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    Default Eastman 305 question

    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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    Default Re: Eastman 305 question

    You mean just here? MD305:
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    Strap is for purposes of photo only, it isn't attached like that.

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    Default Re: Eastman 305 question

    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.
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    Default Re: Eastman 305 question

    Quote Originally Posted by Cobalt View Post
    You mean just here? MD305:
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    Strap is for purposes of photo only, it isn't attached like that.
    That's exactly what I needed to see....thanks! Yours? How do you like it?
    "It doesn't matter how much you invest in your instrument until you invest in you and your ability..."

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    Eastman MD-305
    Morgan Monroe MFM-300 (passed on to a new player)
    Rover RM-75

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    Quote Originally Posted by multidon View Post
    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.
    Never realized that. Maybe that explains why when I play the oval hole I miss frets to finger relationships. They aren't in the same place as they are on my usual F hole that I play. Interesting. Thanks!
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    Default Re: Eastman 305 question

    Quote Originally Posted by B381 View Post
    That's exactly what I needed to see....thanks! Yours? How do you like it?
    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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