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Anyone heard of these? They are pretty cool. They make replicas of rare vintage guitars at an affordable price. The guitars are made in China or Korea, but they are dope. They make a Univox Hi Flyer copy that sells for 400 bucks. Can’t beat that. Check em out, I believe you can find them at
http://www.eastwoodguitars.comThey look alright, but I personally wouldn’t buy them mail-order. Lower quality guitars like that are hit or miss.
All the reviews on Harmony central are pretty good. The videos I’ve seen on youtube look and sound pretty good too. There are a lot of pro musicians playing them as well. The dude who plays second guitar for REM plays one through an AC30.
I don’t know, if you wanted an Airline guitar a real one would cost you thousands. An Eastwood one would set you back 800 bucks. I bet the Eastwood plays better too. The Mosrite Ventures model is a few grand as well, but the Hi Flyer is 400 bucks.
When I saw them a couple months ago, they had a touring guitarist and he wasn’t playing an Eastwood, so I haven’t seen that
And yeah of course these guitars are the more logical alternative to one of the real vintage ones.
I played one today. A shop down in Olympia carries them and I happened to be down there on business today. I can’t believe how nice they are for 400 bucks. I played the Hi Flyer and a Sidejack. They both played really well, and felt pretty beafy. The pickups sounded great too. Initially I thought if I ever bought one I’d have to swap the P-90’s out for Gibson ones and upgrade the pots, but it sounded super dope as is.
Who would a thought such a nice guitar would come out of China? Not me, but I am sold.
That’s awesome because usually, when I play guitars in that price range, I don’t get a really great natural feel. And the pickups are usually bleh.
My favorite cheapo guitars are Epiphones.
Erin, I think you and I are the only ones on this board anymore. Except Stefka who post a political comment every few days.
Hopefully people start coming around again. I thought it would be more than me and you talking about guitars in here.
Its sad to think Dinosaur only has a few hardcore fans.
Hi, I’ve been lookin’ at these guitars for quite a while.After i saw a test in an English magazine a few years ago. Good site as well with videos. I think they hit a certain price point,then they are made in korea.Things like the Airlines and the Ovation Ultra(Josh homme) etc.
Always get good reviews.
Been busy with the band of late,but will always drift through to see what is going on.Hey Tonas, haha. I almost bought one of these “off brand” “new brand” guitars. :-j
I agree skatersonic2002, snazzy. I found a good deal on an Epiphone, Erin, without a neck pickup. Check this Badboy.
I would like to try out the Warren Ellis Signature Tenor models: http://www.eastwoodguitars.com/search.php?search_query=Warren+Ellis
and a couple of Airlines (original ones – hollow fiberglass bodies). 😀
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