Yup, I own one. I'm NONE of: 1) paid reviewer; 2) vintage snob; 3) professional musician.



I own quite a few instruments. My criteria have distilled down to two things: value and performance. Most of the vintage, re-issue and anniversary stuff being peddled by the big names fails on both counts. I say this from (painful) personal experience.



This '59 Coronado is a VERY nice surprise on so many levels. It is beautifully made, plays and sounds just the way I think it should. By "should" I mean 'different'; this it does in spades.



IF you want a Strat or LP, go buy one of those; this won't be your guitar. My best verbal descriptor for the sound is "swampy" and I mean that in the best way possible. I think it mostly has to do with that chambered (mahogany) body. Obviously the pickups have something to do with it, but they seem like garden variety humbuckers to me.



I have become a big fan of Bigsby units; this one works great, partly I think because of the 'Zero-fret' setup on the guitar. I don't know why more builders don't put this on their guitars.



I could go on with accolades, but won't. One word of caution about this guitar: If you love to shred at the very 'top' of the fingerboard, look elsewhere; this guitar is hard to access above the 15th fret.



The Eastwood crew are great folks and VERY customer service oriented. You won't regret dealing with them.

I bought the Eastwood/Airline H78 a few months ago and loved the tone and feel of it so I wanted another guitar like it. I just got this bad boy and it plays and sounds just like the H78, which is a good thing! I also own a real '66 Harmony H74 to compare this reissue to. I have to say it does a pretty fine job of replicating the tone and look of the older guitar. Here are the main differences:



The neck on the vintage is tapered towards the body which makes it harder to play. The neck on the Eastwood version is much more playable in my opinion.



The different type of Bigsby vibrato and the roller bridge keep the Eastwood in tune much better than the vintage one.



The reissue has a slightly thinner body and is semi-hollow, whereas the vintage is full hollow. I would say the vintage definitely resonates more because of these factors and sounds a little better, but most of the tone is still here in the reissue.



Overall this new guitar is noticeably more playable than the original it was based off; it will be my main gigging guitar from now on. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for the sounds and great looks of the old Harmonies but at a lower price.

I absolutely love this guitar and never go for any of my other guitars anymore. Its is extremely versatile and you are able to get any tone you want with it. You can get some great garage rock/blues sounds to Hendrix "Little wing" tones. I play mine with a Fender Blues Junior and it is sweet. This is by far my favorite guitar ever. Les Pauls got nothing on this.

It's small, it's light, it sounds great. What's not to like? I bought one last year (2014) and I like it a lot. One of the drawbacks of solid-body electrics is that they're typically heavy, but not this one ��� about 7 pounds, and I have an Ovation acoustic-electric that's within a pound or so of that. The look is a little unusual, but I like it for that reason, and c'mon �����if you wanted the usual, you wouldn't be here on the Eastwood website anyway. That big cutout makes it easy to get to the upper frets, and an "old-fashioned" vibe from the pickups doesn't hurt. Especially at 35% off for a close-out, this is an excellent value for a guitarist on a serious budget.

Just got my mandola in a couple of days ago. I adore it. The sound is somewhere between a mandolin and a twelve string guitar. For those with mandolin skills, your four-finger chop chord will be a big stretch, but the sound of two and three fingered chords are just astonishing enough. You want long ringing sounds on this thing. Even without reverb, the sustain is remarkable. Still trying pedals on it, but unaffected through my old Champ amp it sounds dreamlike.

My Mandola is my favourite string intrument with unparallelled sustain thanks to the double strings and an incredible humbucker pickup that registers nil feedback and can be played at full volume no matter how high I jack my overdrive and sustain pedals.



A dream to record on. Chorus effects sound marvellous through it.

I've always been interested in this model. I have a few Eastwood Guitars. All are excellent value for the money, well built and interesting.



The Airline 3P DLX may look strange, but it is part of its charm.



A friend of mine had test drove one a while back and did not like it, citing it sounded "mushy".



