Alvarez
Nothing can really match a guitar made from all-solid wood. The deflection of the notes is quicker, the quality of the sound is better, you can obtain optimal response and the sound of your guitar will improve as it ages.
Masterworks Elite are stunning guitars made from premium, hand-selected all-solid woods to create a sonically articulate guitar series with a stunning visual impact.
The MDA70WCEARSHB is a highly responsive and articulate dreadnought with powerful and clear bass notes and shimmering trebles. Beautifully presented in a Shadowburst finish and slim bevel ebony armrest with genuine Paua abalone purfling. It is fitted with the awesome LR Baggs VTC Element system pick up and soundhole console.
After 55 years of making guitars, continual improvement through the use of emerging technologies, processes, and materials is still at the heart of our culture. Alvarez guitars are constructed correctly in every sense, from raw material preparation to construction and manufacturing processes. Our tone woods are carefully cured; our components such as neck blocks and wood joints are carefully designed. The painting, sanding and polishing techniques we use are continually researched and developed, and our tone is impeccably crafted and married to a stable, consistent and lively soundbox.
This caring approach to development comes from one simple goal: To deliver the best guitars in the market at every price point, instruments that are truly amazing value and offer a fantastic player experience.
The term "all solid" of course refers to the guitar top, back and sides being made of solid wood rather than laminated.
However, just because the guitar is made of all solid tonewood, it only performs to its full potential when it is designed to get the best out of its materials and components. As the tops we use in Masterworks are premium grades, it means we can make them a little thinner to heighten vibration. The radius of both the top and back is also refined to help increase volume.
Each guitar is designed to get the best out if its components, and for them to work together. These components include our MST1 bracing system, bi-level rosewood bridge, real bone nut and saddle, carefully seasoned tonewood and a thin finish.
MST1 is an X-brace design with tapered scalloping to the X and asymmetric scalloping to the tone bars. Tonally MST1 is robust with greater bass presence and is capable of producing more volume when needed.
Along with a more angled headstock, our bi-level bridge increases string tension by making the break angel of the strings from the saddle to the top more acute. Improved string tension adds to our sound, feel and response, which is also heightened by the use of real bone nuts and saddles.
ALVAREZ MASTERWORKS ELITE
MDA70WCEARSHB
MASTERWORKS ELITE DREADNOUGHT, NATURAL / GLOSS FINISH
KEY FEATURES
Series
Alvarez Masterworks Elite
Top Wood
Solid AA Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Wood
Solid Black Walnut
Shape
Dreadnought
Neck
Mahogany w/Semi-Gloss Finish
Bracing System
MST1 - Scalloped X, Asymmetric Tones Bars
Bridge
Bi-Level Indian Laurel/Rosewood
Inlays
Paua Abalone & Mother of Pearl
Purfling
Paua Abalone
Fingerboard
Indian Laurel/Rosewood w/12th Fret Inlay
Nut & Saddle
Real Bone
Tuner
Gold Die Cast, Gold w/Ebony Style Buttons
Binding
Macassar Ebony
Bridge Pins
Ebony
Strings
D'Addario EXP16
Accessory
AFC30 FlexiCase (USA Only)
Pickup / EQ
LR Baggs VTC
DIMENSIONS
Overall Length (mm)
1042
Body Width (mm)
395
Body Depth at Heel (mm)
100
Body Depth at Base (mm)
124
Scale (mm)
648
Scale (inches)
25?1/2
Number of frets
21
Nut Width (mm)
44.45
Nut Width (inches)
1?3/4
PRODUCT MATERIALS
Series
Alvarez Masterworks Elite
Top Wood
Solid AA Sitka Spruce
Top Finish
Shadowburst/Gloss
Back & Sides Wood
Solid Black Walnut
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Neck Meets Body
14th Fret
Alvarez MDA70WCEARSHB MASTERWORKS ELITE DREADNOUGHT, NATURAL / GLOSS FINISH
Regular price
$999.99
Nothing can really match a guitar made from all-solid wood. The deflection of the notes is quicker, the quality of the sound is better, you can obtain optimal response and the sound of your guitar will improve as it ages.
Masterworks Elite are stunning guitars made from premium, hand-selected all-solid woods to create a sonically articulate guitar series with a stunning visual impact.
The MDA70WCEARSHB is a highly responsive and articulate dreadnought with powerful and clear bass notes and shimmering trebles. Beautifully presented in a Shadowburst finish and slim bevel ebony armrest with genuine Paua abalone purfling. It is fitted with the awesome LR Baggs VTC Element system pick up and soundhole console.
After 55 years of making guitars, continual improvement through the use of emerging technologies, processes, and materials is still at the heart of our culture. Alvarez guitars are constructed correctly in every sense, from raw material preparation to construction and manufacturing processes. Our tone woods are carefully cured; our components such as neck blocks and wood joints are carefully designed. The painting, sanding and polishing techniques we use are continually researched and developed, and our tone is impeccably crafted and married to a stable, consistent and lively soundbox.
This caring approach to development comes from one simple goal: To deliver the best guitars in the market at every price point, instruments that are truly amazing value and offer a fantastic player experience.
The term "all solid" of course refers to the guitar top, back and sides being made of solid wood rather than laminated.
However, just because the guitar is made of all solid tonewood, it only performs to its full potential when it is designed to get the best out of its materials and components. As the tops we use in Masterworks are premium grades, it means we can make them a little thinner to heighten vibration. The radius of both the top and back is also refined to help increase volume.
Each guitar is designed to get the best out if its components, and for them to work together. These components include our MST1 bracing system, bi-level rosewood bridge, real bone nut and saddle, carefully seasoned tonewood and a thin finish.
MST1 is an X-brace design with tapered scalloping to the X and asymmetric scalloping to the tone bars. Tonally MST1 is robust with greater bass presence and is capable of producing more volume when needed.
Along with a more angled headstock, our bi-level bridge increases string tension by making the break angel of the strings from the saddle to the top more acute. Improved string tension adds to our sound, feel and response, which is also heightened by the use of real bone nuts and saddles.
ALVAREZ MASTERWORKS ELITE
MDA70WCEARSHB
MASTERWORKS ELITE DREADNOUGHT, NATURAL / GLOSS FINISH
KEY FEATURES
Series
Alvarez Masterworks Elite
Top Wood
Solid AA Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Wood
Solid Black Walnut
Shape
Dreadnought
Neck
Mahogany w/Semi-Gloss Finish
Bracing System
MST1 - Scalloped X, Asymmetric Tones Bars
Bridge
Bi-Level Indian Laurel/Rosewood
Inlays
Paua Abalone & Mother of Pearl
Purfling
Paua Abalone
Fingerboard
Indian Laurel/Rosewood w/12th Fret Inlay
Nut & Saddle
Real Bone
Tuner
Gold Die Cast, Gold w/Ebony Style Buttons
Binding
Macassar Ebony
Bridge Pins
Ebony
Strings
D'Addario EXP16
Accessory
AFC30 FlexiCase (USA Only)
Pickup / EQ
LR Baggs VTC
DIMENSIONS
Overall Length (mm)
1042
Body Width (mm)
395
Body Depth at Heel (mm)
100
Body Depth at Base (mm)
124
Scale (mm)
648
Scale (inches)
25?1/2
Number of frets
21
Nut Width (mm)
44.45
Nut Width (inches)
1?3/4
PRODUCT MATERIALS
Series
Alvarez Masterworks Elite
Top Wood
Solid AA Sitka Spruce
Top Finish
Shadowburst/Gloss
Back & Sides Wood
Solid Black Walnut
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Neck Meets Body
14th Fret