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Has anyone had these two similar guitars ? Any major differences in build quality ? Both guitars are made in china and look similar.
The Stanford seems well built, probably has cheaper HW and Korean pickups (probably Artec). I've had a chance to try the Stanford and it seems good value for money. The Stanford costs about half of the Eastman. For the money saved you can swap out the HW and pickups at any time.
The Eastman is well built according to reviews, has better HW than the Stanford and Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups. I haven't had a chance to try the Eastman.
Is it worth the extra money for the more expensive Eastman ?
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09-11-2024 02:19 AM
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Never heard of Stanford.
That Eastman is way pricey. I'd be looking at Edwards E-SA's, Seventy Seven exrubato/exrubato jazz. or the new Epiphone inspired by Gibson line if 2k is your max budget. Might even be able to find a nice used ES333 or possibly a crackhead musician who'll let his 335 go for 2k cash flat. Besides, the Eastman body contours look like crap.
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Go for Standford. Great guitars!
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The Stanford is a manufactured guitar....this model for example is possibly a Cort Source with another finish and some different details! Take a look at the videos...do you recognize the shape? The Eastman...it's an Eastman, made by Eastman...great guitar and high quality!
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I bought a Stanford Thinline 35 Cherry (half the price of the Eastman). It plays well and looks great.
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Congratulations! I think you did good! It looks killer!
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Used Eastmans are fairly priced, and readily available. Changing pickups in a thinline is a not real easy to do. And will cost to have them replaced along with the actual choice of pickups as well
So would be wise to consider that when buying.
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Yes, I'm very happy with this guitar so far. Killer guitar for the price...
Originally Posted by Little Jay
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I don't plan to change the pickups yet. I don't have a direct comparison with others, but they sound very good. Originally Posted by jads57
I have calculated that if I went for the upgrades, replacing the bridge and tailpiece with Faber HW, branded pots, switch, jack and e.g. Bare Knuckle Stormy Monday pickups would work out cheaper than the Eastman T486. Whether the Eastmans are better made I can't judge, but the Stanford is a lot cheaper even if I upgrade.
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I’m curious - the Stanford website says it has a mahogany neck, but Thomann says it’s maple, and the Thomann photos show maple. What is yours?
Steven
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Where are these Stanfords made? I like the type 175
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Unfortunately, the information on Stanford's website is incorrect. It correctly lists Thomann. My guitar has a maple neck (like all Eastman guitars) and the fingerboard is rosewood. Originally Posted by stevo58
I have also tried the Stanford Stanford CR Thinline 35 AV where the neck is maple and the fingerboard is ebony. This combination has more treble, the sound is not as warm and smooth as my Stanford CR Thinline 35 Cherry. The Cherry has a nice jazzy sound on the neck pickup that I was not able to achieve on the AV version even with the tone control pulled down. The AV may have a slightly airier sound, but it's not as beautifully warm and round as the Cherry, which has more lower mids. This video shows the sound as it really is
The difference between the AV, Cherry and Vintage Blonde models are the fingerboard material and lacquer. The Antique Violin version of the guitar has an ebony fingerboard and matte nitro lacquer. The Cherry and Vintage Blonde versions have a rosewood fingerboard and a gloss PU lacquer finish.
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All Stanford guitars come from the German company i-musicnetwork, which owns the Maybach Guitars, Stanford, Larson brands. Stanford guitars are made in China to the specifications of the manufacturer i-musicnetwork. I don't know if the final assembly and finishing is done in Germany ? Originally Posted by Arnesto
I don't know where i-musicnetwork makes Stanford guitars, but the look of the Antique Violin finishes on Stanford guitars looks Eastman (with Antique Violin finishes).
Stanford guitars are well built and play very well. I also own a Stanford CR Vanguard AV and a Stanford CR Thinline 30.
On the Stanford CR Thinline 30 I have fitted a higher quality Faber bridge. I am going to replace the pickup switch. The pickup switches on the Stanford guitars are weaker. Otherwise, they're great guitars.
If you only need a neck pickup, try the Stanford CR Vanguard AV in addition to the Stanford CR 175. The 175 has a maple top, the Vanguard has a spruce top. The spruce top brings some warmth in the sound.
Krenar shows it nicely here
You can find both the Stanford CR 175 and the Stanford CR Vanguard AV here
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The first Stanfords from this series looked exactly like Eastmans.
Stanford used to be a brand of the Czech company Furch back in the noughties, but I don’t think they have any association now.
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Would kind of like a CR fatboy 75. I would go for a Eastman t49, but Eastmans seem to be so bright. I owned a ar371 and it was a good acoustic guitar, but it wasn't quite an es-175 vibe.
Maybe they aren't so different though?
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The Stanford seems to have a mahogany neck where the Eastman’s is maple (iirc). I think that can make quite a bit of a difference and in theory the Stanford should sound darker if my knowledge and reasoning is correct. Originally Posted by arielcee
Last edited by Little Jay; 11-28-2024 at 06:40 PM.
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eastmans are also manufactured guitars.
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Funny how the word nowadays means to produce in large numbers, usually by means of machinery, while the word is derived from the latin words manus and facere, so literally means “hand made” :-) Originally Posted by jzucker
Last edited by Little Jay; 12-07-2024 at 09:42 AM.
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According to the specs on Thomann, the necks are maple. The photos all look maple, too. Originally Posted by Little Jay
im not aware of any budget 175, 335, or 330 guitar (except the Epiphones) with a mahogany-like neck.
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Ah, that would be a “no” to me, I like the neck to be mahogany. Originally Posted by stevo58
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Dave Stryker sounds amazing on his maple neck 347, I used to be a mahogany-only guy but I'm starting to embrace the stability and note attack of maple Originally Posted by Little Jay
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I had a 335 studio with a maple neck which I would have loved other than the baked maple fingerboard, which I hated. My head says I want a mahogany neck, but my experience says there’s nothing wrong with maple. Unless you “bake” it and put frets in it. Originally Posted by jzucker
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i am not crazy about the recent trend of baked/roasted woods. Roasted wood sounds very different. I got a roasted maple neck for my tele and it sounded more like mahogany than maple and additionally was super brittle. It chipped and took dents way more than regular maple. Looked reliced after 4-5 years on the headstock from changing strings.
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I like multi piece, 3 and 5 piece, necks for the added stability especially when using mahogany but it's my preference for any guitar or neck wood really. Originally Posted by jzucker
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That's not entirely true. Eastman has several archtop and semi-hollowbody models that feature a mahogany neck. Originally Posted by vintageman3
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