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10 THE THINLINES SERIES EASTMANGUITARS.COM something they liked better. We finished that day, and they were happy enough to ask me if I happened to be free next week to come back and do some more. I said sure, of course. The week went by and I didn’t hear anything. Another couple of weeks went by — nothing. I pretty much gave up on it and wrote it off. Then about five weeks after the original session, I got another call from Walter. He asked me if I remembered the session I had played and of course I said yes. Then he told me that they were not going to use anything I played that day. He paused and I said, OK. Then he said he wanted me to come back in and play on several other tunes. So I went back several times and ended up on four tracks of the Two Against Nature record. YOU HAVE CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS MADE TO SOME OF YOUR GUITARS. WHAT ARE THEY? I typically have several things done, even to brandnew guitars. I prefer a single master volume control, so if a guitar has more than one volume control I have it rewired. I often replace the frets with a taller and wider fret size. And I usually find I have to install a little network of a capacitor and a resistor to create a high pass filter on the volume control, too. I don’t like the way a lot of guitars seem to lose their high-end response when you roll back the volume control. This network fixes that. I also often relocate the pickup selector switch, and make room for the master volume to be closer to my right hand, because I tend to use the volume control a lot. WHAT DREW YOU TO EASTMAN? The first time I played an Eastman guitar was when I was subbing for Scott Kuney in the Broadway pit of Spamalot. He didn’t want to leave his valuable L5 in the pit, and had bought an Eastman archtop to replace it there. I played it when it was brand-new, and right away it felt better and sounded better than the L5 to my ears. But the astonishing thing was that when I went back a couple of months later and played that same guitar, the difference in tone was incredible. In that short amount of time, with all the music happening in that space with eight shows a week, it had blossomed in an unbelievable way, and sounded huge. I was very impressed, obviously, and never forgot it. Years later, when I happened to be in touch with Eastman, I jumped at the chance to check out some of their instruments. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE SOUND OF YOUR E10OOSS AND MD604? I love the double O because of its big tone in that small body size. It’s very alive, like all the Eastman instruments I’ve heard (good wood and workmanship!), and I find it very useful for recording applications because, unlike the mostly larger acoustic guitars I’ve owned, its low end is extremely focused and more controlled. The oval hole mandolin has always been a favorite of mine — I prefer it to the brighter and more cutting f-hole styles. And the Eastman mandolin sounds like a little cannon! It’s really alive and loud, but it has a richer tone than the f-hole mandolins I’ve played before. Herington plays the Thinline T184MX, Mandolin MD604, and Traditional E10OOSS.
11 T486-SB T486B Top: Maple Laminate Top: Maple Laminate Back/Sides: Maple Laminate Back/Sides: Maple Laminate Neck: 3 Piece Maple Neck: 3 Piece Maple Fingerboard: Ebony Fingerboard: Ebony Nut: Bone Nut: Bone Bridge/Saddle: Tunomatic Style Bridge/Saddle: Tunomatic Style w/ Binding: Ivoriod Bigsby Tremelo Scale Length: 24.75” Binding: Ivoriod Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Jazz Scale Length: 24.75” Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan 59 Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Phat-Cat Neck Case: Hardshell Case Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan Available Finishes: Classic, Red, Phat-Cat Bridge Sunburst, Black Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer Case: Hardshell Case Available Finishes: Classic, Red, Sunburst, Black CL RD SB BK CL RD SB BK David Vandervelde of the band Father John Misty, Tess And Dave Vandervelde plays the Thinlines T486-B and the Traditional E20OO
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Page 7 and 8: 5 THINLINE ARCHTOP ARCHTOP T59/v T5
Page 9 and 10: 7 MANDOLIN MANDOLIN MANDOLIN MD815/
Page 11: 9 T386 T486-RB Top: Maple Laminate
Page 15 and 16: 13 FEATURED MUSICIAN New Directions
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Page 23 and 24: 21 AR580CE-BLU Top: Back/Sides: Nec
Page 25 and 26: 23 “I don’t know how they do it
Page 27 and 28: 25 JOHN PISANO SIGNATURE SERIES Whe
Page 29 and 30: 27 E20D E20SS Top: Adirondack Top:
Page 31 and 32: 29 Trey Hensley Hensley plays the E
Page 33 and 34: 31 E10OO-M E6 OM E8D Top: Mahogany
Page 35 and 36: 33 Sapele Series Sapele Series Sape
Page 37 and 38: 35 The Common Linnets Ilse plays th
Page 39 and 40: 37 CL20C CL30S CL40S Top: AAA Tight
Page 41 and 42: Nels Cline of the band Wilco Cline
Page 43 and 44: 41 MD505 MD514-CS MD615 Top: Carved
Page 45 and 46: 43 FEATURED MUSICIAN Band from left
Page 47 and 48: 45 MDA815-SB Top: Back/Sides: Neck:
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