Customer Experiences
Apr 2, 2021
Jan P
Verified Buyer
First time I bought a guitar without playing it in a shop. I received this beauty this week. It took 8 working days to ship to Belgium which is better than I expected with Brexit. I needed to pay 125euro customs and taxes but Eastwood informed about this before the purchase so no surprise here. So far I'm very pleased. Everthing works fine, playability is good (enough) and it sounds nice. Neck is straight. Setup was ok out of the box. Slightly less than 2mm action on 12th fret high E. Intonation almost perfect. I couldn't get the factory strings properly tuned. After string replacement (.10) there was a big improvement. Frets were a bit rough but after just 5 hours of playing it became much smoother but I think they can still use a light polish. Fret ends are perfect as they are. Full bends in the 17th fret get muted. Some adjustment might be needed here but that can happen with much more expensive guitars as well. I play it through a Peavey Valveking combo and gretch G5222 (champion 600). For the G5222 it is my favorite guitar as it results in a very sweet natural tube overdrive. The coil split makes it very versatile. It can go from warm jazzy clean, full body crunch, cutting through solo's. Some imperfections: while the wood and finish is in general very beautifull there are two stripes starting from the bridge mountain holes. I think it is a run from the printing product. It doesn't really bother me because you only see it when you focus on it. The electronics (knobs, pickup mounts) feel a bit cheap but they are perfectly functional. From these things you know it's not a +2000euro guitar. For the money it is a very decent guitar that I really enjoy.
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Gregor F
01/04/2024
Verified Buyer
Zurich, ZH
I ordered this beauty on a Friday and received it already the following Tuesday. She’s such a beauty… just awesome. I took the risk to order a guitar without having played it before, and got rewarded for doing so. Fast delivered, at a nice price and an outstanding sound. Better than my Gibson SG that costed by far more. I couldn’t be happier. Thank you guys you are doing a great job. By the way: It’ my third Eastwood. Mybe not my last one, who knows… ;-). Best regard from Zurich,...
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Kieron P
06/07/2023
Verified Buyer
City of Westminster, WSM
Wonderful guitar with an amazing tone.
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robert l
05/21/2020
Verified Buyer
Chicago, IL
this plays better than my Gibson 335. the pickups are a little overpowered for me, but that's what volume knobs are for. glad I purchased .
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Joseph E
04/08/2025
Verified Buyer
This is my second Eastwood re issue It is wonderful However I have an EB1 that is hard to tune The Banjo tuners are too tight.
Phil M
04/07/2025
Verified Buyer
I ordered the Sidejack Standard HB Pelham Blue which was on sale for 10% off. I've been looking at Eastwood guitars for years and decided at this point in my life to just get one and decided on the Sidejack. (I have a friend with an original Mosrite). Guitar was received, double boxed as expected, packaged properly between exterior box and guitar box, however, I heard the guitar shifting about in the guitar box. On opening, the guitar was wrapped ok, but the stryfoam inserts on the sides and...
Jonathan W
04/04/2025
Verified Buyer
Mike was very kind and responsive.
