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Product Description
Alvarez Laureate LF70E Folk/OM Acoustic-Electric - Herringbone Blacktop - DEMO
Guitar was a demo and has some very minor strum marks on body
A bench made approach to the build
Key Features
- Back and Sides Wood: Solid East Indian Rosewood
- Back & Sides Color: Natural/Gloss
- Bracing: FS6
- Headstock Facia: Ebony
- Neck: African Mahogany
- Inlays: Premium Abalone
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Pickup / EQ: LR Baggs HiFi
- Bridge Pins: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony
- Tuner: Premium Open Gear
- Top Color: Black/Gloss
- Case or Bag: AFC30
Specifications
General
- Brand: Alvarez
- Product Detail: LF70e Herringbone BlacktopLaureate
- Product Detail: Hand finished FS6 bracing
- Product Detail: The finest tonewoods
- Product Detail: A flawless finish
- Product Detail: Appointments & Styling
- Product Detail: The Laureate Bridge
- Product Detail: LF70e Herringbone Blacktop
- Top Color: Black/Gloss
- SKU: LF70E_Herringbone_Blacktop_IS
Body
- Back and Sides Wood: Solid East Indian Rosewood
- Back & Sides Color: Natural/Gloss
- Bracing: FS6
- Body Width (mm): 390
- Body Depth at Heel (mm): 96
- Body Depth at Base (mm): 108
Neck & Fingerboard
- Headstock Facia: Ebony
- Neck: African Mahogany
- Inlays: Premium Abalone
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Headstock Plate: Ebony
- Nut and Saddle: Bone
- Neck Meets Body: 14th Fret
- Scale (mm): 635
- Scale (inches): 25
- Number of Frets: 21
- Nut Width (mm): 44.45
- Nut Width (inches): 1 3/4
Electronics
- Pickup / EQ: LR Baggs HiFi
Hardware
- Bridge Pins: Ebony
- Bridge: Ebony
- Tuner: Premium Open Gear
- Strings: DAddario XSAPB1253
Dimensions & Weight
- Overall Length (mm): 1015
Accessories & Compatibility
- Case or Bag: AFC30
Additional Details
- Top Wood: AAA Solid North American Sitka
- Binding: Ivoroid
- The systems required to achieve the quality we aimed for made us once again improve upon our sanding and painting process to deliver a flawless, deep shine with the thinnest clearcoat we have ever achieved in Alvarez.
- The ebony components impact articulation, clarity and separation of notes and frequencies and work with other premium comments to deliver a clear and powerful voicing.
- Aesthetically, Laureate is a traditional guitar series in the sense its body shapes are based on guitars from the late 1800s to the 1930s.
- With this in mind, we made the decision not to use our Bi-Level bridge and to stay closer in keeping with a traditional approach, and a full, single level bridge style.
- Laureate SeriesEvery constituent part considered; each component hand-selected to achieve optimal quality throughout the build.
- The quality of every component is so important in the overall performance of an acoustic guitar.
- For Laureate Series we hand select every bridge plate, brace, side brace and piece of kerfing from thousands, to make sure they are the best quality possible for structure and appearance.
- This dedication can be seen, heard and felt and brings a rare level of detailing to the build process.
- FS6 is based on a traditional forward shifted bracing pattern with particular attention paid to the weight and placement of the struts themselves.
- For Laureate we take a couple of extra steps and hand sand the braces which are cut from quartersawn Sitka spruce and chosen for their straight, finely grained quality to enhance overall response and vibration.
- Only our finest, wonderfully quartersawn and silked Sitka, as well as hand selected African Mahogany is used in Laureate Series.
- The stiffness and quality of the tops allow us to thickness sand them just a tad thinner to help heighten response.
- Backs and sides are cut from the best East Indian Rosewood and African Mahogany that comes into our possession; bookmatched with perfect coloring.
- Bridges, fingerboards and headstock plates are cut from the finest African ebony we can find.
- This quality of ebony works beautifully with rare Blue Abalone inlays to create a very luxurious but understated vibe.
- The Laureate bridge has its own unique styling and is cut from the finest black ebony.
- Weve also introduced a new colour called Daybreak, a super light burst adding an aesthetic depth to the top and creating a vintage style vibe at the same time.
Product Resources
- Use the Alvarez Compare Tool to choose up to three instruments and compare their voicing though real-time switching across various playing styles.
- We hope this helps in evaluating and choosing between Alvarez models and helps in experiencing how different body shapes and wood configurations perform.
- Alvarez Compare Tool
- Alvarez Compare Tool: https://alvarezguitars.com/compare-guitars/
