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Alvarez Artist Series AD30 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar Natural

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An affordable dreadnought with a solid top, mahogany back and sides, and a tone that will improve with age.

The Alvarez Artist Series AD30 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar is an entry point for the Artist Series. This is a well-made instrument, delivering real value. The classic Dreadnought tone is enhanced with advanced scalloped bracing and other premium components such as bone saddles and nuts and a bi-level rosewood bridge.

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 does not 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. Dig in and they shout right back at you, treat them gently and they whisper warmly and respond instantly to the lightest strum or pick.

New Artist Series guitars look stunning and come in a huge variety of shapes, colors and wood choices. All of their components are made of natural materials such as mother of pearl and abalone inlays, real bone saddles and nuts and rosewood appointments. But the magic really starts when you pick one up and play it.

Features

  • Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar
  • 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
  • Die cast chrome tuners
  • ABS binding
  • D’Addario EXP’s

Enjoy a solid top guitar at a great price. Order today.

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AlvarezArtist Series AD30 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar
 
5.0

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5.0

Great sounding guitar.

By Sagittarius

from Arizona

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Pros

  • Consistent
  • Fun To Play
  • Rich Sound
  • Stays In Tune

Cons

    Best Uses

    • Jamming
    • Practicing
    • Recording
    • Rock Concerts

    Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AD30 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:

    Alvarez AD30 is a very well crafted and a great sounding guitar. The fit and finish is flawless and it has a very rich tone and a loud volume. It's a very impressive guitar especially at this price point. There are a lot of solid top guitars for under S200 out there but none of them is as impressive sounding as this one. I know, I have over 30 acoustic guitars and most of them have a street price of S400 or less. There's only one other guitar that has just as impressive of a tone and volume as this one and that's Hohoner Essential Plus Dreadnought but, it's a S280 guitar and it has a plain Jane look with no fancy cosmetic frills, not even body binding nor a gloss finish. The Alvarez is a prettier guitar. However, both guitars have a bit of bulky neck for my taste; I have small hands. But the necks aren't really too bad, I'm just spoiled with thin neck profiles on my other guitars.
    If you're looking for an acoustic at this price, you owe it to yourself to check this one out; you won't be sorry. I'm very happy with my purchase.

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    5.0

    ARTIST SERIES AD30 DREADNOUGHT ACOUSTIC

    By LHVENT

    from Germantown, MD

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    Pros

    • Consistent
    • Fun To Play
    • Good Feel
    • Rich Sound
    • Stays In Tune

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Jamming
      • Practicing
      • Small Venues

      Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AD30 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar:

      This is an amazing guitar for the money and to me sounds better than the Martin X Series of guitars. This is an amazing sounding guitar that would be great for any level of player.

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