Eastwood Guitars Saturn 63

Made in Korea I suppose around 2007.
Everything as stated in the manufacturer specs. My guitar is black and I bought the case.

I'm a guitarist and I also run a studio and use this guitar for both.
It's importantto say that I was looking for a guitar with a telecaster sound but with more body when needed. THIS WAS EXACTLY THE RIGHT CHOICE!!
I play European modern jazz to blues and I also record rock bands with this guitar. It has a very unique and special sound. Nobody is indifferent to the sound of it.
I'm using Digitech GNX4, Line 6 DL 4 as effects and Blackheart little devil (5watt) for recording.
It's a very responsive and sensitive guitar. This has pros (in my opinion) and cons (for some of the guys recording that claim that you can hear every mistake played...). Very bright and defined sound with a very good sustain.

The action was a bit high and very different to other guitars I own (Hagstrom Viking, Lag Roxanne, Eko Shortgun).
The pickups are really great for this kind of sound.
Big defect for me is the scale design. From the 17th freth up it's very difficult to reach and that's a big handicap.
The construction is also a bit raw.

It seems quite reliable and it seems it will last. I already used it to gig and it will be my 1st guitar in a new band (european modern jazz to rock) I have.

I couldn't mount the tremolo and emailed Eastwood. The help was quick and the problem solved.
No more experience and I hope not to have...

I play since 20 years now and I always looked for different guitars as I played in many Fenders and Gibsons and owned Ibanez and I know that there are many guitars out there that are better at a better price. I love the sound on this guitar as it's rich, warm and bright. The construction could be a bit better though.
I would definitely buy another if it's stolen. And if I have the money...:-)

Made in Korea, and it differs from the original in a few ways. The body is like a Jaguar, but the other characteristics are very Rickenbacker, with just a dab of Gretsch.

I bought it after playing it through a Fender amp. Warning: try it through another kind of amp, because Fender amps are too top notch for anything to sound bad through them. I mainly play through a Marshall, and very clean. The sound differs from amp to amp, so you may have to grow accustomed to it when you take it home. Isn't it strange how guitars sound different at home?
It's comparable to a Ric, sound wise, except the pickups are weak. You have to turn up a little, but if you keep an open mind, it sounds good on any volume level.
Distorted... You're better off using your amps gain channel, if it has one. Other wise, if you use a pedal (like me), you're going to encounter lots of feedback. Not great feedback, because it's all at the same annoying pitch.

Everything is great, except for the chrome binding sometimes buzzing. If you have hot glue, use it. The bridge buzzes now and then, and at random strings. One day it's the A string, next it's the G. Strange.

The finish is great, by the way. I have the Sunburst.

It can hold up, even though it seems like a toy at times. All Eastwood guitars have that certain Toy quality...

Never dealt with them... I don't care to.

Pretty good guitar... Great for rhythm, and maybe shred/faster playing if you lower the action. It's better for clean, but it gets a punky distortion.

Buy it. There are too many without a home.

Features are easy to know if you go to the website.
Construction is quite good and it's a guitar that looks very good for the price and definitely totally different from the standards!

The fretboard is a bit larger than usual and takes a bit of time to get used to it. after that the scale is quite fast.

I play from jazz to blues rock and some pop.
I use it in my studio and that's a guitar that every guitar player goes mad at as it as a very unique sound.
I was to bay a telecaster but they all seemed too thin to me.
This guitar has all the brightness but also a full round sound.
Superb sound!!

I had to lower a bit on the fretboard but that can and might happen when you buy much more expensive guitars and also depends on your taste.
the pickups sound really pure and great and are very sensitive.

The yremolo has a little trick to adjust. you have to make a lot of pressure!

looks very solid. as said I use it mainly in studio. did 2 gigs with no complaint at all.

At the beggining I had problems adjusting the tremolo but the help was fast and efficient. Everything's fine now!

I play for around 20 years and own other guitars (eko shortgun, Hagstrom Viking, Lag roxanne...) but this one sounds totally different from any other.

Very special character and sound and if you think teles sound thin than this is a great choice!
I would buy another one.

Sounds great, bright sound but full of body.

Set up was good, better than I expected. Frets are good nice finish

I have no worries.

3 year warranty, havn't needed any repairs but am confident any concerns will be looked after.

WOULD DEFINATLY REPLACE. I just love the look. coolest guitar I have seen in years. I'm no pro, but I know enough that you need a set up to meet your persronal preferances and this guitar arrived pretty darn close.

Gloss finish hollow body with metal piping trim
matt finish neck with great large gloss finish headstock
rosewood fretboard with jumbo frets on maple neck
Body looks like laminate maple in sunburst stain
2 x Ric style single coil pickups
floating trem/vibrato unit
fully adjustable Jazzmaster style bridge
2006, made in Korea

Single coil vintage sound - some resonance from the hollow body contributes to the twang factor, as does the floating trem. This guitar covers surf, jangle (Ric style pickups), Franz Ferdinand style choppy riffs to good snarly blues. It's actually quite a rocker.

