AD30 Alvarez Artist Series Dreadnought

ALVAREZ ARTIST AD30

ARTIST 30 SERIES DREADNOUGHT, NATURAL SATIN FINISH

The AD30is our entry-level solid top but it’s anything but entry-level in terms ofquality, tone and finish. Incredible sound and value.

After 50years of making guitars, continual improvement through the use of emergingtechnologies, processes, and materials is still at the heart of our culture.Alvarez guitars are constructed correctly in every sense, from raw materialpreparation to construction and manufacturing processes. Our tone woods arecarefully cured; our components such as neck blocks and wood joints arecarefully designed. The painting, sanding and polishing techniques we use arecontinually researched and developed, and our tone is impeccably crafted andmarried to a stable, consistent and lively sound box.

Thiscaring approach to development comes from one simple goal: To deliver the bestguitars in the market at every price point, instruments that are truly amazingvalue and offer a fantastic player experience.

We believeour multi award winning Artist Series is one of the finest solid top guitarlines in the world today and demonstrates our commitment to design.

The term“solid top” of course refers to the soundboard of an acoustic guitar being madeof solid wood, rather than being laminated. However, just because the top issolid, it does not necessarily mean the sound automatically benefits from thisfeature. The tone of the instrument only improves significantly when the wholeguitar is built correctly to optimize the energy a solid soundboard cangenerate. Artist Series is built to do exactly this.

Each modelis designed to get the best out if its components, and for them to worktogether to produce balance, lively projection and great response. Thesecomponents include our FST2 bracing system, bi-level rosewood bridge, real bonenut and saddle, great quality tone woods and thin finish.

FST2 is aforward shifted X brace design, this means the axis of the X is closer to thesound hole and therefore creates a larger soundboard area allowing for moreenergy and vibration to be harnessed. Both the X braces and asymmetric tonebars are carefully scalloped. The scalloping design was the result of years ofcontinual development in our Yairi workshops.

The ArtistSeries sound and personality is open and powerful. FST2 also creates very goodbalance so both the treble and bass registers are clearly present and balancedin relation to each other.

ArtistSeries feel right and are exciting to play; no matter if you are strumming hardor picking lightly, the guitar will do what you ask of it. For a more focusedsound with fewer overtones, choose a mahogany top. For power, go for Sitka. Forwarmth and response to a lighter touch, choose a Cedar top.

All of ourtops are selected by our team and graded independently of our suppliers. If itisn’t worthy, we won’t use it. Top quality improves as you move up the ArtistSeries models but all are stiff and finely grained.

Along witha more angled headstock, our bi-level bridge increases string tension by makingthe break angle of the strings from the saddle to the top more acute. Improvedstring tension adds to our sound, feel and response, which are also heightenedby the use of real bone nuts and saddles.

ArtistSeries also demonstrates our great finishing capabilities; the gloss modelshave a clear deep shine from a finish that is applied as thinly as possible,again to help optimize tone.

KEY FEATURES

• Series: Alvarez Artist
• Top Wood: Solid A Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany
• Shape: Dreadnought
• Neck: Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
• Bracing System: FST2
• Bridge: Techwood
• Fingerboard: Techwood
• Nut & Saddle: Real Bone
• Tuner: Chrome, Die Cast
• Binding: Black ABS
• Strings: D'Addario EXP16

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 frets21
• Nut Width (mm)44.45
• Nut Width (inches)1 3/4"

PRODUCT MATERIALS

• Series: Alvarez Artist
• Top Wood: Solid A Sitka Spruce
• Top Finish: Natural/Satin
• Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• Neck Joint: Dovetail
• Neck Meets Body: 14th Fret
• Number of Frets: 21