The Eastman AR805CE is a premium Venetian cutaway archtop that brings together the finest materials and construction techniques available at its price point, delivering a warm, sophisticated archtop voice with the upper-fret access and tonal versatility that performing jazz and blues guitarists demand. The solid spruce top is paired with solid hand-carved maple back and sides - a tonewood combination at the heart of the archtop tradition - producing the warm, woody, and richly resonant tone that defines the finest jazz guitar playing, with the natural clarity and articulation that hand-carved maple construction uniquely provides. The Goldburst finish adds a warm, luminous visual character that complements the natural beauty of the spruce and maple with genuine elegance.

A Lollar Custom Wound Imperial Humbucker in the neck position delivers the warm, full, and harmonically complex single-pickup tone that suits the AR805CE's jazz and blues character perfectly - clear and articulate when played clean, singing and expressive when pushed. The adjustable ebony bridge, ebony tailpiece on brass, gold Gotoh tuners with ebony buttons, 7-ply ivoroid binding throughout including f-holes and headstock, pearl headstock logo, and ebony pickguard with ivoroid binding reflect a level of material quality and visual refinement that sets the AR805CE firmly apart from mass-produced archtop alternatives. Ideal for jazz, blues, and fingerstyle players who want a seriously appointed, hand-carved archtop with a genuinely premium pickup at a price that makes this calibre of instrument accessible.

This 2024-built guitar is in immaculate condition, with only light playwear to the pickguard and a perfect medium action. The AR805ce is lauded widely as one of the best bang-for-buck jazz guitars available, and this is a beautiful example. Includes original hardshell case.

Specs

• Body: 16" Venetian cutaway archtop
• Body dimensions: 16" x 3-1/4"
• Top: Solid spruce
• Back & sides: Solid hand-carved maple
• Neck: Maple, traditional even C profile
• Fingerboard: Ebony, 12" radius
• Scale length: 25"
• Nut: Bone, 1.72"
• Frets: 22, medium jumbo Jescar 47104
• Truss rod: Single acting
• Binding: 7-ply ivoroid (top, back, fingerboard, f-holes, headstock)
• Headstock logo: Pearl
• Finish: Truetone Gloss Goldburst
• Hardware: Gold
• Pickguard: Ebony with ivoroid binding
• Bridge: Adjustable ebony
• Tailpiece: Ebony on brass
• Tuners: Gotoh gold with ebony buttons (SG360-EN01GG)
• Pickup: Lollar Custom Wound Imperial Humbucker (neck)
• Potentiometers: CTS 500K linear taper
• Capacitors: 0.047μF
• Output jack: Switchcraft 6J1226
• Strings: D'Addario NYXL .012-.052
• Colour: Goldburst
• Includes: Hardshell case