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I think a solid wood Eastman will be significantly cheaper than a similarly specced new Furch. I personally found the Eastman tone to be quite bland, but obviously the only way to properly compare is to try them side by side.
Until China cleans up its act and starts acting like a responsible, grown-up country, I flat refuse to buy Chinese-made timber products* and do my best to avoid other Chinese products too. Indonesia is tarred with the same brush.
* Exception. I recently bought a cheap Yamaha made in China (or possibly Indonesia, there is some confusion). Yamaha go to considerable trouble to use sustainable timbers and document that. So I don't mind buying Yamaha. Some other Chinese-made guitars claim to use responsible sourcing, but provide no evidence. There is no reason at present to treat such claims as anything other than greenwashing. To be sure, we cannot be 100% certain about the provenance of any guitar made in any country, there is always some risk. Chinese-made products, however, are in the red alert high risk category.
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I've got a Furch-made (Stanford badged) OM and a Lebeda F5 mandolin - both from the Czech Republic and both great instruments. Your dread looks fantastic and I'm sure you'll love it. Enjoy.