Description
Description
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.
Masterworks acoustic-electric models are fitted with the LR Baggs HiFi system. HiFi is a premium, non-invasive design that pairs dual bridge plate sensors with high-fidelity electronics, providing exceptional balance, definition and dynamics. Due to the closed sensor design, HiFi also has excellent feedback resistance and its built-in, studio-quality preamp is voiced to compliment the pickups for an optimal plug-and-play experience.
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: | Parlor |
| 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: | 24" |
| Number of Frets: | 18 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 |
Electronics
| Acoustic Electronics: | LR Baggs HiFi |
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 |