The hand-applied varnish used on Eastman's violins is also used on their Antique Varnish guitars. Every instrument undergoes a laborious varnishing and ageing procedure. Applying a basecoat to fill in the grain, applying colour, and finishing with a French polish are the six steps in this procedure, which produces a surface that is smoother and softer than lacquer. These instruments have a character of their own thanks to a more resonant, open tone produced by a thinner layer of varnish. An old-fashioned damaged varnished slope shoulder dreadnought. It has excellent note balance and sounds nearly flawlessly EQed, making it a tone canon.