

Zachary is the author of the Blue Book of Acoustic You get the electronics working, this guitar will Keep in mind that altering the original configuration With a newer preamp and pickup system, but Not, you can explore replacing the electronics To diagnose the problem and hopefully fix it. Guitar tech or repair shop, they should be able What I’ve seen, these systems are not terriblyĬomplicated, and if you bring it to your local Search provided very little information asįar as replacement parts or schematics. To my knowledge, Equis is no longer makingĮlectronics or pickups, and Washburn stopped Your guitar, it appears to be in Low ExcellentĬondition, with a few dings. Was actually called the EA46, and, after 1996,ĮA36 was discontinued in 1997, and the last Switched, and reused several times on manyĭifferent instruments. Models are in Washburn’s current catalog), (these guitars are still produced today, and several
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While the Festival Series has been successful The EA36 came in natural, tobacco sunburst,īlue finish available as a special order. Very few guitars or even components are notĭesigned using computers, but in the earlyġ990s this was certainly cutting-edge technology. Sound channels (early models only had six) Soundhole, it has nine “computer designed” What really sets the EA36 apart from otherįestival Series guitars is that, instead of an oval It features bookmatched bird’s-eye maple top,īack, and sides, a shallow body, rosewoodįretboard and bridge, and Equis II electronics. Guitarists who performedīecause of the electric tones they produced.īased on the serial number, your guitar is aġ992 EA36 Marquee in vintage sunburst finish. Preferable to the solid-wood tops found in In this context, their laminated tops were Sound good when amplified at high volumes. Gladys) is pictured playing one in an early-1990s Washburn catalog. Including John Jorgenson, Robert Plant, and Popularity of the Festival Series is evidencedīlack EA20 that he called Melissa. Number, the fancier the guitar’s features. “EA” prefix, usually followed by a two-digit Guitars, and after a few years of tweaking,Ĭatalog. They featured thin bodies,īuilt into the bridge, and onboard electronics. On a line of acoustic guitars, mandolins, andĪnd acoustic-electrics, including the revolutionary Was eventually overtaken by the Tonk Bros.ġ940s the Washburn name was discontinued.

Quality stringed instruments for the ever-expandingĪnd during the 1900s the company was producing The late 1880s by Lyon & Healy to produce Good, and the design is always a conversation This was my first acoustic, and it was a great Work, and I’m hoping you have some adviceĬool guitar-I actually have one just like it! I’m wondering if youĬould tell me a little about it and what it’s I have a Washburn acoustic-electric,Ībsolutely love to play. It’s hard to believe this instrument is nearlyĢ0 years old now, but time flies when you’re Inset: The EA36 is equipped with an Equis II preamp A 1992 Washburn EA36 Marquee in vintage sunburst.
