Alvarez AG60LCE Grand Auditorium
Natural/Gloss
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Artist Grand Auditoriums are superb
all-around guitars. With the same scale length as our dreadnoughts
but with a narrower waist and curvier shape, our Grand Auditorium
accentuates the trebles a little more. This model is fitted with the
fantastic LR Baggs Element pickup and StagePro EQ for optimal live
performance.
After 50 years of making guitars,
continual improvement through the use of emerging technologies,
processes, and materials is still at the heart of our culture.
Alvarez guitars are constructed correctly in every sense, from raw
material preparation to construction and manufacturing processes. Our
tone woods are carefully cured; our components such as neck blocks
and wood joints are carefully designed. The painting, sanding and
polishing techniques we use are continually researched and developed,
and our tone is impeccably crafted and married to a stable,
consistent and lively soundbox.
This caring approach to development
comes from one simple goal: To deliver the best guitars in the market
at every price point, instruments that are truly amazing value and
offer a fantastic player experience.
We believe our multi award-winning
Artist Series is one of the finest solid top guitar lines in the
world today and demonstrates our commitment to design.
The term “solid top” of course
refers to the soundboard of an acoustic guitar being made of solid
wood, rather than being laminated. However, just because the top is
solid, it does not necessarily mean the sound automatically benefits
from this feature. The tone of the instrument only improves
significantly when the whole guitar is built correctly to optimize
the energy a solid soundboard can generate. Artist Series is built to
do exactly this.
Each model is designed to get the best
out of its components, and for them to work together to produce
balance, lively projection and great response. These components
include our FST2 bracing system, bi-level rosewood bridge, real bone
nut and saddle, great quality tonewoods and thin finish.
FS6 is a forward shifted X brace
design, this means the axis of the X is closer to the soundhole and
therefore creates a larger soundboard area allowing for more energy
and vibration to be harnessed. Both the X braces and asymmetric tone
bars are carefully scalloped. The scalloping design was the result of
continual development in our Yairi workshops. FS6 also creates very
good balance so both the treble and bass registers are clearly
present and balanced in relation to each other.
Artist Series feel right and are
exciting to play; no matter if you are strumming hard or picking
lightly, the guitar will do what you ask of it. For a more focused
sound with fewer overtones, choose a mahogany top. For power, go for
Sitka. For warmth and response to a lighter touch, choose a Cedar
top.
All of our tops are selected by our
team and graded independently of our suppliers. If it isn’t worthy,
we won’t use it. Top quality improves as you move up the Artist
Series models but all are stiff and finely grained.
Along with a more angled headstock, our
bi-level bridge increases string tension by making the break angel of
the strings from the saddle to the top more acute. Improved string
tension adds to our sound, feel and response, which are also
heightened by the use of real bone nuts and saddles.
Artist Series also demonstrates our
great finishing capabilities; the gloss models have a clear deep
shine from a finish that is applied as thinly as possible, again to
help optimize tone. Thank you for choosing Alvarez.
KEY FEATURES
Top Wood : Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
Body Finish : Natural/Gloss
Back and Sides Wood : African
Mahogany
Shape : Grand Auditorium
Neck : Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss
finish
Bridge : Bi-Level Indian
Laurel/Rosewood
Fingerboard : Indian
Laurel/Rosewood w/12th Fret Inlay
Nut and Saddle : Real Bone
Tuner : Premium Die Cast
Binding : Ivory ABS
Strings : D'Addario EXP16
Bracing Systems : FS6 Forward
Shifted, Tapered Tone Bars
Neck Joint : Dovetail
Neck Meets Body : 14th Fret
Number of Frets : 21
Pickup / EQ : LR Baggs StagePro EQ
and Element Pick Up
DIMENSIONS
Overall Length (mm) : 1035
Body Width (mm) : 404
Body Depth at Heel (mm) : 96
Body Depth at Base (mm) : 106
Scale (mm) : 648
Scale (inches) : 25 1/2
Number of Frets : 21
Nut Width (mm) : 44.45
Nut Width (inches) : 1 3/4