Eastman PCH1-GACE-CLA Cutaway Grand Auditorium Classic Finish Guitar w/Electronics #4776

The actual player experience behaves with fluid comfort across the entire workspace, making long writing sessions or high-energy stage sets feel remarkably natural. The maple neck features an exceptionally fast, drag-free satin finish and a profile that seats itself comfortably right in the palm of your hand. Eastman carved out a smooth, Venetian cutaway on the lower bout, giving your fretting hand effortless visual and physical access to the higher frets without any awkward stretching. A player-preferred 1 3/4-inch bone nut provides plenty of real estate for clean note separation across the ovangkol fingerboard, while factory-low action—measuring 3/32-inch on the bass side and 2/32-inch on the treble side at the 12th fret—guarantees zero physical fight up and down the 25.4-inch scale length.

Where this specific Grand Auditorium shines is in its sheer acoustic range and seamless, stage-ready electronic layout. Eastman anchored the build around a solid Sitka spruce top, pairing it with stable laminated sapele back and sides and traditional X-bracing to push out a highly versatile voice. It avoids any of the muddy low-end clutter common in larger bodies, delivering a dry, punchy midrange pop with crisp, ringing trebles that sits beautifully beneath a vocal mix or single-note flatpicking runs. When it is time to take things to a live venue or amp up for a tracking session, the factory-installed Fishman electronics translate that woody resonance directly into a line out with total clarity. Packaged in a padded Eastman gig bag, the PCH1-GACE-CLA is a specialized, budget-conscious workhorse designed for the serious gigging player.

Visually, this Grand Auditorium balances an ultra-clean, classic layout with a gorgeous, dark sepia-toned sunburst that looks instantly at home in any collection. The entire body is treated to an ultra-thin satin finish that leaves the grain layout feeling completely open, organic, and broken-in from the second you pull it from its gig bag. Eastman kept the cosmetic appointments entirely focused and elegant, wrapping the top and back contours in durable black plastic binding. A genuine splash of flash circles the soundhole via an authentic abalone rosette, pairing up with simple pearl dot fingerboard inlays and an honest maple headstock logo to give you an instrument that skips unnecessary plastic clutter to remain a pure musician's tool.

SPECS
Neck Material: Maple
Fingerboard: Ovangkol
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Neck Profile: Traditional Even "C"
Nut: Bone 1 3/4"
Fretwire: 22 Jescar-FW43080
Scale Length: 25.4"
Body Dimensions: 16" x 4 1/4"
Bracings: X-Braced
Body Top: Solid Sitka Spruce
Body Back/Sides: Laminated Sapele
Bridge/Saddle: Ovangkol/Bone, 2 5/32" Spacing
Rosette: Abalone
Truss Rod: Dual Acting
Binding: Top and Back
Binding Material: Black Plastic
Logo: Maple Headstock
Inlay: Pearl Dots
Bridge Pins: White Plastic w/black dots
Body Top Finish: Satin Finish
Back/Sides Finish: Satin Finish
Hardware Color: Nickel
Pickguard: Optional Black Teardrop
Tuners: Pingwell RM 1171-CVR 3+3
Electronics: Eastman Pickup by Fishman
Strings: D'Addario .012-.053 #EXP16
Action Height: 12th fret 3/32" on the bass side and 2/32" on the treble side
Case: Padded Eastman Gig Bag
Truss Rod Wrench: 4mm

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