The Alvarez MD60 Herringbone Masterworks Dreadnought is 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.

With all-solid wood construction, a Dreadnought body shape and real bone saddle and nut, the MD60 Masterworks yields an incredibly powerful voice for strumming and soloing! Alvarez builds these guitars with solid AAA Sitka Spruce top and solid African Mahogany back and sides which is ideal for players who prefer that classic mid-range punch. Outstanding build quality and a comfortable neck make the MD60 a joy to pick up and play!

These superbly dressed guitars are super responsive with clear, powerful bass and sparkling trebles. Its cosmetics pay tribute to traditional Bluegrass guitars with open gear nickel tuners, classic inlays, a high-quality tortoiseshell style pickguard and even a slightly extended fingerboard.

The MD60 is made from a hand selected, solid AAA Sitka spruce top, and solid, fully-cured Solid African Mahogany back and sides. Each component is made of premium materials, including real Bone saddles and nuts, Premium Mother of Pearl inlays, and ebony bridge pins. The Masterworks MD60 features… read more a one-piece mahogany neck with a 50/50 finish, premium nickel open-gear vintage tuners, and 12th Fret abalone inlay. The Masterworks bracing system is forward shifted with scalloped, hand finished X braces that allow these guitars to project incredibly well. There's lots of sustain and dynamic response. Either strummed or picked, the power and separation and balance across the strings is unprecedented in this price range

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.

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 we use to make our guitars. No matter how considered design may be, it can only be as good as the wood we 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, we perform an extra drying stage in thermo-kilns to further enhance wood stability and improve resonance. We call this process ATR--Advanced Tonal Response. ATR(TM) 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.

This does two things:
ATR(TM) makes our wood more stable when exposed to adverse dry or humid climates. While we can't stop the effects of dryness or moisture saturation that can damage guitars, ATR(TM) 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(TM) 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(TM) 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.

Features:

- Dreadnought Body made with Solid African Mahogany 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
- 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
- Flawless Gloss Finish
- AFC30 Deluxe Gig Bag Included

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