I have a Eastman 404. I have to secure the strap around the headstock not the base of the fretboard like some can as the fretboard doesn't have a hollow area like some to attach it near the body.
It's the Eastman 305 the same way?
I have a Eastman 404. I have to secure the strap around the headstock not the base of the fretboard like some can as the fretboard doesn't have a hollow area like some to attach it near the body.
It's the Eastman 305 the same way?
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Eastman MD-404
Eastman MD-305
Morgan Monroe MFM-300 (passed on to a new player)
Rover RM-75
As a general rule, Eastman F hole mandolins have a 14 fret neck and the elevated fretboard, including the 305. The oval hole models, such as the previously mentioned 404, have 12 fret necks and the fret board is glued to the top with no elevation. Any Eastman model ending with a 5 is F hole, ending with a 4 is an oval hole. If there are exceptions to the above generalization I am not aware of them.
Don
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"It doesn't matter how much you invest in your instrument until you invest in you and your ability..."
Kentucky KM-150
Eastman MD-404
Eastman MD-305
Morgan Monroe MFM-300 (passed on to a new player)
Rover RM-75
"It doesn't matter how much you invest in your instrument until you invest in you and your ability..."
Kentucky KM-150
Eastman MD-404
Eastman MD-305
Morgan Monroe MFM-300 (passed on to a new player)
Rover RM-75
Glad it was useful.
Yes it's mine. I've played mandolin for many decades, but I'm unfamiliar with this style of mandolin, (used to flat-top oval hole). It has a different character so I'm feeling my way. It's definitely interesting and I'm trying to play it a lot, at informal jams and gatherings. It isn't so much that it needs 'playing in', more that I need to understand its character, by actually using it out there 'in the field'.
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