Alvarez MD70 Herringbone Masterworks Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar (Natural Gloss)

The MD70 is a market-leading, all-solid Dreadnought designed with the flatpicker and powerful strummer in mind. The MD60 has become one of our best-selling guitars, and our Rosewood version takes power and clarity to a new level in the MD70.

The MD70’s response is instant, and its notes are clear. The rosewood helps deliver sonorous bass frequencies complemented by shimmering trebles. When strumming, the FS6 bracing system and AAA Sitka top help deliver clarity and separation, and balance is clearly audible across all six strings.

These beautifully dressed guitars pay tribute to traditional Bluegrass instruments with open gear nickel tuners, classic inlays, premium tortoiseshell style pickguard and a flawless gloss finish. The projection and overall breadth of tonal reach of this guitar is outstanding, making it hard to put down for those players looking for a powerful open voicing and instant response.

About the Alvarez Masterworks Series

Making a guitar from all-solid wood delivers strong tonal benefits, and we approach the design of Masterworks to embrace all of them. Top thickness, brace weight and tapering, back design and wood choice all count, and when each is considered as a part of the sum total of the instrument’s voice, great articulation and quality of tone is achieved.

Our FS6 bracing system is a forward-shifted, scalloped X allowing for a slightly larger soundboard area around the bridge. This helps generate more vibration, which is heightened by AAA soundboards and premium components throughout, culminating in powerful voicing, inspiring articulation and instant response.

All Masterworks ship with our durable AFC30 Flexicase.

Specifications

• Top Wood: Solid AAA Sitka Spruce
• Back and Sides Wood: Solid East Indian Rosewood
• Top Color: Natural/Gloss
• Back & Sides Color: Natural/Gloss
• Headstock Facia: East Indian Rosewood
• Bridge Pins: Ebony
• Shape: Dreadnought
• Neck: African Mahogany
• Case or Bag: AFC30
• Bracing: FS6
• Bridge: Bi-Level Indian Rosewood
• Inlays: Premium MOP
• Fingerboard: East Indian Rosewood
• Nut and Saddle: Bone
• Tuner: Premium Open Gear
• Binding: Herringbone
• Strings: D’Addario XSAPB1253
• Neck Meets Body: 14th Fret
• Number of Frets: 21

Dimensions

• Overall Length (mm): 1042
• Body Width (mm): 395
• Body Depth at Heel (mm): 100
• Body Depth at Base (mm): 122
• Scale (mm): 648
• Scale (inches): 25 1/2
• Nut Width (mm): 44.45
• Nut Width (inches): 1 3/4