The action was perfect when it appeared. Korean guitars are better and better and generally can't be faulted. No problems with the finish. The inside looks a little rough but then it is the inside. The neck is great, with a smooth matt finish and very nice fat frets. Frets all well-finished, no glue around the dot markers, nothing to fault really.

Haven't played it live. Seems solid enough, the materials are fine, no apparent weak points. Haven't had it long.

Emailed Eastwood before buying mail order and the guy replies to you direct. His business is based on direct sales so he needs to communicate and does so well.

It's not a boutique piece, but it's an extremely well made Far eastern guitar in a great retro style and a unique object. Playablility can't be faulted and the jazzmaster style tremolo is good. In terms of price/quality/originality ratio it's great.

No mass market guitar deserves a 10 - I mean, we know they're all good value these days - so 9 is the highest rating I would give it. Hence, 9 it is.

Colours: Black
Body: Laminated Maple, Chrome Bound Body and F-Hole
Neck: Maple, Bolt-on
Fingerboard: Rosewood, Dot Markers
Scale Length: 24 3/4"
Width at Nut: 1 5/8" ZERO Fret
Pickups: Two Ceramic Humbuckers
Switching: 3-Way
Controls: 4-way tone, 3-way p/u selector, master volume, optional XLR out
Bridge: Vintage Mosrite Style Adjustable Roller Bridge, Tremolo Tail
Hardware: Gotoh Nickel/Chrome
Strings: D'Addario #10
Case: extra
Unique Features: Chrome Bound Body and F-Hole
Suggested Retail: $949.00 US

Sounds: Hollow-body, 2 humbuckers. That type of sound, except...

When I received this guitar direct from Eastwood, the pickups ground wire wasn't attached to anything. The sound was thin and horrible w/ plenty of hum. I opened it up, noticed the wire dangling and took it to my local shop to have it soldered back on. The sound improved alot, but...

The sound also suffered due to the fact that the metal piping on the face of the guitar was loose and rattled against the body, creating a strange electric-sitar like buzz. So even acoustically, it had problems.

I mainly play through a POD XT Live for home studio projects, which all of my other axes have sounded excellent with.

Action pretty good, I think it was set up with 10's. Intonation seemed decent as well.

Pickups sounded pretty damn good when soldered properly.

Bridge was a Jazzmaster-style affair with a roller bridge, functioned okay.

Finish: black with metal piping surrounding the face almost like binding as well as metal piping around the "f-holes". Plexiglass Gibson style pickguard...

Finish was good, but they used some kind of flat black paint on the inside of the body that made the whole room smell like holy hell whenever I popped the case open.

Also, there was some of that aformentioned paint on the metal piping which surrounded the "f-holes". Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy.

As I stated previously, body the piping was popping off the guitar before it even arrived from UPS.

Pickguard overly loose for my tastes. Screws did not seem like they were securing it very well. Kinda like...

When I checked the electronics, I couldn't get the plate back on tight. It seemed as if the screws were stripped! They spun in place, much like the screws on the pickguard!

Will this guitar stand live playing? I don't think I would take it out live...

The hardware appeared solid enough to last. Ditto the strap buttons and the finish...

I think the combination of the improper pickup grounding, the loose binding and pickguard, and the screws that seemed ready to fall out killed this for me...

I could see images of my Bauhaus rip-off band's set being destroyed by the guitar falling to pieces.

After I got the the Saturn and noticed the dangling wire and loose binding, I called Mike at My Rare guitars.

He is the guy who sources out to Korea to manufacture copies of old guitars under the Eastwood banner. He was pretty cool.

He suggested that I try to gently tap in the piping with a hammer and soldering the wire to the underside of the bridge to ground it.
I'm no tweaker, but I gave the hammering a shot. Only one side would go flush to the body. Upsetting indeed. I can't recall if he offered me a swap-out.

They have a policy, but I was kind of stupid and did not ask for a swap-out... I thought that I could save this from being a disaster.

That was my fault and I assume that Mike and his crew would have let me return the Saturn. Their policy on the web-site says, "If your not happy, we're not happy".

Basically I am the idiot on this one! I'm the guy who doen't complain when he gets crappy service at a restaurant, I just give a crummy tip. Very passive-aggressive.

I have been playing for 12 years now. Currently, I rock an American Strat, a Fernandes Native Pro, a Fernandes Gravity bass, and a POD XT live. I generally record into a Fostex vf-160 onto CDs.

I traded a '92 Gibson SG standard to MyRareGuitars.Com and payed about an additional $100 for the axe and the hardshell case. I kind of felt like a sucker later on, seeing that they were selling my old SG for about $900 and they sent me this...

I really wanted to love this guitar, it had so much potential. The look and the sounds, it could have been awesome.

I sold it on E-Bay. I hope he has better luck with it than me.

Would I buy another guitar from Eastwood? I was kind of soured on them. I think I might just go to Guitar Center first and weigh my options. I played a phenomenal Michael Kelly the other day, and the Schecter Tempest plays great too...

Eastwood has a lot of guitars that look so awesome, though.

I would suggest that you really inspect the axe upon arrival and don't be afraid to nitpick about every little thing wrong with it. Call up My Rare Guitars and let 'em know! Don't make the same mistake I did. I've learned from this experience, you can too.