Eastman v Faith

Stud Muffin,
 Must agree from the video, the Eastman won, there is always a but, he owns the shop, if I owned the shop I know which one I would prefer to sell, as stated he was doing the video for a customer, the next higher grade Faith is closer in price to the Eastman.
 I would like to try a Eastman, but unfortunately none available locally to try.
 I'm not complaining about the Faith guitar that I have, it's a higher grade than the one in the video, and unless I'm playing next to someone with an Eastman I will never notice the difference, and I only play guitar on my own. 😀
 
 

I prefer the sound of the Eastman, but it doesn't help that the Faith guitar is out of tune with itself.

I have never tried either in person, only seen and heard videos of both.  In most vids, the Eastmans sound better, but in this vid, it was harder to hear the diff for me.  Probably because of all the natural reverb in that room.

So, IF I were to go on this video alone, I'd go with the Faith cuz the price difference just wasn't there in my ears.

If there were no Faith guitars in my area and only Eastmans were available, from what I've seen of their prices, I'd probably bump it up a notch and just get a Taylor.  But again, it's hard to say for me cuz I don't buy guitars based on vids, only based on in-person testing so I dunno really.  lol.

Some say I'm indecisive, but really I'm not.  Well maybe sometimes, but then I guess there's reasons and exceptions....so maybe I shouldn't say that....but then again.........  

Some shops are extremely helpful when buying over the internet. For example, when I was looking for a Mandolin, there are NO shops anywhere near me that carry even one. So when I was looking to upgrade from my initial purchase, one shop that carried two I was interested in based on reputation, the shop played both of them over the phone for me to hear them A/B'ed. Of course, they both sounded excellent in different ways, and the price difference wasn't significant between them, so I bought them both (talk about not being able to make up one's mind!) However, 3 years later I am not sorry and still enjoy both, so there is that. And my MAS is cured, so overall, a good thing.