For a company that has had considerable success with its Gibson-inspired electric models, such as the solidbody SB59/v single-cut and the more Junior-style SB55/v and SB55DC/v, not to mention the laminate thinline T64/v, the release of the Romeo looked a little out of place. That is, until we played the guitar. “A thoroughly modern take on the electric archtop, built exceptionally well,” we said after we’d tested it back in issue 459.
Conceived by Otto D’Ambrosio, who heads up Eastman’s USA design and custom shop in Pomona, California, Romeo signalled a shift after Eastman founder, Qian Ni, saw the design in its prototype stage
