This is from I believe 2012. Eastwood Guitars only built these guitars for 3 years. This one is red without a pickguard. It\'s a hollow body with no f holes. It\'s light weight and a breeze to play. The pickups are single coil argyle and fashioned after the original Airline Stratone pickups. This guitar has been babied. It has had a recent pro set up with new strings. It looks brand new. Not any scratches to photo. Very low action. This comes from a guitar player\'s home not from .....
Aunt Bee who is just back from a garage sale and hopes to get rich. BUY IT YOU WILL LOVE IT
Go to you tube and enter Eastwood Airline Roy Smeck II Guitar
Excellent info and great sound video of it playing. WOW! The Airline RS-II
Just about everything on the RS-II is unique from its beautifully striated natural flamed maple finish to the chicken head switching knob. Although it’s a vintage hollow body design, there are no f-holes or any other kind of sound holes. But perhaps the most striking feature of the RS-II is its distinctive “Roy Smeck” pick guard, which looks something like a thick black lightning bolt.
The Specifications
Eastwood® has equipped the RS-II with a set, one-piece, “straight-grained” Canadian maple neck that sports a rosewood fingerboard with a 12″ radius. The width at the nut is 1-11/16″ and scale length is 26″.
Pick-ups, Controls, and Hardware
Two “Airline Argyle Diamond” pick-ups turn out what Eastwood® describes as “a unique tone reminiscent from many early electric guitars from the 50s and 60s. The RS-II is capable of producing clean or distorted tones without response.”
Sonic blending is done by way of two volume and two tone controls. Hardware includes traditional Kluson style nickel chrome tuners and a “Tune-O-Matic” trapeze tailpiece. The RS-II is outfitted at the factory with D’Addario strings.
The Price
Eastwood®’s Airline RS-II has a suggested retail price of $949 US. Generally speaking, the RS-II offers exceptional value and sound at a cost that won’t break the bank. If he were here today, Roy Smeck would probably be pleased with the Eastwood® RS-II. Bravo!
