Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar Natural
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An affordable guitar with a hand-selected solid spruce top, maple back and sides, and B-BAND electronics.
The Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar is big, bright and beautiful. The solid A grade Sitka tops with forward scalloped bracing lets this guitar really sing and the player experience is fantastic, you can really feel the energy of this guitar vibrate against your chest. Like most classic Jumbos the ’80 has maple back and sides and all natural, premium components throughout. This acoustic-electric version is fitted with the awesome SYS650 blend system EQ with chromatic tuner.
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.
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.
New Artist Series guitars look stunning and 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.
SYS650 dual pickup
The Alvarez SYS650 was designed by B-BAND and is a dual pickup system incorporating one under saddle pickup and a transducer pickup placed under the soundboard. Either pickup can be selected or one can blend between the two to fine tune the response for lead, finger-picking or rhythm work. The system also has a fully chromatic, precision tuner with backlit LCD screen, 3-bands of rotary EQ, and a notch control that can be used to attenuate feedback or to shape the sound.
Features
- Jumbo Acoustic Guitar
- Hand selected, ‘A’ grade, solid Sitka spruce top
- Hand sanded, scalloped bracing
- Maple back and sides
- SYS650 Dual pick up, blend system E.Q. w/tuner
- 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
- D’Addario EXP’s
Here's the ticket to a bigger sound. Order today.
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Pros
- Beautiful tone
- Built in tuner
- Excellant Eletronics
Cons
- Action Was A Little High
Best Uses
- Fingerpicking
- On Stage Or In Your Room
- Rock To Country
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar:
Like most guitarist I played everything I could get my hands on.But chose this for the price to value.This jumbo has such a warm tone with lots of sustain and thats unplugged!I always got drowned out playing lead unplugged but not on this.The bottom is full but not muddy, the mid is clear and defined and the top has that beautiful bell like tone I've only found on more expensive guitars.The volume is very balanced as well.Plugged in you can get the exact same tone or change it dramitically no cheap electronics here.I bought this guitar to play not to keep put up and it's getting it.
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Pros
- Excellent sustain
- Full Sounding
- Wonderful Projection
Cons
- Body Is A Bit Big
- No Custom Case
Best Uses
- For Your Main Guitar
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar:
This guitar has the best factory setup I ever experienced. Better than my two Martins. Better than my Seagull. And even better than two Takamines that were setup by Third Coast Guitar in Chicago.
The sound is loud, full, and with good sustain. This is now my favorite guitar. It gives you its all out of the factory box. You don't have to wait years for a solid wood guitar to open up. The larger body of this guitar sings out!
I bought a Gator GC-Jumbo case for this Alvarez and it fits pretty well. I just had to press my fingers hard to indent the case's foam plush liner to make room for the electronic controls.
I'M SO HAPPY WITH THIS GUITAR I BOUGHT ANOTHER TO HAVE A BACKUP in case the first guitar should ever fail or get lost or stolen. Now that's a recommendation for this guitar-maker and model. NUFF SAID!
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Pros
- Quality craftsmanship
- Sounds Amazing
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Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar:
Was worried buying a guitar online that i've never played before, but I'm glad I took the the chance. This guitar blew me away minutes after UPS delivered it. Such warm tone, even when playing in my basement it sounds amazing. Love having the built in tuner, and both xlr and 1/4" jacks available. Definately one of the best acoustics i've played in years, and much cheaper than most.
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- I Have Found Perfection
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Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar:
Yes , soon as I played the first cord on this fine guitar I knew I was done . I have been trying just about all of the brands out there of every acoustic/electric 6 strings from Martin to Taylor , from epiphone to fender and my last one was an Epiphone EJ200 it was good ; I had remember ten years ago my cousin had an Alverez guitar in Mississippi and I tryed his wallflower I think wow that thing had a beautiful tone it seemed like the sound had a sustain that would never quit and I have not found that sound in any acoustic guitar for a while so I read two reviews on this jumbo Alverez the one that impressed me was the one put there by a college professor , he recommended this model to his students as well as advanced players . So I got mine it sounds like a dream just a sweet bright full tone that does not die down it seems to carry until the next note or chord is played . This is not plugged in yet , so do yourself a favor skip the flash ftom the epiphone flashy looks with the linated top of some sort of plywood and get this beautiful sounding master peice , the tone will floor you . So you do not have to pay an arm & a leg for a great acoustic/ elec. guitar try them all then try an Alverez , in my opinion you want be sorry , you will be filled with joy not because you saved hundred of dallors but because you have just found one great sounding GUITAR -Amen-
Pros
- Great sound
- Playability
Cons
- none
Best Uses
- Jamming
- Performance
- Practice
- Recording
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar:
UPS just delivered yesterday. I was totally blown away. I love everything about this guitar. The tuner is accurate. The sound is awesome plugged or unplugged. The 1/4 inch and XLR plugs are great for using with an amp or PA system. The neck is just a tiny bit larger than on my old Alvarez but after a few minutes of playing I decided that was a good thing. I quickly noticed that my big fingers weren't muting notes that weren't supposed to be muted. But there was one final test before deciding to keep it. I had to know how it sounds plugged in. I don't have an acoustic amp (yet) so I plugged it into my Vox VT 20+ modeling amp. I turned on the acoustic modeling effect and immediately realized that I don't need an acoustic amp. If I had to describe this guitar in one word it be "Perfection".
Pros
- Balance
- Comfort
- MATERIALS
- Resonance
- Set-Up
- Workmanship
Cons
- Name stigma
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Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar:
After trying a multitude of acoustic guitars with low to medium, to high prices. From a $100 dollar [*] to a $2500 HD28. Almost settling for a Breedlove which sounded great for a mid-level inst. I happened upon the Alvarez. Not necessarily my first choice (a Jumbo), but I owed it to myself to try as many as I could before parting ways with my cash. I swear.. this guitar resonates like a scallop braced Martin and has the glassy bell like top as well.. A balanced powerful sound when needed, a delicate romantic sound if you favor that playing style. The fit and finish are wonderful, the bound neck plays effortlessly .I would buy this guitar over and over again without question. I might mention I also own another Alvarez that I purchased in 1985. It was the wall flower in the acoustic guitar room at the music store, there were much prettier looking guitars, but none had the build and sound quality . It ended up going home with me that day. Its true when they say sound improves with age, the old one has, and I expect the new one will as well.
Comments about Alvarez Artist Series AJ80CE Jumbo Acoustic-Electric Guitar:
It is a great versatyle guitar at a very low price. It can be use to play rock, slide, jazz, blues, folk, pop, ballads, gospell almost any kind of music. The tesiture is balance. It has a great electronics and the tunner is acurate.
It is a pro instrument, with high end features. Action is great, nice finish details. Worth the money! I am a music professor at a university here in my homeland, and I been using Alvarez guitars since 1988 and I strongly recomend this brand to my students and collegues!
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