GPOTD 3.2.22

[tiger roach]

Eastman Romeo SC

Purchased new and was professionally set-up with a set of PRS Signature strings (10-42) (see invoice pictured and included). Used a few times. While it has a unique voice, I have too many guitars. It’s mint; but came with a few minor marks on the metal of the neck pick-up (hard to capture on photo; so you know it’s very minor - but I’m very particular).

https://reverb.com/item/51344680-eastman-romeo-sc

 

[Bob411]

I get that this model has a tele pup in the neck vs 2 hums but, calling a double cut an SC is just wrong.

 

[Chicken Man]

They pull off the non traditional pickup config, but I always want my archtops to look like they're built in the 1940s.

 

[Gorgon90]

I'd give it a go.

 

[dodgechargerfan]

That’s a beauty.

 

[jp_nyc]

It’s beautiful.

 

[Lerxst]

Pretty sweet.
I'd probably have to replace those white plastic washers on the neck pup with black ones to match the bridge pickup ring...but I can live with that

 

[tiger roach]

Pretty sweet.
I'd probably have to replace those white plastic washers on the neck pup with black ones to match the bridge pickup ring...but I can live with that

I don't think I've seen a pickup mounted that way before.

 

[frunobulax]

Nope.

 

[Aahzz]

I dig it.

 

[Guitar Heel]

I'm sure it plays like a dream. My Eastman is m fave guitar. But this one isn't for me.

 

[Denverdave]

Eastman makes killer guitars. Nothing I would buy for myself, but I would love to play one.

 

[BuzzBaloo]

it has a unique voice

When "unique" is the word the seller chooses to use, it rarely means good.

I like the overall design but I wouldn't buy it with that PU combo.

 

[Dexter Inferno]

It isn't entirely horrible. Not something I would buy though.

 

[Monson]

Not for me.

 

[jelloman]

I really like that...

...a lot ..

 

[ellengtrgrl]

My local guitar shop is an Eastman dealer, and has a Romeo. It's a great looking guitar, and I've been tempted to take it for a spin, except I already have an archtop Eastman - a 380CE Pisano (which is shades of an ES-175). I wonder if Eastman is going to put a hold on making more Romeos, and their other semi-hollows. It was learned recently on the Jazz Guitar Forum, that Eastman has stopped production of their archtops for an unspecified amount of time, so they can catch up on the backlog they have for their solidbodies (and probably acoustics).

 

[mongooz]

it looks pretty nice. i would at least play it to see what it sounds like.

 

[DinoMikeSr]

Nice looking guitar.

 

[PunkKitty]

Love it.