Eastwood Doral
Eastwood Doral
I would be grateful if someone from the Toronto or Montreal area could play an Eastwood Doral at a local music shop and give me your impressions.
Life, as with music, often requires one to let go of the melody and listen to the rhythm
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Re: Eastwood Doral
Do these sound different in Canada than in the USA?
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Well, if we are playing them outside at this time, yes.
I only recently learned that Eastwood has a dealer in San Francisco. Naturally your impressions are not only welcomed but expected should you find the time to play one of these.
While we are waiting for your review.
For those who have jazz on their mind, the following demonstration may be of interest.
I only recently learned that Eastwood has a dealer in San Francisco. Naturally your impressions are not only welcomed but expected should you find the time to play one of these.
While we are waiting for your review.
For those who have jazz on their mind, the following demonstration may be of interest.
Life, as with music, often requires one to let go of the melody and listen to the rhythm
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Of course they do! At the end of every phrase they make a sound like "eh?"jingle_jangle wrote:Do these sound different in Canada than in the USA?
I have NO idea what to do with those skinny stringed things... I'm just a bass player...
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I played one at NAMM, Peter. Good value for money. Nice build quality, generic-sounding ShenZhenBucker pickups. Toss a Gretsch wiring harness and some Filtertrons on there, and it's a passable Sino-Gretsch. Of course, by that time, you're close to used Gretsch pro prices anyway...
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Paul: I appreciate your observations. The old case of six of one or a half-dozen of another. Thanks for your comments.
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Paul: As a follow up, do you recall whether this instrument was heavy for a hollowbody and did the different pickup spacing provide a problem for your playing style compared to other two pickup models?
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It seems like the availability of these instruments in stores is much less than I thought.
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Sorry I missed your questions, Peter. I can't recall anything about the guitar bothering me very much. I was at first attracted to it because of its Gretschiness. Obviously, the orange color is deliberately pitched to this.admin wrote:Paul: As a follow up, do you recall whether this instrument was heavy for a hollowbody and did the different pickup spacing provide a problem for your playing style compared to other two pickup models?
Still, when I consider that you can get a 51XX Gretsch for around the same $$$ as this Eastwood, I wonder why Eastwood marks these up so much. (Their street price is over 4X FOB China!). A more reasonable markup would make it more competitive.