Eastman is clearly a competitive acoustic instrument company. I was pleasantly surprised at how fast customer service responded to my questions. Just to clear the air and get down to facts about Eastman's mandolin tuners: According to the Eastman rep I talked to over the past day or two Eastman uses factory-direct Proline tuners on its mandolin products.
#Eastman octave mandolin install#
With what was paid about eight years ago for the Collings mandolin (a sweet-voiced beauty, MF5 O Honey Amber), I could now buy 10 Eastman octave mandolins with plenty left over for date night.Īgree completely with MandoPiper1’s astute suggestion, “Raise the price $30 and install a higher quality tuner.” Spot on! My other mandolin also is a Collings, bought back when employed, before pricey divorce and retirement. No offense intended, dear friend, this case of “you get what you pay for” may be the understatement of the century. Enough respectful complaints from the mandolinist world would stir Eastman to improve tuners on MD305 models.ĬHUCKLE OF THE DAY: MandoPiper1’s comment that his Eastman had cheap tuners, “Unlike the tuners on my Collings.” Suggestion: ALWAYS tell the manufacturer. Instead, I removed the screws on the back and dropped in some graphite powder, which improved tuning quite nicely. In fact, Eastman offered to replace my mando tuners at no charge. Both the MD305 and MD305 Octave are no-frills "entry-level" models, after all. My recollection is that Eastman uses better tuners on their higher-end models. Various threads have cited MD305s for years due to difficult tuners. contact Eastman.Įastman support amazes me, although I bought my MD305 mandolin used.
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