hello im not sure if these are eastman laboratories I would like to say that i have a violin 🎻 made by Eastman usa🇺🇸 Its really wonderful and designed meticulously and I feel like he almost speaks and cries when playing some arabic pieces and melodies with strings pirastro evah pirazzi gold german made therefore do not complain about the price if you are serious about playing learning it and providing the best you can also find it for twenty dollars and fifty dollars made in china but it will make you hate the place and the music and I experienced this feeling at the beginning of mother 😅

This workshop looks so messy. Absolutely catastrophic workspace.

Eastman has become the equivalent of Japanese and top Korean luthiers . Crafters is in China , Their shops are just automated and they price their stuff higher than Eastman . but they don't hand voice and radius the tops like Eastman ... In fact I dont think Crafters has a single luthier in the factory . Just machine operators and production line people taught to do an operation that they have no idea what its about.

I’d love to see a live factory tour hosted by someone. All I can find is these promotional type videos. Makes me question what’s really going on there. There are so many instruments stacked on racks in some of these videos, there is no way these few people at benches are making them all. This video doesn’t show all the instruments Eastman has stacked up. I bet they have more neck blanks stacked up than all the American companies combined. They do orchestra and band instruments too. Dealers that sell a ton of these should have access but it seems none of them do. The closest I’ve seen is a distribution center in CA called a factory.

Thank you to the craftsmen and women who make this outstanding instruments . You are amazing .

So gratefully for the work they do. I love all 3 of my Eastmans

much respect to the Chinese luthiers who made my Eastman. It's ridiculously good.

I hope they’re paying these people a decent wage because they are making some phenomenal instruments.

☑️ BEST New guitar builder I've found that are real craftsmanship and affordable quality instruments ‼️🧜💙🧜‍♀️

did anyone else notice how the music changes depending on what instrument we are watching be made?

For about 15 years, I only owned one acoustic guitar (Martin DXME), which I eventually sold because I wanted something a bit smaller and more fingerstyle-oriented. After some extensive shopping (and an excellent offer on reverb) I eventually pulled the trigger on a used Eastman AC308CE-LTD. My Eastman is simply one of the finest instruments I’ve ever played, and I don’t see myself ever getting rid of it. I’d love to see the factory myself someday, and at the very least I’d love to play any Eastman I can get my hands on! Love & respect to the workers who make these phenomenal instruments.

these guys are true master artist

I love my Eastman guitar's...they play & sound so nice not to mention the craftsmanship. Cheers!

I don't care where a guitar is made, or by who, as long as it's made right. Eastmans are made right.

They're great guitars, and obviously great craftsmen, despite not having such a long background with guitars.

BUY AMERICAN....

Been comparing Eastman guitars to the 'Big 3' American guitars. All sound great, and oftentimes I find myself liking the Eastman best. Eastman offers a great value in the premium market.

I am a master cabinet maker, in the UK, and know several luthiers as we all share a passion for wood and tools. This is what real workshops look like. They smell great too, of wood...A great workshop is one with light and a a bonus if you have space too. Also one where you have your own bench. Would love to visit this place.

To the Chinese craftpersons who build these guitars: Salute, well done, and thank you.

Just got my first Eastman and I am so proud to play their instruments.

you should watch the Takamine tour, their tooling makes this look like the stone age

Last three guitars I bought: EASTMAN, EASTMAN, EASTMAN. Previous three guitars I bought, Collings, Martin, Collings...What does that tell you about Eastman quality and tone?

My 805 CE (in sunburst) is the finest archtop I've ever owned (I've owned seventeen.) If I lost it I 'd be inconsolable.

Workplace looks terrible..but what do I know? That’s China, and if their system works and they’re happy, so be it. Wonderful sounding guitars, no question about that. 👍👏

I have the opportunity to work on a lot of guitars. The Eastman acoustic and electric guitars that come in the shop are typically well made.

How much. Where can I play or buy one?

Is there music enough for all these instruments?

How can people work in that environment ? Crap everywhere walls floors work benches , terrible condition's for anyone to work in let alone skilled workers , doesn't inspire confidence , won't have the health of those people on my conscience. Bet you wouldn't see conditions like that in a takemine guitar factory in Japan.

OMG what a dirty work environment...floor, wall, etc. Working eras are plenty of hazardous products, messy desk with a mix of dust and chemicals. If Eastman is committed to a high standard of quality I think they should start create a safer and a more human workplace environment !! It is not because you are in China it allows you to under value your employees. That might explain why your price are not cheaper than other American or Canadian brand.

