Tuned from B to B, the ABT60E is pitched between a dreadnought and acoustic bass to give you deep tones with easy playability. Chord shapes and scales are the same as a standard six string but the voicing is lower. This is one of Alvarez’s best selling models and within five minutes of owning one you’ll see why. A great guitar to play.
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.
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.
General: Brand Name: Alvarez Case Type: Case Not Included Guitar Register: Baritone Hardware Color: Chrome Product Color: Natural Series: Alvarez Artist
Body: Acoustic Cutaway Type: No Cutaway Body Binding: ABS Body Finish: Gloss Top, Semi Gloss Back & Sides Body Material: African Mahogany Body Shape: Baritone Bracing Material: Spruce Bracing Pattern: FST2 Forward Shifted Rosette: 2 Rings Abalone/ABS Top Material: Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
Neck: Fingerboard Inlay: 12th Fret Alvarez MOP Fingerboard Material: Indian Laurel Frets to Body: 14 Headstock Inlay or Decal: MOP Headstock Veneer: Indian Laurel Neck Binding: ABS Neck Finish: Satin Neck Joint: Dovetail Neck Material: Mahogany Neck Shape: Soft V to a C shape Neck Thickness (in): 20.5mm at 1st fret, 22.5mm at 9th fret Number of Frets: 21 Frets Nut Material: Bone Nut Width: 1.75" (44.45mm) Side Marker Inlay: ABS
Electronics: Acoustic Built-In Electronics: Yes Acoustic Electronics: LR Baggs Element Controls and Switching: Volume, Treble, Bass, Phase and Tuner Electronics Notes: LR Baggs StagePro Bronze Preamp
Hardware: Bridge: Alvarez Bi-Level Indian Laurel Bridge Pins: PPS Fret Wire: 2mm X 1mm Nickel-Silver Pickguard: Black ABS Saddle Material: Bone Tuning Machines: Alvarez 15:1