Eastman AR403CED 2023 - Classic

The Eastman AR403CED delivers a fully hollow 16” archtop instrument, but with the advantages of Venetian cutaway, thinner body (just over 2.5”), and upscale aesthetics. Two top-mounted Kent Armstrong HPAG-1N humbucking pickups deliver warmth and clarity with low-noise performance.

The AR403’s laminated maple top, back and thinner sides offer pure, warm, vintage tone with articulate mids and minimal feedback. The cutaway gives you easy access to higher notes and chord voicings.

A 3-piece maple neck features a bound rosewood fretboard to match the guitar’s rosewood pickguard and tailpiece. Chrome metal parts and multi-ply ivoroid binding (and bound f-holes) let the AR403 stand out as a classy and classic jazz performer. It would be hard to find a better value in a brand-new, well-appointed archtop instrument. 

Features

• Top, Back/Sides      Laminated Maple (Venetian cutaway style)
• Finish                       Classic TrueTone
• Neck                         3-piece Maple, Traditional even C
• Fingerboard              Rosewood, 12” radius, 20 frets
• Inlay                         Pearl dots
• Nut                           1 3/4” bone
• Pickups                     2 x Kent Armstrong HPAG-1N
• Controls                    2 x Volume, 2 x Tone
• Hardware                  Chrome
• Pickguard                Rosewood
• Bridge/Tailpiece      Rosewood compensated bridge, rosewood/gold trapeze 
• Tuners                       Pingwell RM 1271 GVR 3+3
• Scale Length            25”
• Body Dimensions    16 3/16” x 2-9/16” 
• Weight                            6lbs 7oz
• Case                        Hardshell included