I recently told him maybe he should buy a decent amp because to me, the pickups sparkled nicely.



The guitar has good sustain, the neck is easy to play and everything feels like good quality.



The tone pots add a subtle ability to control tone. They adjust tone, but you don't get that really wide spectrum you do with some. Personally, I like that.



Design-wise, the tone and volume knobs are positioned in an odd place. You can see that going in - it is not a surprise.

I thought that would be a problem, in that maybe they would get in the way or be in an awkward place for making adjustments. I did not find them in the way, however, the position (modeled after the original) does take a little getting used to if you need to make adjustments while playing.



Honestly, I really like this guitar. I am very pleased that I bought it. Sure, it looks like some sort of prehistoric bird and has a lot of knobs and such, but it is fun.



It also looks much nicer in person than in photo's. I bought it in white and I am happy I did. It makes the snot green tuning pegs pop. That is not a mean comment. They look really cool.



Keep up the good work, Eastwood!

The pictures don't do it justice ��� this is an attractive guitar! Besides being visually stunning, it plays fantastically. I've always been partial to Fender guitars, both for their single-coil versatility and their thin necks, so I was apprehensive about the DLX, but it doesn't feel (or sound) clunky or chunky in the least. The five-way switch allows you to choose from these configurations: bridge, bridge+middle, middle, middle+neck, neck. And since each pickup has its own volume and tone, you can be as finnicky as you like about dialing a tone of your choosing. No, you won't get this to sound like a Strat or a Jazzmaster, but, with a little fiddling, you will find a tone that fits your taste. (Consider raising and lowering pickups to your taste for further fine-tuning of sound!) Don't be afraid to use the Bigsby. This guitar holds tune like nobody's business; it arrived at my door in tune! It is made in Korea, for what it's worth, and I did lower the action a little bit, but overall, I am so very happy with this guitar!

I bought the Blue Folkstar. It's built well and is fun to couch pick unplugged as well. Into an amp or PA it's money. The pickup control enables you to dial in a thick resonator tone as well as a very believable acoustic resonator sound. I'm tuned to open D and slide sounds real nice too. Lots of versatility in this guitar and it looks fantastic. Got a lot of compliments on it. This is my second instrument through Eastwood and their service/shipping is first rate.

You want this guitar because it looks amazing hanging on the wall. You keep it because it's amazingly versatile with a range of fantastic tonesafe possible by all of those knobs and the 5-way switch.



If I could wish one thing on this guitar it would be a better 5-way switch- it feels a little on the soft side and will bend eventually.



I love the clean and overdriven tones of this guitar. The neck feels gibson-ish, the body has a nice weight and the finish is deep. I bought this as a fun guitar to have around, but I absolutely LOVE playing it.



I'd say it can cover clean blues to 70's rock. It does ok on the slightly more distorted tones, but I've yet to plug it into the Marshall.



I am super happy!!

If the tone you are looking for requires a bridge pickup only, look no further. I have had this guitar for 2 months and am very pleased with the range it offers in such a simple package.



In fact, I also have a single pickup "Made in USA" Gibson Melody Maker which has now been put on my "to be modified" list because this Airline is so much better out of the box.



Great job Eastwood.

I have an Airline Guitar from the early 60's.

It is a Redburst, single-cutaway with w/2 humbuckers,

A bolt-on D shaped neck, and a Floating bridge.

All origional--- Excellent condition, (with part

of the Airline Logo Missing). I am the 2nd owner since

1969, and have stored this baby for the last 40+ yrs.

Make an offer to: ssmellp@utma.com. I have never, ever

advertised this Beauty till today. Sell OR Trade.

Firstly, I will have to talk about the shipping. It took close to a month longer than was initially indicated to arrive at my home. Much of the delay was due to the shipping rush during the holidays, which is completely understandable. However, when the item was finally released it took an additional five days for it to be dispatched to my location, which was pretty annoying considering the initial three week wait. Once it was shipped, it did arrive in four business days, which was nice considering the shipping was free and it was shipped internationally.



