Re: Thoughts on a 2005 Eastman
Hi Barry, if the Ottawa Mando Soc ever gets together again and I can come, I’ll show you my 2009 505. An excellent instrument. 12th Fret had a wall full of them in 2009 and I tried most of them—I found the consistency excellent at that time, just liked this one the best. Only substantive change I’ve made is Grover 309 tuners and a refret (fir3t 12 frets only.) I would inspect an older one for fret wear. If I was refretting it again I would do a full refret and get wider EVOs or gold or something instead F 12 to match the rest. Main change Eastman has made in A-body models since those days is going from a sort-of F style-peghead—for replacement tuners you need the F-style ones and not all of them for either —to a snakehead, as of 2011 I think.
2009 Eastman 505
2011 Collings MTO GT
2008 Toyota Sienna
2018 Sawchyn mandola
Mandoline or Mandolin: Similar to the lute, but much less artistically valuable....for people who wish to play simple music without much trouble —The Oxford Companion to Music
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