Designed by archtop aficionado Lou Del Rosso and owner of Guitars N’ Jazz in New Jersey, we’ll use his words, as I’m sure he describes it best!

“Eastman Custom Jazz Elite Seven String 16-was designed by Guitars ‘n Jazz owner, Lou Del Rosso and made by Eastman Guitars exclusively for Guitars’ n Jazz. It is “gig ready” out of the box. The Jazz Elite 16 is a 16″ lower bout by 2 1/4″ depth at the rim and features Eastman best premium woods, 905 neck profile, abalone inlays, previously available with a hand wound Kent Armstrong set humbucking pickup.

Both Jazz Elite models feature heavy parallel bracing used in the 60’s by Gibson in its famous L5 models which are extremely expensive today. The fuller 905 profile neck and the heavy parallel top bracing makes a much stiffer top and a more complex Gibson like Jazz tone with the clarity that Eastman archtops are famous. The Jazz Elite 16-7 comes with all maple binding.”

This guitar is a heck of a deal, and definitely competes with guitars many times its price, as many of Eastman’s more specifically designed guitars are. Just a few dings, mostly on the headstock, as well as one on the front that’s a pretty prevalent.

Comes with the original hard case.