In today's market of high-tech guitar manufacturing, one objective still remains constant: tone. At Alvarez, we manufacture tone the old way: by hand. Since 1965, Alvarez Guitars has been building an illustrious history of quality, reputation and tone.
The Alvarez line stems from an exclusive relationship with Kazuo Yairi of Japan who's family represents more than 60 years of hand crafting fine acoustic guitars. Kazuo Yairi is the last luthier of his generation who continues to build guitars by hand. This attention to quality, detail and tradition separates Alvarez from other acoustic guitar manufacturers.
The evolution of a new guitar begins in St. Louis, Missouri where production model ideas are concepted and designed by a development staff at St. Louis Music, Inc. The Yairi factory in Kani, Gifu-Japan then takes these designs and produces a limited number of instruments, each with its own individual characteristics
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The Alvarez Artist Series offers solid tops, figured tops, a choice of colors from natural koa to black, sunburst, and blonde. Select from a variety of body styles including dreadnoughts, folk, archtops, cutaways, acoustic/electrics, jumbos, 12-string jumbos and nylon classicals. Look for bound fingerboards and headstocks, nickel hardware and exquisite white pearl inlay.
The Regent series stands in defiance of other guitar makers whose least expensive instruments are essentially mere props, suitable for losing in a river on a float trip. Or leaving out of their cases in a dusty attic. Instead, the Regent series offers a complete line of guitars, giving any buyer a choice of body styles, including solid tops, a 12-string, classicals and cutaway models with electric/ acoustic capability.
You know it when you hear it. You know it when you feel it. Alvarez Masterworks guitars. Classic dreadnought, folk and jumbo in select rosewood and mahogany, featuring all-solid backs and sides. Add to the mix solid, carefully seasoned spruce tops, and the result is nothing less than rich, evocative tone.
The Alvarez Professional Series. For those players seeking the balance between sonic performance, and tasteful visual elegance. Solid spruce tops, solid mahogany or rosewood backs, scalloped bracing all providing a richer tone, with more projection.
Giving you a choice of body styles from dreadnought, cutaway acoustic/electric, and orchestra-sized guitars, to the shimmering, commanding presence of a stunning 12-string. Traditional mahogany guitars? Yes, and more. The Traditional Series is actually variations on a theme of mahogany, where the guitar maker's most classic tonewood is carefully crafted to offer you a limitless palette of sonic color.
Our Main acoustic guitar line is Alvarez. It is the best selling acoustic guitar in the US.
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