications
* Hand-carved electric archtop
* Body Dimensions: 15″ X 1 3/4″
* Solid Hand Carved Spruce Top
* Solid Spruce X Pattern or Parallel bracing
* Solid Hand-Carved Mahogany Back and Sides
* 5-ply ivoroid Body Binding
* Ebony Headstock Veneer
* Maple Neck
* Dovetail Neckjoint
* Scale Length: 25″
* Nut Width: 1 3/4″
* Ebony Fingerboard
* 22 Nickel – Silver Frets
Multi-ply bound, ebony Pickguard
* Single Mounted Kent Armstrong (HPAG-1) Pickup
* 3-way selector switch
* 1 Vol, 1 Tone Control
* Floating Tunable Gotoh Bridge
* Ebony Tailpiece
* Tuners: Gold Gotoh w/ ebony buttons

This item is available for sale through the Bloor Street location. For more information on how to purchase the product from us, please give us a call or email jsaunders@long-mcquade for more information.