Alvarez AG70CE 12-String Acoustic Electric Guitar - Black
At Guitar Paradise we have a great range of Alvarez acoustic guitars, available both instore and online through our webstore!
The AEG70ce 12-string black Grand Auditorium offers a wall of shimmering chorus that only a 12-string can. It has a flawless, black gloss top matched with East Indian Rosewood back and sides, creating a high-end, premium vibe. Our FST2 bracing system helps deliver a near perfect balance between strength and vibration to allow this guitar to respond extremely well and deliver a broad spectrum of tone with excellent projection.
The AEG70ce is fitted with the LR Baggs StagePro Bronze. The StagePro Bronze is a small-footprint side-mounted EQ incorporating the renowned LR Baggs Element under-saddle pickup. This is a low-profile unit with a large backlit tuner, volume, bass and treble controls and phase. The battery box is built into the end pin jack compartment for easy access with a simple push to open and change batteries.
About Artist Series
Alvarez Artist Series represents our commitment to quality and care. Our goal is to create an instant bond between you and your guitar through meticulous design in bracing, voicing and overall construction. Every component—from our bi-level bridge to our solid bridge plates and neck blocks—is carefully considered to deliver the best response possible from solid-top construction.
Artist Series guitars are responsive with impressive projection and balance that make them both rewarding and inspiring to play.
With a huge selection of body shapes and wood configurations, Artist Series has a guitar for everyone. For a more focused, woody tone, choose a Mahogany top. For a broader, more open projection, choose Sitka. For a warm response to a lighter, melodic touch, choose Cedar.
Our Approach to the Build
All of our solid tops are selected by our team and graded independently of our suppliers. If it isn’t worthy, it isn’t used. Our laminated backs and sides are uniquely constructed with Mahogany as our middle layer, and our inner and outer layers are always matched.
Artist guitars strike the right balance between strength and vibration, crafting a voice to both inspire and give players “tools in the tone.” Alongside this approach to development lies our respect for sourcing, preparation and nurturing the wood we use to make our guitars. No matter how considered design may be, it can only be as good as the wood we use to realize them.
Our all-solid wood tops, backs and sides, as well as the mahogany used for our necks, go through a curing process developed over years to create stability, strength and tonal benefits. Depending on the wood and its use, this process takes many months or even years for some of our models.
After months-long seasoning, we perform an extra drying stage in thermo-kilns to further enhance wood stability and improve resonance. We call this process ATR—Advanced Tonal Response. ATR™ is a form of torrefaction—oxygen controlled, vacuum curing at special temperatures to remove more moisture and volatiles such as saps and sugars from the wood.
Body
Top Wood - Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
Back and Sides Wood - Rosewood
Top Colour - Black/Gloss
Back and Sides Colour - Natural/Gloss
Bracing - FST2
Shape - Grand Auditorium
Neck
Neck - African Mahogany
Neck Meets Body - 14th
Number of Frets - 21
Fingerboard - East Indian Rosewood
Headstock Facia - East Indian Rosewood
Electronics
Pick Up/EQ - LR Baggs StagePro Bronze
Hardware
Bridge Pins - PPS Synthetic Bone
Nut and Saddle - Bone
Bridge - Bi-Level Indian Rosewood
Tuner - Chrome Closed Gears
Strings - D'Addario EXP36
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