Description
Alvarez have impressed us with this New Alvarez Masterworks MPA66ESHB Electro Acoustic in Shadowburst in Guitars, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitars, additional Acoustic Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.
Alvarez’s acoustic range is notoriously diverse, and features a raft of stunning guitars that emit the most glorious of tones. The Masterworks MPA66ESHB is one such model, an elegant Parlour-style instrument with a unique look and a luxurious sound.
Key Features
- Solid African Mahogany body, including top
- One-piece Mahogany neck
- Pau Ferro fretboard
- Abalone/Mother of Pearl inlays
- 50/50 gloss/satin finish for comfort and durability
- LR Baggs HiFi pickup system
Construction
The Alvarez MPA66ESHB is constructed predominantly from Solid African Mahogany, with its entire body crafted from this exotic tonewood. Offering a supremely warm and rich mid-range, this material also accentuates the lows to ensure that the full dynamic range of the instrument is heard.
The MPA66ESHB also features Alvarez’s thoughtful FST2 bracing, which is essentially a forward-shifted X brace design. With the axis of the X closer to the sound hole, this design forms a larger soundboard area that can harness more vibrations from the strings. This allows the guitar to resonate more naturally, giving it additional volume despite its small body size.
Electronics
Fitted with an LR Baggs HiFi system, the Alvarez MPA66ESHB will offer an authentic tonality when plugged into a PA System or recording interface. Class-leaders in acoustic pickup technology, LR Baggs HiFi system will translate the acoustic voice of the MPA66ESHB very convincingly, capturing its full spectrum of frequencies.
Sporting a ‘non-invasive’ pair of dual bridge-plate sensors in conjunction with a soundhole mounted volume and tone controls the LR Baggs HiFi system offers users a premium acoustic pickup and preamp system with versatile control and superior definition, dynamics and response.
The Masterworks Range
Alvarez’s tagline for their Masterworks range is ‘Truly Eloquent Professional Guitars’. Just shy of their hand-crafted Yairi range, the Masterworks offerings are the cream of the crop. As with the rest of their diverse range, Alvarez are committed to offering stunning aesthetics, familiar playability and classy acoustic tones.
The Masterworks guitars are defined by their all-solid tonewood construction, meticulous attention to detail and designs inspired by the most popular acoustics of all-time. If you’re looking for uncompromising quality, look no further than the Alvarez Masterworks acoustics!
About Alvarez
Established in 1965 by major US instrument distributor St. Louis Music, Alvarez teamed up with master luthier Kazuo Yairi with the aim of producing the finest guitars in the world.
The success of Alvarez-Yairi guitars helped put the brand on the market, and are still handmade in Kani, Japan to this day. In the decades that followed, Alvarez significantly expanded their operation, and now produce one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of acoustic instruments in the world.
Ranging from affordable entry-level to world-class handmade instruments, Alvarez have got everything covered. Their instruments have been used by the likes of Johnny Cash, Paul McCartney, Carlos Santana, Ani DiFranco and many more – they’re obviously doing something right!
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Specifications
- Series: Alvarez Masterworks
- Top Wood: Solid African Mahogany
- Back & Sides Wood: Solid African Mahogany
- Shape: Parlor
- Neck: African Mahogany
- Bracing System: FS6
- Bridge: Bi-Level Indian Rosewood
- Inlays: Premium MOP
- Fingerboard: East Indian Rosewood
- Nut & Saddle: Real Bone
- Tuners: Premium Open Gear
- Bridge Pins: Ebony
- Strings: D’Addario XSAPB1253
- Pickup/EQ: LR Baggs HiFi
- Gigbag: AFC30 Flexicase