All shipping issues aside, let's talk about the guitar.



The look: The guitar looks awesome. I won't describe the shape and style of it, because I'm sure everybody knows already. The finish on the body is awesome. I love the black-on-black look, combined with the dark fretboard. This thing looks seriously badass. The metal Airline logo and the vintage looking tuning heads bring it to the next level.





Build quality: Overall, it is built very well. I'm quite impressed by this actually. It's certainly on par with any Fender out there, and most Gibsons as well(at half the price of many Gibsons, this is good news). It's slightly heavy, weighing around 3.5kg, but it feels great in my hands. The machine heads feel very smooth and tune surprisingly accurately, though it's still a new guitar so not much can be said about them so soon. The knobs work well, and are in good location. The tone knob doesn't get in the way. They turn with little resistance, which is something I like about them, though I can see others preferring a more resistant potentiometer(not referring to the electrical resistance). The switch for the Transwarp Drive is a solid feeling switch, but it is a little hard to access because it's close to, and below the tremolo arm. This inaccessibility, though, would make it difficult to activate accidentally which would be a very bad thing to do if you were out gigging with this axe. More on that later. The the neck is superb. The inlays are great and the frets are finished perfectly on the edges, unlike many Yamaha and Fender guitars that I've played. It played great out of the box with only minor fret buzz. The width of the nut is a little more than my other guitars which took a little time to get used to. Another worthy mention is the great quality strap buttons.



The only problem with the quality of this instrument that I have is that there is a flaw with the finish on the top edge of the headstock. It looks like the black paint was rubbed off on the edge while it was still wet, and the wood can be seen. The clear coat went on afterwards so there's no rough edge on it. I'm a little disappointed with this, as I expected perfection when paying this much for a guitar, though maybe it just adds a 'vintage quality' to it.



The sound: When I first strummed it, not plugged in, it was quite loud on its own. It breathes like a hollow body, and you don't need an amp to have fun with it. When I plugged it in at first I thought it sounded lack luster, a little thin and a little nasally, but after a quick adjustment to the pickup height and playing with the equalizer on my amp, which was set for a different guitar, I got it sounding pretty good. They sound like you would expect them to sound: warm at the neck to bright at the bridge. I find myself using the neck and middle positions the most, which can get a pretty good Hendrix or even an Eddie Vedder sound with little effort. The bridge pickup sounded quite thin to me, which was a surprise, but it sounds awesome through a fuzz pedal or some other type distortion of your liking. I use distortion pedals almost exclusively with the bridge pickup. This guitar, with a few tweaks to the guitar's equalizer and your amp's, can pretty much sound any way you want it. It's suitable for practically all genres except certain types of jazz and the type of metal that requires a high amount of gain. I expect if you're playing high gain, modern metal music you would choose a different guitar with an active pickup anyway. And of course, this guitar does nail the Jack White sound if you want it to. Try using the bridge pickup and the Transwarp Drive and you'll sound pretty much identical to Ball and Biscuit.



Oddly enough, the only position of the pickup selector switch that gives hum cancelling is the one between the neck and middle position. I'm not sure why I don't have hum cancelling when I leave it on the centre position, which is supposed to be a humbucker, or when it's on the middle-bridge position.



The Transwarp Drive: Going into this, I didn't expect a whole lot from this feature. I didn't think I would use it because I already make use of an MXR Micro Amp on my pedal board. I can honestly say that my expectations were shattered. This thing sounds awesome. It pushes tube amps (and modelling amps) wonderfully, into a lush, warm, crunchy overdrive. It's not for the faint of heart though, as this thing is always turned up to eleven. It is actually pretty wild how loud this makes your guitar. I've found myself using it even more than my MXR Micro Amp, which I used to use quite a lot, though it's good to have both since the output of the MXR can be controlled with a knob if you don't want to blow the roof off your practice space. However loud this makes your guitar through a clean channel, when you throw it on while using a distortion of some sort it actually doesn't make it much louder at all. It can be used to change the characteristics of your distortion, however, by rolling the tone knob.



