{"product_id":"alvarez-ad70ce-black","title":"Alvarez AD70CE Artist Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar (Black)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur Dreadnoughts are powerful and rewarding. This acoustic electric model is fitted with the LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Element pick up to optimize live performance. With a body of Rosewood, the AD70ce Black will accent the bass and treble just a little more. Perfect.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 50 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 sound box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe believe our multi award winning Artist Series is one of the finest solid top guitar lines in the world today and demonstrates our commitment to design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe term “solid top” of course refers to the soundboard of an acoustic guitar being made of solid wood, rather than being laminated. However, just because the top is solid, it does not necessarily mean the sound automatically benefits from this feature. The tone of the instrument only improves significantly when the whole guitar is built correctly to optimize the energy a solid soundboard can generate. Artist Series is built to do exactly this.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach model is designed to get the best out of its components, and for them to work together to produce balance, lively projection and great response. These components include our FS6 bracing system, bi-level rosewood bridge, real bone nut and saddle, great quality tone woods and thin finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArtist Series feel right and are exciting to play; no matter if you are strumming hard or picking lightly, the guitar will do what you ask of it. For a more focused sound with fewer overtones, choose a mahogany top. For power, go for Sitka. For warmth and response to a lighter touch, choose a Cedar top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll of our tops are selected by our team and graded independently of our suppliers. 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