Alvarez Artist Series ABT60 Baritone Guitar
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An affordable baritone with a hand-selected solid spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and powerful tone.
Alvarez has been making the YB1 Alvarez-Yairi Baritone for years and its popularity has remained strong. Enter the Artist Series ABT60 Baritone Guitar, an affordable baritone guitar that will blow you away. The ABT60 is a member of the Alvarez Artist ’60 Series. Alvarez was careful to get the construction just right to allow this series to sing, and deliver a player experience that's exceptional for a mid price instrument.
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 doesn't 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 really release the energy a solid soundboard can generate. The 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 a tone and player experience, rarely found in affordable instruments.
The sound is warm, open and powerful, and both the treble and bass registers are clearly present and balanced in relation to each other. These guitars feel right and are exciting to play and responsive.
The solid ‘A’ grade Sitka spruce tops are hand selected from quarter-sawn wood. This ensures consistent quality, and its no secret better guitars are made from better wood. These tops not only look great but they are stiff and strong and finely grained. This allows them to be cut just that tiny bit thinner, which lets them dance a little more and produce a lot more vibration, and ultimately a richer tone.
All of the components are made of natural materials such as mother of pearl and abalone inlays, real bone saddles and nuts and rosewood appointments.
Features
- Baritone Acoustic Guitar
- Hand selected, ‘A’ grade, solid Sitka spruce top
- Hand sanded, scalloped bracing
- Mahogany back and sides
- Alvarez bi-level rosewood bridge
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Premium, high gloss finish
- Dovetail neck joint
- Real bone nut and saddle
- Paua abalone and mother of pearl inlays
- Premium die cast chrome tuners
- ABS binding
Add some acoustic low end to your music with this powerful baritone guitar. Order today.
Review Snapshot®
by PowerReviews(based on 5 reviews)
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100%
of respondents would recommend this to a friend.
Pros
- Fun to play (4)
- Good audio (4)
- Good feel (4)
- Consistent (3)
- Stays in tune (3)
Cons
Best Uses
- Practicing (4)
- Recording (4)
- Jamming (3)
- Small venues (3)
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Pros
- Consistent
- Fun To Play
- Good Feel
- Rich Sound
- Stays In Tune
Cons
Best Uses
- Jamming
- Practicing
- Recording
- Small Venues
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series ABT60 Baritone Guitar:
At this price point , the instrument is outstanding. Was set up well out of the box but needed some truss adjustment due to buzzing on low E and A. Never quite got the buzz out completely but it is minor now. Nice tone and action. This is the only chinese manufactured guitar that I own and it stands up well to the others. If you need a baritone voice to add to the arsenal, this is your boy. I would buy it again in a minute.
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Comments about Alvarez Artist Series ABT60 Baritone Guitar:
I think this 6-string bass is awesome!
Pros
- Fun To Play
- Good Feel
- Rich Sound
- Solid Tonewood
Cons
- Clarity Midrangetreble
Best Uses
- Practicing
- Recording
- Small Venues
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series ABT60 Baritone Guitar:
I purchased this guitar because I've spent hours in three different music stores playing the infamous Taylor 8-string baritone. I found the resonance and fullness of open tunings on a baritone to be a pleasant alternative to the more common guitar. First of all, the Alvarez ABT60 Baritone Guitar does not have the crisp articulation and easy action of a Taylor 8-string. Of course, the Alvarez is at a fraction of the price. What you're getting when you purchase this guitar is an excellent intermediate-level guitar made with solid tone woods (sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides). The ABT60 certainly sounds good for the value. My criticism focuses on the clarity of sound. Sometimes the midrange and treble get lost in a muddy bass. Technique, equalization, and microphone placement can compensate, but don't expect it to sound like an expensive Taylor, Takamine, or Martin baritone. The ABT60 Baritone can be tuned a fourth lower than a standard guitar (B-E-A-D-F#-B), but I found I like the Alvarez tuned a perfect fifth lower (A-D-G-C-E-A). There's more play in the action and it's a bit easier on the fingers. The D'Addario EXP baritone strings sound great. Haven't tried Elixir strings or anything else yet. Other tunings you might like to try include: AEADEA (low DADGAD), AEAC#EA (Open D), ADADF#A (Open G), and GDGDGB (Open C). I've also found that a Kyser 12-string capo seems to work best over a normal acoustic capo. This may be something to consider if you plan on using a capo. The Kyser partial capo also works on the instrument. In all, the Alvarez ABT60 baritone is a specialty guitar that can provide an interesting addition to your tonal horizons. The price is reasonable, craftsmanship acceptable, and for me, it's provided a credible introduction to the world of baritone guitar for songwriting, etc.
Pros
- Big Baritone Sound
- Consistent
- Fun To Play
- Good Feel
- GOOD PRICE
- Rich Sound
- Stays In Tune
Cons
- Nut Poorly Installed
- Poor Construction
Best Uses
- Jamming
- Practicing
- Recording
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series ABT60 Baritone Guitar:
Nut was installed sloppily, with minor scratching of headstock and glue overflow. Bottom string has better definition when tuned up to C. Fell in love with Taylor 8-string baritone but didn't want to spend $3K. I have another Alvarez I use for D tuning, so this was a logical choice. Next step is the new L.R. Baggs soundhole pickup.
Pros
- Consistent
- Fun To Play
- Good Feel
- Rich Sound
- Stays In Tune
Cons
Best Uses
- Jamming
- Practicing
- Recording
- Small Venues
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series ABT60 Baritone Guitar:
Best value for the money on any Baratone guitar that I have seen. I tuned it to B F# B E F# B, which is DADGAD tuned down. The sound with the heavy strings that comes on it just ozzes the blues when you lay your fingers on it. The lows are strong and the highs are really crisp and clean. It has pretty much become my new go to ax. Now for a pick up ......
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