New Eastman Bowlback

[John Uhrig]

Just received my new Eastman From Bernunzio's. They were great to work with! I also got the fiberglass case too. This mandolin really rings! It is strung up with the Calace RW92. They are a little different from what I'm use to,(TI's) but sound great on this. These are the pics from their website, but I hope to post my own pics or maybe a video soon.

[minuteman]

They had 2 of those over the holidays. I looked at them every day and sure enough, the afternoon I went on their site to order one, they were both gone. And at a great price.

To the victor go the spoils. Well done sir and I hope you enjoy it! Look forward to hearing it in a video in the future.

[John Uhrig]

Thanks. Yes...They were at a great price! I had been watching them for awhile, and when I had decided to buy the rosewood model, it was gone. Figured I better get the maple before it disappeared also. John & Julie were just the greatest folks to deal with.

[DavidKOS]

That's lovely.

If that sounds half as good as it looks, it's something special.

And it's a "real" mandolin! (kidding, BG'ers!)

[John Uhrig]

I've had a couple of other bowlbacks, an old American-Conservatory style and a No-Name ( looks like a Ibanez/Suzuki ) They don't hold a candle to this one in sound, ease of play or even looks.

[Tavy]

Congratulations - you don't see many of those around, be interesting if you could get a sound clip up?

[DougC]

Someone had one of these at the CMSA convention in Minneapolis a few years ago. You could hear it clearly in the orchestra. It was loud and had a nice tone. It was not a great tone like some others but nice enough for everyone to take notice. (I want one too...).

[Jim Garber]

The one I played a few years ago was very nice. I have a feeling that these are not being imported into the US much these days. In fact, i think the cases are not either. Does anyone know that for a fact?

[John Uhrig]

I know that Bernunzio's gave me a choice of 2 different colors when I bought mine. I went with the green...LOL

[allenhopkins]

John Bernunzio's got an "in" with Eastman; he helped design their open-back banjos, the EBJ-WL1 "Whyte Laydie" clones. Cool Eastman stuff shows up in his store with some regularity, including a bunch of perfectly serviceable "B stock" instruments from time to time, at bargain prices. Worth keeping an eye on his website...

[John Uhrig]

https://youtu.be/N8VvS1YzQJQ
A little Vivaldi on the new Eastman

[John Uhrig]

Something from my Cristofaro book https://youtu.be/NSN62q2Tpc8

[Jim Garber]

For convenience — embedded:

[mcsouthpaw]

I know that Bernunzio's gave me a choice of 2 different colors when I bought mine. I went with the green...LOL

Any chance you'd be willing to give out some dimensions on that Eastman bowlback mandolin? I build instrument stands and my customer gave me the wrong dimensions for one of those so I am on the hunt. Eastman doesnt respond directly. Seems like a trade secret. just building stands not mandolins LOL