May 27, 2023 · I have a 6 and 12 string jumbo. Picked up the 6 in 2003 for like $475, and the 12 in 2016 for about $600. For all the multi you've dollar Gibson, Martin, Guild, and Taylor guitars that come through my studio, my Alvarez guitars are routinely the best recording guitars of …

Oct 16, 2014 · Supposedly Alvarez used the Emperor year.. The chart below can tell you what the year is: conflicting reports of accuracy, some think this only applies to Yairi guitars, which you have there. A.D. Emperor Year 1970 Showa 45 1971 46 1972 47 1973 48 1974 49 1975 50 1976 51 1977 52 1978 53 1979 54 1980 55 1981 56 1982 57

Mar 25, 2021 · Made in Japan Alvarez guitars are excellent instruments in general. Older models made during the late 70's/early 80's were phenomenal deals and are quiet collectors at this point. At least to my knowledge with the caveat that it's been a decade or two since I looked into them.

Mar 6, 2024 · I didn't really know anything about guitars or what I was doing in the beginning of playing, and bought some cedar top guitars. I knew the sound was just off for the style of music. I eventually got the Alvarez. I just love the crisp large sound of it.. Granted I'm not exactly sure what brand guitars are popular with that style.

Sep 13, 2022 · The Yairi Alvarez guitars are amazing. But most Alvarez guitars that I’ve played seemed to lack the magic that many others in the same price range can have. For example, I love the Seagulls for that price, and for the price of a mid-grade Alvarez, I can get a livelier guitar.

Alvarez may still have a factory in Korea, I'm not sure. Again, quality instruments, just a matter of if you like the sound and feel. I mentioned Guild, a US brand although they are a mix of domestic builds and imports (guessing China, but not certain). Likewise, both Taylor and Martin have lines of guitars built in Mexico as well as the US.

I have an Alvarez Ajsoc or something like that, the art series acoustic. It doesn't sound as good as my Taylor but it is amazing for how much it was. It was probably the best acoustic I could've gotten from the 0-1000 range. They're a quality fair prices brand imo and I still play that Alvarez because of how good it sounds and feels.

Alvarez. My favorite acoustic brand. I love all of theirs and my very first acoustic i ever bought was a $500 alvarez on sale for a little over $200. It still sounds awesome and i dont know if ive ever heard an acoustic i liked the sound of better. Any alvarez you can find is extremely good value

Alvarez has generally produced acoustic and acoustic-electric guitars, including classical guitars, and for a time solid-body electric guitars and basses. From 2005 to 2009, the brand was owned by LOUD Technologies, which also owns Mackie, Ampeg, Crate and other music-related brands.

Of course, that may not be true anymore because all of the Asian companies have been putting out some crazy good guitars for the price (check out Loar, Recording King, and Blueridge) but the AD60 well at least compare well to any similarly priced instrument. Yamaha is OK. I think the brand has a lot more varience than Alvarez.