Bought the new Eastman E1OM. Unbelievable value, in my opinion. $459, and it sounds and plays like a much more expensive instrument. I like is so much I put an anthem SL pickup in it, which costs, like 40% the price of the actual guitar. That’s how much I like the guitar.
This is through a little Yamaha thr10, all recorded with he laptop mic. BTW, this is wiith D’Addario 80/20 bronze custom light strings. Maybe counterintuitive to do use bright strings on a bright guitar, but I kind of like it. Anyway, this gauge of strings works for me. Easy to play, plenty of volume and workable enough to get some vibrato here and there.
I do recommend trying this guitar if you’re looking for an orchestra sized guitar, all solid. I can find no fault with this thing other than I wish it had a hard case instead of a gig bag, but that’s just because I want to keep it happily humidified because I plan on keeping it.