Being a fan of vintage guitars, I always have an eye on what Eastwood Guitars are up to. They recently came out with an updated version of the Airline Folkstar. They’ve taken a few liberties with the update to modernize it though. The original was hollow fiberglass and had no pickups. Eastwoods version uses chambered mahogany for the body and adds two pickups. A mini humbucker at the neck and a piezo under the bridge with a blend knob to adjust the signal strength between the two.
I’ve been intrigued with the idea of adding piezos to solid bodies for a while now. I like the extra complexity it can add to your tone and have plans to add one to the next guitar I build, which just happens to be a chambered mahogany Telecaster.
Anyway, it’s an interesting sounding guitar. Check out the demo below.
