Eastman guitars used to arrive with the guards uninstalled, which was good b/c the guards were terrible. In 2018, they began pre-installing the guards, which as Tom C mentions, have gotten considerably better in the last year or two. I purchased two new Alpine Spruce TC guitars this summer, and aside from my AC630-BD (see the recently bumped "Blonde Bombshell" thread), these are the first two guards that I haven't immediately wanted to replace (although I may still replace them with Holter guards).
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