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    Default Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    Has anyone seen the new Eastman El Rey electric mandolin? It looks interesting from the pictures and videos.

    What do you all think about it?
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    Default Re: Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    Never heard of it. Just Googled it. My humble:

    - Nice looking.
    - Why did they name it after Tito Puente?


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    I love mine. Great feel and playability, excellent tone, and the custom Lollar pickup is amazing.
    Axes: Eastman MD-515 & El Rey; Eastwood S Mandola
    Amps: Fishman Loudbox 100; Rivera Clubster Royale Recording Head & R212 cab; Laney Cub 10

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    Default Re: Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    my local music store has plenty of Eastman guitars and mandolins but have no plans to get el Rey.Tito was a neighbor and he was the King.

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    Default Re: Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    I played a friend's Eastman El Rey last week.
    I loved it! The neck feels just like the Eastman acoustic mandolins. Super comfortable. I like that it has a floating bridge like an acoustic. Sounds great and easy to play

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    Default Re: Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    Quote Originally Posted by Charlie Bernstein View Post
    - Why did they name it after Tito Puente?
    Maybe they named it after Robert Rodriquez' cable network?
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Rey_Network

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    I love mine and believe that Dennis at The Mandolin Store still has some in stock.

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    The mandolin is named after the El Rey electric guitar Eastman has been selling for quite a while; the mandolin is a small version of that body shape.
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    Apparently you can use it to pretend you play electric guitar


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    Quote Originally Posted by OldSausage View Post
    Apparently you can use it to pretend you play electric guitar

    Exactly -- even weirder when you think 99.9% of mandolin players start out on guitar in the first place..............hmmm

    but, sure, a really cool toy!

    I should add all the "playing" takes place in the first 47 seconds of the video. That's 9 minutes of my life I'll never get back.......

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    Yeah I wish they had more playing and less talking in that video.
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    I was saving up for a Pono octave, but after learning about this iam not so sure. It looks real cool, as we used to say.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocT View Post
    I was saving up for a Pono octave, but after learning about this iam not so sure. It looks real cool, as we used to say.
    It looks neat. Sort of like a little Les Paul. That said, I wouldn't trade my Pono octave for one. It's killer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeff Mando View Post
    Exactly -- even weirder when you think 99.9% of mandolin players start out on guitar in the first place..............hmm..
    Viola some 40+ years ago as a teen. Never guitar. Mandolin as I was getting ready to turn 40. Thank you for putting my in the top 0.1%!
    Axes: Eastman MD-515 & El Rey; Eastwood S Mandola
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    Default Re: Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Greenspoon View Post
    I love mine. Great feel and playability, excellent tone, and the custom Lollar pickup is amazing.
    So, how do you find the playability compared to an equally priced acoustic?
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocT View Post
    So, how do you find the playability compared to an equally priced acoustic?
    I can compare it to my Eastman 515, and state that while different necks, both are equally comfortable to me. Slight radius on the board is comfy as well.
    Axes: Eastman MD-515 & El Rey; Eastwood S Mandola
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    Default Re: Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    There is also one for sale in the classifieds:

    https://www.mandolincafe.com/ads/151818#151818
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    Default Re: Anyone seen an Eastman El Rey?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Greenspoon View Post
    I can compare it to my Eastman 515, and state that while different necks, both are equally comfortable to me. Slight radius on the board is comfy as well.
    Hi Dave. I spotted in your sig you have a Rigel A Natural "w/mods" - just curious what you changed - I have an A Natural too so I'm interested to hear what you've done.

    Apologies for dragging the thread slightly off to one side!
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