My final verdict would be to give this guitar a 4.5/5 stars, but I'll round it up to 5 because of the limitations of the star system. It's exactly what I wanted, and even more than I expected, despite some issues with the finish.

I gave the Twintone 5 stars for several reasons. Bang for buck. Under $500, and has replaced my need for a really expensive Les Paul. I love the playability. I did have to have it set up out of box (raise action for slide playing), but that goes for every new guitar I've ever bought. Love the dual hot rail pickups. Lots of bite on the bridge, and great deep tone on the neck pickup. Of course it looks awesome, but all of here know that its all about playability, tone, and dependability. I'm thrilled with mine and will play it on up-coming summer tour.

What a great guitar! the resonator provides this characteristic tone. Old school sound and the dial a tone knob brings the resonator from full on to just the humbucker tone. slim line body is very easy to play action is low enough to easy to play finger style yet will hold up to slide play. Love this guitar!

This guitar, which I purchased new for $399, is a comically great deal. It's a light piece of wood, with simple electronics, comfortable neck, and great sounding pickups��_.all an electric guitar ever needed to be, within financial reach of most folks.

I love transparent and slightly raw single coil pickups, and these deliver in spades. Classic R&B, Soul, 50s - 60s Rock n' Roll, surf, country, rockabilly, jump blues ��_you can seriously dial in anything you want. A little tube reverb and tremolo and I just disappeared for 4 hours. Seriously. I've owned several much more costly guitars than this, and I'm truly surprised at how much more fun this thing is than all of them. I've never been motivated to write an online review, but this guitar just warrants it. Thanks for an inspiring guitar at a gigging musician's price. Cheers,

What a powerful guitar with beautiful construction and an elegant tone. I couldn't be more ecstatic about this guitar. I haven't purchased a new guitar in quite sometime and I am so happy to have Eastwood guitars.

First off the look is unique. Vintage all around. Everyone comments on the amount of knobs. Two knobs per pickup. Plays great. Awesome thick tone. But what makes it is the feel. My hands and fingers glide along the fretboard. Very comfortable great playing guitar all around. Would recommend to anyone.

I was aware of this guitar but hadn't played one until I got one in a trade for a boutique amp. I wasn't really sure I'd gotten a good deal, because although the finish is very good, some of the hardware (the plastic pick guard and trapeze tailpiece for example) looks a bit cheap. But then I plugged it in and OH MY.



It really sounds like nothing else. Immediate 50s/early 60s vibe, a bizarre mix of gnarly and warm, with a big acoustic sound off the closed hollow body. Pickups are pretty hot and pretty noisy, but full of character. Short scale and sweet neck make it supremely easy to play. I have a lot of nice guitars, but this has turned into the one I want to pick up. Really great for playing the kind of gig where you'd normally play an acoustic, works terrifically well as solo accompaniment for voice.



Deluxe Reverb + this pretty much makes you want to throw away all your pedals -- you don't need 'em.



Niggles: pickups are noisy. I will experiment with shielding the covers. Mine came (used) with a grounding problem, which I fixed by removing the tailpiece and fiddling with the position of the grounding wire. Plastic pick guard feels cheap although probably period-accurate, but could use another screw to hold it down as it sometimes rattles. Tailpiece trapeze is too long, but shorter ones are easy to find online and it's a trivial fix.



Overall, a crazy good guitar that is much more than the sum of its parts and I congratulate Mike for having the vision to produce this.

I know these guitars have gained a following in the metal arena with the B tuning, but coming from a "long in the tooth" picker, this is an awesome guitar. The build is amazing and the tone, OMG the tone! through a Vox AC 15 is just a time machine. All the fingerings from a regular guitar work with the B E A D F# B tuning. but my favorite is to do a call and return with myself playing a bass line and then a guitar line on the higher strings. What a blast! It is all that you could want it to be and more. Get one!