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I haven't seen many but if you are looking for the neck joint you can see it in Otto D'Ambrosio's patent. See below:
USD560708S1 - Guitar neck block
- Google Patents
There is also a stack of them in a Youtube factory video. See below at the 1:29 mark.
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11-19-2019 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by rob taft
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Since the ER-4 is the only model one can readily take pics of the innards, I assume you mean the ER4 or possibly the control / pup cavities of another one?
One of the users on the Eastman owner's site had a pic of the inside bracing on the ER-4 after a discussion on whether the ER-4 was X or parallel braced.
Eastman wrote me and categorically stated it was "X" braced which made a bridge pup problematical but an owner on the Eastman site posted a pic of the innards of his clearly showing parallel bracing.
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Originally Posted by jzucker
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Jack, I can only speak to my two ElRey 4 guitars. They are solid back and sides assembled like a usual acoustic or electric guitar i.e. kerfing used to fix the top and backs to the sides. The top is carved. The bracing on my latest Elrey 4 is a parallel braced with the lower bout ends of the braces showing a slight flare outboard. I didn't check the bracing on my earlier ElRey but I assume it is similar.
I had a floating pickup on this guitar i.e. it was a custom model assembled, finish and painted by Otto D'Ambrosio in Eastman's CA shop. After struggling with 3 versions of the Krivo pickup I bit the bullet and routed the top for a set in pickup. I should have gone this route from the beginning. With this guitar, due to very limited space at the end of the fretboard the Krivo was the only option. Jason of Krivo's pickup builds a fine pickup and is very responsive to his customers, for me it just didn't work with this guitar.
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thanks guys, i was referring to the ER-1 and ER-2
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Jack, In the attached video in my first post. The picture shows the construction i.e. not from one piece of wood. The video is from 2011. The 4 model was not mfg'd until 2013 or so. I own a 2014 Namm ElRey4 unit. I suspect all Elrey's are mfg'd the same with regard to back and sides. Although given the thickness of the top and size of the ER-1/2/3, I don't imagine it has any bracing but I don't know if it (1/2) has a block under the bridge like the ER-3.
I remember you at one time owned both the 1 and the 2.
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i couldn't tell from the brief shot in that video due to small size. Eastman used to have pictures on their site but I cannot find them with a google search.
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thanks, too small to make out details though. i.e. are the rims plywood? Guessing yes
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Originally Posted by thelostboss
For what it's worth, the area around the jack in my ER4 is reinforced, which tends to reflect solid mahogany sides.
Originally Posted by thelostboss
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Hello Everybody,
I'm Sébastien from Germany (Schwarzwald) and new in the forum. I allready apreciated and enjoyed the publications for some time but just did my forum registration yet.
I'm really interested in a Eastman El Rey-ER1. I'm relatively new in the jazz playing (a little bit more than a year) and play on a Yamaha SA2200 (I love the playability and the neck) and a Ibanez PM35 (don't care/travel guitar which is not so fun to play).
How would you describe the playability of the El Rey 1, the neck feeling, and the sound ?
I'm looking for a modern woody Jazzy sound. Am I in the right way?
I Would love to afford a Sadowsky SS-15 or a Bambino Deluxe but it's not in my financial scale...
Thank you for your answers.
Séb
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Originally Posted by Jim Soloway
I try to buy a new ER4 - which is a fantastic soundig (and looking) guitar (like the mahagnoy body and neck which gives it a deeper and mellower tone than maple does) - but I get it with 51,2mm and one other with 51,7mm at the 12th fret (thats the level of a Stratocaster!). This means both e-strings are very near beside the edges of the neck - not a good playability. My ER2 with 54mm plays like a dream.
So I send them back and look for one which is inside the specs.
Thats really annoying and shows that the quality control doesn't work properly. But if you get a good one: its fantastic!
And what some people mentioned is sadly troe: the finish with nitro ist good looking - but magnetic for scratches and dongs. Very, very sensitive...
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Originally Posted by Sébastien
The PM35 ist a quite good guitar, but ER1 is really another step ahead. Its solid wood and a completly different sound!
Personally, I love the playability of the ERs (I own a ER2 and ER4), but I dislike the nutwidth of 43mm and smaller and i prefer wider necks (ERs have 44mm) . So its a question of taste...
Quality and Sound of El Reys are outstanding!
But: If your looking for another outstandig guitar which is much more versataille then any Eastman: check out the Eastman Romeo! Fantastic! And there you have a 24,75" Scale length...
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