My Review of my Eastman E20 P

Thanks for inspiring me! I was lucky, my guitar dealer next door received the E20P and I was so delighted when I played it today. Now it‘s in my possession!! Wonderful piece. Keep on presenting us your YouTube pieces. Thomas from Germany 🤗

Ive had an Eastman E1D for 7 months. Pickwd it up at a going out of bus sale for $390 _all solid wood. Blows sub $1200 Martins out of the water in my opinion. I have an E1 00 Ltd 12 fret on the way. Your review has increased my eager anticipation. Thank you.

Just received a beautiful E20P based on your demos!Never thought these little guys could be so powerful and toneful.This will be a life long ride!Thanks!

Picked one up yesterday. What a phenomenal sounding, and playing, guitar.

All good things come in small packages. Very nice sir.

Nice review, Andy. Great looking guitar, and it sounds clear and well-balanced. FYI, Eastman's "OM" is a 000 b/c it has a shorter 24.9" scale (not a 25.5" like a typical OM).

Nice demo and informed review..lovely guitar

I just bought one and have no idea why you say it’s not a performance guitar. Mine is a wonderfully well made guitar. It plays beautifully and sounds amazing. It strums like a much larger guitar. I have several more expensive guitars and would put my E20P up against any of them. This will be one of my go to guitars when I start gigging again. I highly recommend buying one.

Damn you Andy; you've got my GAS gurgling away again! I've pretty much had it with dreads and jumbos (shoulder issues), and have been exploring the world of 'affordable' small bodies. I found the Faith Mercury Classic Burst worked well for getting a big sound from a small box and bought one. I have to say that Eastman is tempting...

Thanks for sharing your review. I'm somewhat on the lookout for a parlor guitar; something I can actually sit on the couch with. Your videos have been so enjoyable to watch. You've inspired me to look up bluegrass/folk music clubs in my area to join as soon as our lockdown situation allows it. I'll make an effort to play with clubs to learn more and develop my competitence as a performer. All the best to you!

Just thought I’d let you know how I got on, seeing Robert Plant in a small venue in my hometown of Colne, Lancashire. He didn’t play any Zep songs at all, probably feels like Rock n Roll is the preserve of the young? What we got, was really special! Doc Watson stuff and old folk songs he’d discovered. Said he went to Nashville and came back home as he didn’t look old enough lol. He stayed in a local inn, and gave the lady owner, whom we know £40 tip and said he’s not like your average “star”. I’m also going to see Gordon Giltrap in February, should be good for the guitar geeks lol.

I’m told that the care and attention, that goes into Eastman guitars, is way more, than a standard Taylor or Martin guitar? If that’s the case, then we shouldn’t really be pleasantly surprised at finding that, these Chinese made guitars, sound really good? Love how you pick out a tune, would love to have the speed on those hammer ons and pull offs and the timing. You make it look so easy, as if anyone could do it lol.

That’s a nice Eastman sir. I’ve got the E10P-SB and I love it. Just like you said, the action was high, but my luthier was able to fix that quickly. I also installed a K&K Pure Mini so I can play it live. It’s a nice little guitar.

Sounds wonderful, and I like your playing. On the basis of this video, I bought one yesterday on eBay. The seller offered a free set-up to fit my playing style, so I also had him install a K&K Sound Pure Mini pickup to the bridge plate, as he had the strings off anyway and has installed many of them. Thanks.

I feel, well, silly referring to you as Silly Moustache, but there they you are. I bought an E20P back in October from infamous Rudy's Music in NYC (Rudy himself recommended it while we were having a pint waiting for Mark Knopfler to go on at the Beacon Theater last August). At any rate, your review is spot on, accurate and very objective. Well done. I love the guitar, especially for the price ($1,400.00 USD; was looking at vintage-design parlors from Waterloo, Collings, Santa Cruz, etc., costing far more $ than I have). I bought it primarily for fingerstyle and it excels at that task. It even -- as you pointed out -- sounds quite acceptable when picked, which I occasionally do as well. My biggest complaint is buzzing barre chords from about the 4th fret up. I have had a setup done and it improved slightly, but still not where I want it. I can form clean barre chords on my other guitars as I have been playing for a few years. How does your E20P perform in the context of barres? Any thoughts?

I bought a second hand one online. Low price, so I took the chance. It has taken me about a year to get used to it (I have always played 14 fretters). Now I love it. It is not for all styles though. Strumming on it feels wrong in my opinion. Blues, Ragtime, certain delicate fingerstyle playing. I also play Flamenco. This guitar is better than my 14 fretters for some of those (nylon string) techniques.

Thank you for the review. I just bought the mahogany E10 version of this guitar, it’s great!

It's almost time to celebrate your E20 P's third birthday. Sadly, Eastman has yet to build your dream 000 or dreadnought 12 fret guitars. If you have money to burn, there is always; Martin, Collings, Santa Cruz, Froggy Bottom, etc. What brought me back to this review, I found a used E20OO selling for $1,000 (US). However, it is over 400 mile (644 kilometers) round trip to get it. At half that distance there is an E10P for $1050 asking. Still a bit distant. I do love the sound of mahogany in a dreadnought but not sure how it compares to rosewood in a parlor size. In a few weeks we're visiting my daughter, who lives not far from that E10P, so just maybe... I realize you prefer 12 fret guitars but if you get a chance to pick up a PCH series guitar, you should give one a strum just for curiosity's sake. I picked up a PCH3-GACE for a beach guitar. Although it has laminate sides and back, in a blindfold test, I'm willing to bet most guitar players would say it is solid wood.

Just ordered one on Reverb 🤗

Hi! I have had my E20P since 2103 and always had a problem with the frets as they felt like speedbumps. Tried crowning to no positive effect and after 6 years I got new frets (Stewmac Mediums) and wow what difference in play ability and perhaps the sound ( I always like the sound). So this one is my couch guitar and frankly competes very well with my J40, D18Retro, HD35 and my 1975 D28. I now find how much I like the neck and width etc on the E20P and the short scale etc I now want a mahogany Eastman parlor or perhaps the OM or 00. So my question to you is if your tried the E10Parlor with mahogany or the 00 etc and your thoughts on them. Thanks for this video and all you do. Cheers!