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Originally Posted by bohemian
Quality varies greatly.
The "violin" finishes look like a Jr High woodworking project gone bad
The nuts are ridiculously narrow and the main reason I do not own one...
unplayable.
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Strange, I've always admired their finishes. The varnish models, such as the 815, actually have very good, hand-rubbed finishes. Eastman has been making violins for a long time and know how to put on a good finish. And even in the regular gloss models they keep them pretty thin to not hamper tone and volume.
They do have very narrow nuts though. I picked up a Breedlove recently, and after playing an Eastman for years, could hardly play the wider board of the BL.