I have two Eastmans and two Martins. One of my Martins was never right from day one and is now on it's way back to Martin for a neck reset. My other Martin is perfect to me. Both of my Eastmans are not good guitars for the money, they are GREAT guitars period. Yes, I was able to buy them because they are reasonable (not cheap), but they are fabulous.
I played an E20OM the day I bought my E20OOss and that one was fabulous sounding, but there was one issue with it that kept me from jumping on it. That, and the fact that buying two, thousand dollar guitars on the same day wasn't going to happen anyway. I will say this: When my 000-18 comes back from Martin, if I am not absolutely thrilled with it I am going to sell it and buy an Eastman E20OM TC.
After my Martin experience, I will never buy a new acoustic that I can't play first.
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