The Alvarez MD70 Herringbone Masterworks Dreadnought is a market-leading, all-solid Dreadnought designed with the flatpicker and powerful strummer in mind. The MD60 has become one of our best-selling guitars, and our Rosewood version takes power and clarity to a greater level in the MD70.

The MD70’s response is instant, and its notes are clear and robust. The rosewood helps deliver sonorous bass frequencies complemented by shimmering trebles. When strumming, the FS6 bracing system and AAA Sitka top help deliver clarity and separation, and balance is clearly audible across all six strings.

These beautifully dressed guitars pay tribute to traditional Bluegrass instruments with open gear nickel tuners, classic inlays, premium tortoiseshell style pickguard and a flawless gloss finish. The projection and overall breadth of tonal reach of this guitar is outstanding, making it hard to put down for those players looking for a powerful open voicing and instant response.

Even more impressive, the Alvarez Masterworks creates increased string tension with a bi-level bridge which makes its break angle of the strings more acute. Feel the difference as your sound performance is taken up a notch, unlocking greater levels of playing potential!

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,… read more 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.

Our Approach to the Build
All of our solid tops are selected by our team and graded independently of our suppliers. If it isn’t worthy, it isn’t used. Our laminated backs and sides are uniquely constructed with Mahogany as our middle layer, and our inner and outer layers are always matched.

Artist Elite guitars strike the right balance between strength and vibration, crafting a voice to both inspire and give players “tools in the tone.” Alongside this approach to development lies our respect for sourcing, preparation and nurturing the wood Alvarez uses to make our guitars. No matter how considered design may be, it can only be as good as the wood they use to realize them.

Our all-solid wood tops, backs and sides, as well as the mahogany used for our necks, go through a curing process developed over years to create stability, strength and tonal benefits. Depending on the wood and its use, this process takes many months or even years for some of our models.

After months-long seasoning, Alvarez performs an extra drying stage in thermo-kilns to further enhance wood stability and improve resonance. They call this process ATR—Advanced Tonal Response. ATR™ is a form of torrefaction—oxygen controlled, vacuum curing at special temperatures to remove more moisture and volatiles such as saps and sugars from the wood.

ATR™ makes our wood more stable when exposed to adverse dry or humid climates. While Alvarez can’t stop the effects of dryness or moisture saturation that can damage guitars, ATR™ goes a long way in helping our guitars become more resilient. Guitars will move or change according to the environment they are in and are more likely to move within the first two years from their production. A guitar usually becomes drier as it ages; this is one of the reasons why players often like the sound of an older guitar. ATR™ advances the natural, post-build drying process so the wood behaves as if it were more mature, stable, and resonant from the first day it is used.

The effects of ATR™ are also audible in the instrument. The biggest difference is the clarity and separation between notes and the overall response of the guitar. As the top is drier, it’s also quicker, more resonant, more open, even louder. New guitars can sometimes take time to reach this state as the wood dries over the years. ATR accelerates this effect to deliver a more sophisticated and complex voicing from day one.

Our caring approach to development comes from one unwavering goal: To deliver the best guitars in the market at every price point—instruments of a truly remarkable value that offer an unparalleled player experience.

Alvarez Masterworks Herringbone Dreadnought with Gig bag Features:

- Dreadnought Body made with Solid East Indian Rosewood Wood
- Solid AAA Sitka Spruce Top
- African Mahogany Neck
- East Indian Rosewood Fingerboard
- FS6 Bracing System for Optimal Tone and Volume
- Open Gear Nickel Tuners
- Premium Mother of Pearl Inlays and Tortoiseshell Pick-Guard
- Herringbone Body Binding
- Flawless Gloss Finish
- Thinner Design Heightens Vibration for Improved Sound Projection
- Bi-Level Bridge Increases String Tension for Improved Performance
- All Solid Wood Construction to Ensure Supreme Resonance
- AFC30 Deluxe Gig Bag Included

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