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Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)

Acoustic Guitar
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  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
  • Alvarez Guitars AF60SHB (shadowburst)
EUR 428.45
MSRP: EUR 451.00
Incl. VAT, free shipping in Germany
Great sounding folk guitars suitable for all players and styles of music.

Description

Artist Series OM’s area great sounding folk guitars suitable for all players and styles of music. This model is finished in our flawless Shadowburst.

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 sound box.

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 if 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 tone woods and thin finish.

FST2 is a forward shifted X brace design, this means the axis of the X is closer to the sound hole 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 years of continual development in our Yairi workshops.

The Artist Series sound and personality is open and powerful. FST2 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.

Attributes

Key attributes
Fingerboard Material Rosewood
Body Material Mahogany
Colour Sunburst
Shape Concert
Neck Scale Length 24.75"
Cutaway No
Body
Guitar Construction Solid Body
Orientation Right-Handed
Top Material Spruce
Neck
Neck Material Mahogany
Number of Frets 21
Nut Material Bone
Hardware
String Gauge .012"
Including Bag Not included
Acoustic Guitar attributes
Guitar Finish Gloss
Pickup No Pickup
Product Details
Product Number 213507
Brand Alvarez Guitars
Category Acoustic Guitar
Brand Category Alvarez Guitars - Acoustic Guitars
Relevancy rank 98 of 145
Date February 2020
Dimension
Weight 2kg
Gross Weight 2.94kg

Properties

- Top Wood: Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
- Body Finish: Shadowburst/Gloss
- Neck: Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
- Bridge: Bi-Level Indian Laurel/Rosewood
- Fingerboard: Rosewood/12th Fret Inlay
- Tuners: Premium Die Cast
- Bracing Systems: FS6 Forward Shifted, Tapered Tone
- Number of Frets: 21

- Weight: 2.000kg

Specifications

- Top Wood: Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
- Body Finish: Shadowburst/Gloss
- Back and Sides Wood: African Mahogany
- Shape: Folk/OM
- Neck: Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
- Bridge: Bi-Level Indian Laurel/Rosewood
- Inlays: Abalone & Mother of Pearl
- Fingerboard: Rosewood/12th Fret Inlay
- Nut and Saddle: Real Bone
- Tuners: 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
DIMENSIONS
- Overall Length (mm): 1015
- Body Width (mm): 390
- Body Depth at Heel (mm): 96
- Body Depth at Base (mm): 106
- Scale (mm): 630
- Scale (inches): 24 13/16
- Number of Frets: 21
- Nut Width (mm): 44.45
- Nut Width (inches): 1 3/4
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