Eastman

The SB59 line of guitars from Eastman exudes a vintage vibe that is hard to beat. Armed with Seymour Duncan 59 pickups and premium solid woods, they have a solid tone structure that can give you all you need, no matter the genre. Eastman is well-known for their build quality and top notch materials that combine to create guitars that have the vibe and feel of some of the most historic guitars in history. Whether you have been playing for years or just starting out, the SB59 is an extremely satisfying instrument to play.

Like many other Eastman instruments, the SB59 does a wonderful job at giving the modern player a more affordable option of a single cutaway humbucker guitar. Make no mistake; this guitar is still made to the same standard as its counterparts. Consisting of solid mahogany, this guitar employs a wealth of sustain and tone that could be expected in a guitar like this. It has the ability to be incredibly articulate and aggressive when opened up, but can still be dialed back to a mellow jazz-like sound.  Either way, the build of the body provides a wonderfully comfortable base on which to do so. The neck carve of this particular guitar sits somewhere in-between “slim” and “baseball bat.” It fills up your palm nicely but still allows you to easily cover all real estate of the fingerboard. In addition to this ease of play, Eastman has done the courtesy of adding gold top hat knobs to the volume and tone controls, making them not only easy to adjust, but great looking too!

All things considered, the SB59 is a worthy contender in the search for a solid body cutaway guitar in the style of a Les Paul. Aside from some slight aesthetic differences, this guitar has all of the attributes that one searches for in that world. Healthy low end, articulate trebles and a wonderfully pronounced midrange all make their way into one’s ears when this guitar is being played. There is simply nothing not to love about this guitar.

This particular SB59 is left handed.  

• Left Handed Single Cutaway Solid Body
• Solid Flame Maple Top
• One Piece Mahogany Back and Sides
• Ivoroid Binding
• Gloss Finish
• One Piece Mahogany Neck
• Ebony Fingerboard
• Pearl Crown Fingerboard Inlay
• Gotoh GE101A-NI Tailpiece
• Gotoh GE-103B Bridge
• Gotoh SD90 Tuners
• Bone Nut
• 1 11/16” Nut Width
• 75” Scale Length
• Seymour Duncan 59 Neck Pickup
• Seymour Duncan 59 Bridge Pickup
• Sprague Orange Drop Capacitors
• CTS 500K Audio Taper Pots
• Hardshell Case