Alvarez AG70CE Black Artist
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Alvarez
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An Iconic Grand Auditorium from the Artist Series
Part of Alvarez's Artist series, the AG70ce Black emphasizes lutherie designed to "speak" immediately: wood selection, voicing work, optimized bracing, and construction details crafted to maximize the potential of a solid top. Within the range, it stands as a highly musical electro-acoustic folk guitar focused on performance, featuring a premium finish and stage-ready amplification.
For Which Guitarists and Styles?
This Alvarez is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists (and demanding beginners) seeking a versatile and reliable electro-acoustic. The Grand Auditorium format favors balanced playing in fingerpicking, light picking, acoustic pop/rock, folk, and vocal accompaniment. The cutaway and 14th-fret neck joint facilitate access to higher notes for melodic lines and solos.
Sound Characteristics
The solid Sitka spruce top delivers clarity, a crisp attack, and beautiful openness when increasing playing intensity. The rosewood back and sides enrich the spectrum with deeper bass, bright trebles, and complex harmonics, ideal for detailed arpeggios. The FS6 bracing contributes to projection and note separation, while the LR Baggs amplification (Element under-saddle pickup) provides a direct, balanced, and mix-friendly sound, with the phase button useful for reducing feedback depending on the stage environment.
Recommended Compatible Accessories
To maintain the original feel and balance, choose a 12-53 acoustic string set (matching the factory-installed gauge). For stage or recording use, a quality 6.35 mm mono jack cable is recommended to fully exploit the LR Baggs preamp.
Technical specifications
| Shape | Grand Auditorium with cutaway | Number of Frets | 21 |
| Top | solid A+ Sitka spruce | Nut Width | 44.45 mm / 1.75" |
| Back & Sides | rosewood | Scale Length | 25.5" / 648 mm |
| Top Finish | Black gloss | Inlays | acrylic |
| Back & Sides Finish | Natural gloss | Bridge | rosewood |
| Bracing | FS6 | Nut & Saddle | bone |
| Total Length | 40.75" / 1035 mm | Bridge Pins | PPS (synthetic bone) |
| Body Width | 15.91" / 404 mm | Tuners | chrome oil-bathed |
| Body Depth at Heel | 3.78" / 96 mm | Headstock Veneer | Indian rosewood |
| Body Depth at Base | 4.72" / 120 mm | Strings | D'Addario XTAPB1253 |
| Neck | African mahogany | Preamp / Pickup | LR Baggs StagePro Bronze with Element pickup |
| Fingerboard | rosewood | Controls | backlit tuner, volume, bass, treble, phase |
| Neck-to-Body Joint | 14th fret | Battery Compartment | integrated into the output jack housing |
Questions frequently asked
Is the Alvarez AG70CE Black Artist suitable for fingerpicking?
The Grand Auditorium body shape, combined with a nut width of 44.45 mm, favors fingerpicking and arpeggios. The solid A+ Sitka spruce top delivers a clear attack, while the rosewood contributes to harmonic richness.
What electro-acoustic system does this guitar feature?
The amplification is based on an LR Baggs StagePro Bronze with an Element under-saddle pickup. Controls include volume, bass, treble, and phase, as well as a backlit tuner. The battery compartment is integrated into the strap jack.
What is the body size of the AG70CE Black Artist?
The body width measures 404 mm, with a depth of 96 mm at the heel and 120 mm at the base. The overall length is 1035 mm.
Is access to the high frets facilitated?
The cutaway and the neck/body joint at the 14th fret facilitate access to the higher positions. The African mahogany neck has 21 frets on a 648 mm scale length.
What strings should be used on this Alvarez?
The original setup uses a set of D'Addario XTAPB1253, corresponding to a 12-53 acoustic gauge. This guitar can thus maintain the gauge recommended by the manufacturer.
