Comparison: Eastman OMs Spruce Top vs Cedar Top

[@GPLP335]

Great video! Love the cedar. To my ears it has a James Taylorish sound with fingerstyle, which makes sense as his Olson guitar has a cedar top.

[@brianrenenielsen923]

Great and inspirational play.. thanks for Reviews

[@pictishblood5688]

Spruce - 2:25, 4:52 Cedar - 3:44, 5:39

[@richardsmith682]

LOVE the Cedar!

[@Salaminomaxos1981]

And I !!! I have acoustic guitar Lag T100DCE with cedar top! Beautiful sound with small price!

[@greghall7640]

We’ll done and thank you. Both great for different reasons

[@HiggaionSelah_EWFMG]

✅ very nice demo, love Mahogany body acoustics ; these both are good sounding finger picking❗ have the E6OM [Sitka] and E10OM-TC [Adi] ; my personal fav. is the E6 _has more to do with the Sitka top , and the TC on the Adi adds nothing special but seems more dry and less overtone ; the Adirondack takes time to break in and sounds stiffer 🤔 ps. for those who think a baked top may be better/? .. my experience _i also owned the Cort A6-NAT, which had premium woods and a TC Sitka top ; but as noted with the Eastman E10 , this A6 top was notably loud but lackluster on the overtones , so I sold it and got the Cort Core OCO-ABW which for me is a finer sounding instrument 😉

[@lyndagruen2047]

Those sound pretty good. Grew up on Martin. Wouldn't mind learning to play on an Eastman, if that's what they sound like. Frankly, I liked both of them.

[@V3ryM3tal]

Anybody know what song he's strumming? It sounds so familiar but I can't place it.

[@Alexanderstarreveldo]

4:53 vs 5:40

[@TheVigilantStewards]

That was great! Love the tone of the cedar, but you're right the lack of dynamics gets old on the strumming even in the listening example... Too bad you can't have both qualities

[@quigley4440]

Carmelo I find that using Engelmann spruce for the top gives it that dynamic range with added warmth. It's the perfect cross between brighter Sitka or Adi spruce and cedar. My mandolins with Engelmann are great for Choro and classical music giving "that" sound, or Celtic for that matter. The Engelmann wood works great with the brighter maple back and sides to mellow the sound. For what it's worth.

[@robertmacmoneagle6917]

That's really useful info quigley 45 - 100. Thanks.

[@genebrenner855]

Yes, spruce has the high treble zing and the cedar doesn't but it compensates with a richer midrange. I like both.

[@woodbutcherjc]

How do cedar tops typically hold up as compared to the spruce?

[@elgrogg]

Pick = Spruce Fingers = Cedar Simples. Great vid 👍

[@AnalogCabinRecording]

Cedar all the way around

[@hogs150]

why are these called OM's with the short scale they're really 000's or is that just a Martin term

[@maplestreetguitars]

Martin originally used the OM or "Orchestra Model" designation for any 14-fret guitar and it eventually became synonymous with the 14-fret 000 body style. As such, many manufacturers use the terms almost interchangeably. For example, Collings use the OM designation for that body size and style in a 14-fret version (with regular or short scale) and 000 for the coordinating 12-fret version. I think that Eastman is likely taking a similar approach!

[@gordonstafford1929]

Both are great. My ears prefer the cedar, but then I’m a finger picker.

[@55TeleMark]

Cedar.

[@xkukubax]

I prefer the sound of cedar actually

[@patrickevelyn8028]

Spruce !

[@TempoDrift1480]

28 seconds in he starts yapping. For ya'll trying to avoid yapping.