Eastman E1D-CLA Classic Finish Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar #9430

The pure acoustic punch and muscular headroom generated by the tonewood selection is exactly what separates this traditional dreadnought from typical entry-level solid wood instruments. Eastman chose a solid Sitka spruce top and paired it with solid sapele back and sides, supported by hand-scalloped X-bracing. This combination avoids the muddy or over-boomy low end that plagues poorly braced dreadnoughts, opting instead for a highly focused, dry midrange bark and sweet, clear trebles. Chords stay tight and incredibly cohesive when you lean heavily into a flatpick, while individual notes across the registry retain a thick, woody weight that sits beautifully over an acoustic vocal track or cuts cleanly through a dense picking circle.

Visually, the instrument leans all the way into a beautifully aged, pre-war aesthetic with its "Classic" sunburst look. The body top, back, and sides are treated with an ultra-thin satin finish that lets the wood grain breathe completely open, ensuring it feels broken-in from the moment it leaves the gig bag. Keeping things unpretentious and tasteful, the body edges are wrapped in a premium tortoise binding that matches the tortoise shell pickguard. Complete with a traditional classic rosette, simple pearl dot fingerboard inlays, and an understated maple headstock logo, it avoids flashy decorative distractions to remain an honest, hard-working musician's tool.

In the hands, it behaves like a rugged, dependable workspace built for an effortless playing experience. The solid mahogany neck is carved into a traditional even "C" profile that fills out the palm comfortably, giving your fretting hand plenty of leverage without feeling bulky. An ebony fingerboard is matched up with a standard 1 3/4-inch bone nut, providing intuitive string spacing for clean fingerstyle articulation and precise flatpicking runs. Up on the peghead, open-gear nickel PingWell tuners handle adjustments smoothly, while the factory-perfect action setup—gauged at 3/32-inch on the bass side and 2/32-inch on the treble side—ensures zero fight up and down the 25.4-inch scale length. Shipped in a deluxe padded Eastman gig bag, the E1D-CLA is a serious, performance-ready workhorse built for players who demand premium, solid-wood tone on a working-man's budget.

SPECS
Neck Material: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Neck Profile: Traditional Even "C"
Nut: Bone 1-3/4"
Fretwire: 20 Jescar-FW43080
Scale Length: 25.4"
Body Dimensions: 16" X 4-23/32"
Bracings: Hand Scalloped X
Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
Body Back/Sides: Solid Sapele
Bridge/Saddle: Ebony/Bone, 2 5/32" Spacing
Rosette: Classic
Truss Rod: Dual Acting
Binding: Top And Back
Binding Material: Tortoise
Logo: Maple Headstock
Inlay: Pearl Dots
Side Dot Color: White
Bridge Pins: White Plastic W/ Black Dots
Body Top Finish: Satin Finish
Back/Sides Finish: Satin Finish
Hardware Color: Nickel
Pickguard: Tortoise Shell
Tuners: Open-Gear PingWell V93N 3+3
Strings: D'Addario XT Phosphor Bronze .012 -.053
Action Height: 12th Fret 3/32" On The Bass Side And 2/32" On The Treble Side
Case: Deluxe Padded Eastman Gig Bag
Truss Rod Wrench: 4mm  

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