Alvarez Blues51WE TSB Tobacco Sunburst Gloss

Description ALVAREZ BLUES51WE TSB ALVAREZ ARTIST BLUES TOBACCO SUNBURST GLOSS FINISH The Alvarez Artist Blues Series delivers genre-specific instruments to capture the very essence of American music history. Body shapes, bracings and constructions were carefully considered before opening molds for our body shapes and finalizing specifications. Alvarez Blues guitars have a vintage vibe all the way with a small rectangle bridge, V profile neck, 2 ¼” string spacing and back shifted bracing to make these smaller-bodied guitars feel and sound just right. Tonally they deliver the compressed bluesy bark expected from such a design but the refined back-shifted, scalloped bracing adds more openness for a slightly more modern style projection. KEY FEATURES Top Wood: Solid A Sitka Spruce Body Finish: Tobacco Sunburst/Gloss Back and Sides Wood: African Mahogany Shape: Blues Neck: Mahogany Bridge: Bi-Level Indian Laurel/Rosewood Inlays: Abalone & Mother of Pearl Fingerboard: Indian Laurel/Rosewood w/12th Fret Inlay Headstock Plate: Rosewood Nut and Saddle: Real Bone Tuner: Premium Open Gear Chrome Binding: Ivory ABS Strings: D’Addario EXP16 Bracing Systems: FS6 Tapered Tone Bars Neck Joint: Dovetail Neck Meets Body: 14th Fret Number of Frets: 21 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 optimize the energy a solid soundboard can generate. Alvarez Official Website