I have an Eastman Pagelli, 17" archtop. Its great, X braced and has a very full accoustic sound. It has a unique, offset body design that makes it feel like a 16" archtop. Its finished in Eastman's signature classic, (violin) finish, which curly maple binding, pickguard and tailpiece. A real looker. Several Eastmans archtops are X braced, Ive read that Eastman utilized Bob Benedetto's How to Build an Archtop book when designing their archtops.
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