New Model!
October 1st, 2009
I am proud to announce that we now have a new model called the Eastern Elite. This is an Elite Guitar made with all Eastern Maple and without F-Holes. This model will bring more of an “old world” look to the Elite series guitars.
Guitar #212 is the first Eastern Elite!
Chuck
October 1st, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Good morning Chuck,
I wanted you to know, I played my Eastern Elite for hours last night. It’s subtly different then my Blues Queen & complements it well.
I love the sound & you spec it out perfectly. I only played it though my little Mojave Coyote 2 el84 amp with one of my mixed 2×12 Mojave Celestion Cab. You are right on with putting in the J. lollar Imperials.
Acoustically it’s very lively & plugged in it’s got the right growl I love with the bridge pickup & holy cow! on the neck pickup no muddiness & the right woman tone even with the tone rolled back.
As I told you on the phone yesterday, when I opened the case I almost lost it. I’ve seen a lot of guitars, & this one is by far the best looking guitar I’ve ever seen. where did you find this Eastern Maple? It’s incredible & the Nitro “L-5″ finish on it is deep & tells a story of how thing use to be done, back when the bottom line was craftsmanship. The Eastern Maple looks like it might have been sitting in Jimmy D’Aquisto’s shop & John D’angelico’s shop before that, just waiting for that once in a lifetime “special guitar build” that never got built. But I tell you even if this were a plain Jane looking guitar or if I were blind I would still love & want it, so that says it all to me.
This Eastern Elite humbles me, because I can see it in the hands of one of those artist that I look up to & not necessarily my hands. In this respect I feel very fortunate to be able to own it. All the work as always with you & your guitars are as perfect as I could imagine it gets, cause I’ve not seen a more perfect guitar then yours.
Kind regards & many thanks to you for dedicating your talents & works to guy’s like me.
Dan Gravano
October 10th, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Chuck….. looks like you have done it again. I agree with Dan on that his Eastern Elite is a drop-dead gorgeous guitar. Can’t wait to see when you’ll have a posted recording of what she sounds like !!! Best Regards and congrats to Dan for getting the first one out of the gate. WH