The SB/59v is not just a Les Paul killer, it is a Custom Shop killer! The SB/59v is just a better guitar.
Eastman guitars still operate in the manner of a 19th century violin workshop, with a team of master luthiers creating the instruments by hand, with the exception of a few band-saws used for neck outlines.
It is not just made to the highest standards, but the specs are equally as impressive. The Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbuckers lend the guitar a lively, airy quality - there's some PAF-like extended treble and a slightly softened lower-midrange, and the result is at once more vintage-sounding and more versatile than a Les Paul.
The aged Antique Varnish finish is unlike the faux distressed paint jobs you’ll find elsewhere in the market. As it’s not nitrocellulose lacquer, there’s no checking, but you do get an attractive patina that gives the instrument a kind of old guitar look and feel. The French-polished top coat contains shellac and is softer and less resistant to stains than a nitro or poly finish, and as a result this one already shows some subtle patches of wear to the finish.
The one-piece mahogany back is bonded to a highly-figured, bookmatched flame maple cap and while construction generally follows the LP tradition, departures include a one-piece mahogany neck with no ‘wings’ on the headstock.
It featues 22 Jescar nickel silver, medium-jumbo frets have been installed neatly over the binding, so there’s a little more playing area available than that offered by the traditional Gibson method, and there’s no chance of strings catching on nibs. The fingerboard, headstock fascia and truss-rod cover are ebony. It has a long neck tenon. The nicely-rounded neck profile means there’s a satisfying fatness but not too much shoulder and, in combination with the soft sheen and played-in feel of the Antique Varnish finish, it’s easy-playing and endlessly expressive.
The guitar is in fantastic condition throughout with only slight indications of use. It is all original and there are no breaks, cracks or repairs.
This awesome instrument comes in its original Eastman hard case with the certificate of authenticity.
Far Out Guitars provide a 14 day no-quibble return policy, so if you don't get on with your new guitar you can return it for a full refund.
You can come and play the guitar at our premises in Marple, Cheshire by appointment only. Just drop us a message.
Specs:
• BUILD Solid one-piece mahogany back with solid, figured bookmatched maple top. One-piece mahogany neck with 12-inch radius bound ebony fingerboard and ebony headstock fascia. Bone nut. 22 Jescar FW47104-P nickel silver frets. Pearl inlays
• HARDWARE Gotoh tune-o-matic bridge and stop tailpiece, vintage-style machineheads with aged plastic buttons
• ELECTRICS 2x Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbucking pickups with individual volume and tone controls, 3-way toggle pickup selector switch
• SCALE LENGTH 24.75”/629mm
• NECK WIDTH 43.4mm at nut, 53.1mm at 12th fret
• NECK DEPTH 22.3mm at nut, 25.6mm at 12th fret