Sorry, but the obvious moldy working conditions and peeled off walls do not present them selves as a warm inspiring workingplace. I hope at least these craftsmen get a descent pay for their workmanship and time spent making Eastman guitars!

i bought 2 eastman acoustic guitars first one cracked in less than a year .it was replaced by the music store i bought it now after 3 years the second one cracked even larger .both were kept in humidified room in the case with a humidifier in the case as well .i have many guitars ukuleles ect. none cracked but the eastmans maybe china isnt so great for acoustics.i think im out 800 dollars .becareful what acoustics you buy .i was thinking about a eastman ukulele but not after this .its sad they play and sound very good but not good luck with their acoustics

I'm disgusted that these are made in China seems like nothing is made in the U.S anymore.

All very romantic, but CNC was designed for a reason, how will they keep up with demand, are the woods responsibly sourced? Someone said they don't have a factory they have a workshop what's the difference? I love beautiful craftsmanship and I hope they do well but something has to give here,

What a ditrty place. Can they check the products of quality in like that place?

Love my E1D. Can't beat it for the price and what you get.

Just purchased my first Eastman. E100-LTD. All I can say it's a Masterbuilt...

To those who commented on the seemingly poor work conditions in the Eastman factory and alluded to slave labor. I have visited many American factories where the conditions are much, much worse than seen in this video. Who gives a shit what the walls look like. And look at all the windows in the Eastman factory! You won't find many American factories with windows in them. (Even in the front offices). Go to 2:29 in the video and take a look at the broad smile of that factory worker. That doesn't look much like the attitude of a slave. Regarding their pay scale, I would be willing to bet that they are compensated pretty well according to Chinese standards or they would work somewhere else. Each worker at the Eastman factory is mentored by expert craftsmen and the the high level of craftsmanship in their products is absolutely amazing. If you have ever seen, held and/or played an Eastman you know what I mean. Today, the instrument and bow making workshops at Eastman operate in precisely the same manner as late 19th century European workshops. They have virtually no power tools aside from the band saws used to cut out the necks and the outlines of the tops and backs of instruments. Chisels, knives, gouges, and scrapers, in the hands of outstandingly gifted craftspeople, are the primary tools used to create these modern instruments and bows, using methods centuries old. Thanks to Eastman, string players today have advantages unknown to earlier generations: quality Cellos, Violas, Guitars & Bows, available world-wide at affordable prices. Just price out a custom guitar handmade by a Luthier and the cost will run into the thousands of dollars. Made precisely like the guitars in this video I might add. Kudo's to Qian Ni founder of Eastman and his vision to keep tradition and quality alive.

The work environment is miserable, this video totally threw away my Eastman fantasy.

At the rate of manufacture of these guitars in the video I'm surprised there are so many available ...

Craftsmanship and sound for the money cannot be beat - run out and get an EASTMAN you will be happy.

There is your special hand crafted investment. Massively produced in a shithole, by workers, not luthiers, piled in a box under tens of other similar instruments still in the making, made by the same factory that sells copies on alibaba etc. This is the factory where Eastmans are made, it's not an Eastman factory. Sorry guys, Eastman is just a rebranded Yunzhi...

Ya just can’t beat China’s slave, I mean, cheap labor. I was foolish to buy a guitar made in Pennsylvania.

I wish I can build my own 12 fret parlor/slope shoulders guitar.

No one can accuse them of charging you for the name.........yet.

a damm commercial and nothing more

I have an Eastman e 40 d my next guitar will be a Eastman e 10 d I want a mahogany also . It may not be a martin and it’s not intended to be but they sound fantastic! You will not be disappointed I know a guy who owned a couple of high dollar Santa Cruz guitars and sold them and kept his Eastman . They cost a third of the price as big brand American guitars and let’s not forget that’s what most people are after is brand status. I personally don’t own any loyalty to a company and why would I?

Eastman makes some of the best acoustics I've ever played and heard

I have 2 excellent Eastman archtops - they sound wonderful, and play with ease. Lovely guitars.

I hope they pay those builders 😂😂😂

I’ve recently purchased my first Eastman acoustic guitar: an AC322. I also have a Crafter (made in Korea), a Breedlove (made in Korea), a Taylor (made in Mexico). My next guitar will almost certainly be an Eastman too because these guitars are truly excellent for a very reasonable price. However, watching this video was not reassuring at all: the Eastman luthiers seem to work very very quickly. Too quickly?