Description
Description
About the Alvarez Masterworks Series
Making a guitar from all-solid wood delivers strong tonal benefits, and we approach the design of Masterworks to embrace all of them. Top thickness, brace weight and tapering, back design and wood choice all count, and when each is considered as a part of the sum total of the instrument’s voice, great articulation and quality of tone is achieved.
Our FS6 bracing system is a forward-shifted, scalloped X allowing for a slightly larger soundboard area around the bridge. This helps generate more vibration, which is heightened by AAA soundboards and premium components throughout, culminating in powerful voicing, inspiring articulation and instant response.
MD60 Herringbone
We set out to build a market-leading, all-solid Dreadnought designed with the flatpicker and powerful strummer in mind. The MD60 delivers on all fronts. This superbly dressed guitar is highly responsive with clear, powerful bass and sparkling trebles. Its aesthetic pays tribute to traditional Bluegrass guitars with open gear nickel tuners, classic inlays, high-quality tortoiseshell style pickguard and even a slightly extended fingerboard.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Alvarez Masterworks |
| Product Color: | Natural |
| Case Type: | Soft Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Dreadnought |
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | No Cutaway |
| Body Material: | Solid African Mahogany |
| Body Finish: | Gloss |
| Top Material: | Solid AAA Sitka Spruce |
| Bracing Material: | Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern: | FS6 Forward Shifted |
| Body Binding: | Herringbone/ABS |
| Rosette: | 2 Ring Abalone/ABS |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | Satin |
| Neck Shape: | Soft V to a C shape |
| Fingerboard Material: | East Indian Rosewood |
| Headstock Veneer: | East Indian Rosewood |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.75" (44.45mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 380mm |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" |
| Number of Frets: | 21 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Dovetail |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | 12th Fret Paua Abalone & MOP |
| Inlay Shape: | Custom Symbol |
| Side Marker Inlay: | ABS |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | MOP |
| Neck Binding: | Ivory ABS |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Chrome |
| Bridge: | Alvarez Bi-Level Indian Rosewood |
| Tuning Machines: | Alvarez Vintage Open Style 20:1 |
| Fret Wire: | 2mm X 1mm Nickel-Silver |
| Saddle: | Bone |
| Pickguard: | Vintage Brown Tortoise ABS |
| Bridge Pins: | Ebony |