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Meanwhile, some disenchantment with the “same old” standard designs began to spread within mainstream guitardom, and it wasn’t long before these “pawnshop dinosaurs” breathed new life in the hands of dedicated players. Soon, the old “mail order specials” found themselves mired in the “tarpits” of pawn shop windows, to be dissected and collected by a mere handful of guitar aficionados.
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Lo, and whereupon were born the “Epiphone” line of Gibson, the “Squier” line of Fender along with many new lines of copies, both domestic and Asian. It didn’t take long for the established, known-name manufacturers to hone in on the entry level thing. Some were good and launched many a guitar career, some were just plain bad and discouraged many a would-be player, and some were just too grotesque to be taken seriously by the guitar public. Others - neophytes, and the less heeled - perused mail-order catalogs, or haunted the music stores or department stores of their hometowns, scooping up cool bargain guitars by such names as Kay, Harmony, Teisco, Eko, Guyatone, National, Supro, Airline, Silvertone, Danelectro and many others from here and abroad. Those who could afford the freight played the guitars of their heroes: Fender, Gibson, Guild, or Gretsch. Thus were born into the world many new species some very distinct from those of the past. The double big bang of the advent of the solid body guitar and the tumultuous storm of rock n’ roll’s arrival in the world of young humans kicked the demand for, and the production of, this new genus of guitar into hyperdrive. Many years passed before the winds of change began to blow. In the Beginning Homo Sapiens created the electric guitar by placing a coil-wound electromagnet in proximity to the strings of an acoustic guitar and running the signal to an amplifying device. So, say I could get a Airline Twin Tone for around $400.Attention class, the subject of today’s lecture is the “Map” guitar manufactured by Eastwood Guitars. Invest in a all new hardware, wiring, and electronics (save the pickups) on a solidbody. If you are looking for a hollowbody, I’d buy an Ibanez Artcore instead. I’ve also noticed that every single pot hasn’t been screwed in all the way. With all the variety they sport, all the Eastwood pickups are outstanding.
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The wiring and electronics are not good, with the exception of the pickups. But they skimp on the finishes and the hardware is rather flimsy. The neck joints are tighter than I’ve seen on some other brand’s multi-thousand dollar models. They look good and seem to be put together well for an overseas contract. They are a good little company and I like that they are offering affordable and improved versions of the old classics. I used to own a discontinued Savannah for a couple of years as something to fingerpick with. I’ve played on a P-90 Special, Classic 6, Nashville 12, Tuxedo, Dual Tone Airline, and some other solidbody models including the Mandocaster. I have had quite a lot of playing time on some Eastwood models, and for the money they are alright.