Jim's guitars
 

   Gibson

J1509060056  Recording King               M-5                    1937                     $1800
Sunburst non cutaway 16" carved archtop with spruce top, flame maple sides and back, bound rosewood fingerboard and headstock with fancy pearl inlays. L-10 grade and appointments. No cracks and little wear. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060063  Vega        Style B Cylinder Top Guitar         1934          $2,800
Unique design with cylinder arched spruce top, mahogany sides, and cylindar arched mahogany back. Natural finish. Sounds like a cross between a good archtop and a good flat top. No cracks and little wear. Replacement tuning gears. V.G.+. H/C. 

J1509060081  Vega              C-66             1939                  $2500
Super clean fancy sunburst 17" carved archtop with spruce top and highly figured flame maple sides and back. Bound ebony fingerboard with large pearl diamond inlays. Plays and sounds great. EXC-. H/C. 

J1509060118  Vega          C-56                        1944                   $1500 
Sunburst 16" non cutaway archtop with spruce top, flame maple sides and back, and bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl dots and blocks. Super clean with no cracks and little wear. EXC-. S/c. 
 

J1509060044  Gretsch      Town and Country           1948              $1700 
Rare translucent cream finished jumbo body flat top with spruce top, maple sides and  back. Bound rosewood fingerboard with block inlays. Light bulb headstock. Adjustable rosewood bridge. Finish checking, wear, and splinted top crack. Actually plays and very nice. V.G.. H/C. 
 

J1509060107  Kay    Jumbo cutaway flat top         1955                     $800 
Huge 17" wide natural finished guitar with solid spruce top, flame maple sides and back. Bound rosewood fingerboard with block inlays. Adjustable rosewood bridge. Older sloppy but functional neck re-set. No cracks. Sounds as big as it looks.  V.G.. S/C 

JJ1509060085  Paramount       Style B           1937                    $1800 
All black 16 non cutaway archtop with carved spruce top, maple sides and back, bound rosewood fingerboard with large diamond shaped pearl inlays. Unique neck attachment via a banjo style compensating rod with build in angle adjustments. No cracks and little wear. From the Tsmura collection. EXC-. H/C. 
 

J1509060093  S. S. Stewart      16" archtop         1938                     $1300
Sunburst non cutaway guitar with spruce top, maple sides and back, and bound rosewood fingerboard with large pearl diamnd inlays. Fancy pearl headstock inlays. No cracks and little wear. Plays great. EXC- 
 

J1510060122  Regent           Baritone Uke         1965                      $80
Inexpensive student grade instrument made in Japan. All mahogany with dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard. EXC- 

J1510060146  Teisco           EP-3 Pick Guitar           1958            $600 
Sunburst 15" wide cutaway single pickup electric archtop with spruce top and back, maple sides, and bound dot inlaid rosewood fingerboard. All solid woods. A few minor top and back cracks. Plays and sounds great. V.G.+. S/C. 
 
 

All of the listed Easman guitars are new and unplayed. Some are prototypes and pre production instruments. Eastman guitars are hand made in China. All of the guitars are made of solid tone woods, with no plywood used anywhere. All of the archtop guitars and mandolins are hand carved, and all of the maple used is highly figured. Eastman instruments are exceptional values.
 

J1510060165  Eastamn           MD 604             2004                    $600 
Gibson A-4 copy. Fancy Cremona brown A style mandolin with teardrop highly figured flame maple body and carved spruce top. Bound dot inlaid ebonyfingerboard. H/C.