Alvarez Guitars AF30CE Artist Series OM/Folk Acoustic-Electric Guitar w/Cutaway EQ & Tuner

The Alvarez 30 Series guitars may be the entry point to the Alvarez solid top Artist Series but there is little entry level about them when it comes to how these guitars play and sound. Their light semi-gloss finish allows them to sing, and like all Artist Series guitars. their tone and construction are continually designed and refined to offer a player experience rarely achieved at such accessible price points. This acoustic-electric model is fitted with their B-BAND SYS250 EQ and built in backlit tuner.

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 their 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 guitars 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. 

Along with a more angled headstock, the bi-level bridge increases string tension by making the break angle 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.

The Artist Series also demonstrates 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.

• Top Wood:  Solid A Sitka Spruce
• Body Finish:  Natural/Satin
• Back and Sides Wood:  African Mahogany
• Shape:  Folk/OM
• Neck:  Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
• Bridge:  Techwood
• Fingerboard:  Techwood
• Nut and Saddle:  Real Bone
• Tuner:  Chrome, Die Cast
• Binding:  Black ABS
• Strings:  D'Addario EXP16
• Bracing Systems:  FST2 - Forward Shifted, Assymetric Tone Bars
• Neck Joint:  Dovetail
• Neck Meets Body:  14th Fret
• Number of Frets:  21
• Pickup / EQ:  SYS250 EQ with Backlit Tuner

• 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:  44.45(mm)/1 3/4 (inches)