Beautifully voiced, professional guitars made from all solid, seasoned tone wood. The Masterworks MDA70CE model is made from hand selected, AA Sitka Spruce tops, and solid, Solid East Indian Rosewood backs and sides giving it a Resonant Bright sound with deep warm bass. The Rosewood fretboard gives it a warm tone and smooth playing feel. Each component is made of natural material including real bone saddles and nut, maple and rosewood binding and purfling, ebony bridge pins and green abalone inlay. Masterworks feature a one piece mahogany neck with a 50/50 finish, Grover tuners and 12th Fret abalone inlay. The Masterworks bracing system is forward shifted with scalloped, hand finished X braces that allow these guitars to project incredibly well. There's lots of sustain and response and no matter if strummed or picked, the separation and balance across the strings is easily audible. Masterworks is one of the most impressive and affordable all solid guitar lines available, so now as many players as possible can enjoy the benefits of an all solid wood construction
The Alvarez MDA70CE features a Dovetail neckjoint and body meets the neck at the 14th fret
SYS650 dual pickupThe Alvarez SYS650 was designed by B-BAND and is a dual pickup system incorporating one under saddle pickup and a transducer pickup placed under the soundboard. Either pickup can be selected or one can blend between the two to fine tune the response for lead, finger-picking or rhythm work. The system also has a fully chromatic, precision tuner with backlit LCD screen, 3-bands of rotary EQ, and a notch control that can be used to attenuate feedback or to shape the sound.
Comes with elegant Polyfoam case with built in hygrometer
Purfling and Soundhole - Abalone
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Neck meets body
14th Fret
Pickup / EQ
SYS650
Overall Length (mm)
1042
Body Width (mm)
395
Body Depth at Heel (mm)
100
Body Depth at Base (mm)
124
Scale (mm)
648
Scale (inches)
25 1/2"
Number of frets
21
Nut Width (mm)
44.45
Nut Width (inches)
1 3/4"
Series
Alvarez Masterworks
Top Wood
Solid AA Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Wood
Solid Eastern Rosewood
Shape
Dreadnought w/ Cutaway
Neck
One piece mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
Bracing System
FST2M - Forward Shifted, Scalloped X
Bridge
Bi-Level Rosewood
Inlays
Paua Abalone & Mother of Pearl
Fingerboard
Rosewood with 12th Abalone Fret Inlay
Headstock Plate
Rosewood
Nut & Saddle
Real Bone
Tuner
Premium Chrome Die Cast
Binding
Flame Maple
Bridge Pins
Ebony
Strings
D’Addario EXP
Accessory
Deluxe polyfoam case