Eastwood Building Series I Guitar

[lbpesq]

I believe he was quoting from the Eastwood site.

Bill, tgo

[gtrguy]

Guitar Center just listed a used Wolf on their Center Southfield site

https://www.guitarcenter.com/Used/Eastwood/Wolf-Solid-Body-Electric-Guitar.gc

[edwardofhuncote]

The casual guest wonders; "What in the world do you need with a used Wolf?!"

*edited for the mysterious 78% verdana font that happens whenever I backspace a paragraph.

[sonicus]

I was a "Used Wolf"when I met my wife in an Antique shop . There was a sign on the outside of the shop that read ;" We Buy Junk and Sell Antiques "   

[KR]

Quote: I believe he was quoting from the Eastwood site. Bill, tgo

Thanks Bill, I appreciate it.
Keith

[jalevinemd]

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!

unless of course, you're the imitate-ee.

I’m sorry...but I don’t have the slightest problem with these Eastwood guitars. I take great issue with certain replicas built to such exact specifications as the originals (including logos) that they can be passed off as originals. This is especially troublesome in the vintage guitar market. In this case, no one is going to confuse Eastwood’s product with an original Alembic. By the same token, no one truly interested in a Series I Alembic would settle for the Eastwood. There are plenty of folks out there who need their guitar to closely resemble the original, either because they’re  in tribute bands or just devout fans of a particular artist. If they have relative financial limitations, companies like Eastwood are a wonderful alternative. Now, if a particular element is copyrighted/proprietary/patented or whatever the correct legal phrasing is, then the replica manufacturers should be paying a licensing fee to the original creators.

[gtrguy]

I agree. I don't really see them cutting into the Alembic market and in fact by increasing brand recognition may well be helping them. I have worked in large marketing departments for decades and exposure and brand recognition are worth millions to those companies.

[lbpesq]

+1.

And always nice to see you hanging around here, Doc.

Bill, tgo

[jalevinemd]

Thank you, Counselor.

[sonofa_lembic]

This is a travesty.  Eastwood should just stick to making exploding junk like they always have.  Half of what they make does not survive the first year without major cracks, de-lams, and failures.  100% of their stuff has the worst fretwork in history.  Most are so uneven that they can not be made to play correctly with massive amounts of leveling etc.  I just hate to see them get their mitts on an instrument that is the absolute polar opposite of their quality.  Makes me sick.  Besides, in my opinion, Eastwood's "imitation" is the most underhanded form of forgery.

[lbpesq]

I had an Eastwood Sidejack baritone several years ago that was a very good, reasonably priced, instrument.  I only sold it because I acquired an Alembic Orion baritone (which I sold a few years later as I found myself rarely playing it).

Bill, tgo

[jalevinemd]

The folks over at RUkind who have the Wolf replicas have been very happy with them.

[BeenDown139]

This is a travesty.  Eastwood should just stick to making exploding junk like they always have.

so i'll take that as a -1

[sonicus]

The square root of -1 shall be known as i ,or the imaginary number .
 (LOL)

[bigredbass]

Dumbfounding.  For the forthcoming release of their version of the 80's Aria SB1000, they have a picture of the real thing:

**NOTE** Images shown are of an original SB-1000. They are shown only as a reference point for this new release.

Bearing in mind that Aria themselves have done a crummy job with US distribution over these many years, still, this just seems like a little much, or maybe it's just me.  I know guitar designs are copied ad nauseum (look how many Jazz Basses are out there from every builder you can think of), but somehow that's a little too in-my-face for me.