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Alvarez AJ60SC
Published on 11/14/03 at 15:00Great sound-equal to my Martin-D18-Feel is great-
Well the only thing wrong is Id like another one to keep at church but cant afford it right now
Quality is great-braced just right and theres no dangling drops of glue on the inside-
I have been playing for 40 years and had just about every brand on the market-this one has them all beat-and the price is good enough to where most anyone could have one
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Decent Jumbo for Live Use
Published on 11/19/11 at 12:57UTILIZATION
This guitar is built well and takes bumps and bruises nicely. The guitar has a thicker clear coat on it, which helps in the durability department but kills a little resonance. The neck is comfortable, it isn’t too...…
UTILIZATION
This guitar is built well and takes bumps and bruises nicely. The guitar has a thicker clear coat on it, which helps in the durability department but kills a little resonance. The neck is comfortable, it isn’t too wide or too narrow and isn’t too thick or thin. It feels similar to a fatter Les Paul neck really. The electronics seem to work well for live use, but probably isn’t detailed enough for recording. You are better off sticking with a mic for recording purposes. Feedback has never been an issue with the guitar, the preamp seems to put out plenty of gain as well. Later versions of this guitar featured a built in tuner. My guitar does not have this feature since it was an earlier run, therefore I cannot speak for the accuracy of the tuner feature.
SOUNDS
The sound of this guitar is definitely darker than my dreads, but that is to be expected out of a jumbo guitar really. I think the guitar would sound better had they left off the clear coat and made it a natural unfinished guitar. I feel like the guitar is slightly choked off, but the longer I have it the better it seems to sound as the Spruce top starts to open up a little. Maybe it will just take a little while to age into something sweet. The saddle on my guitar cracked where the compensation is. I replaced this with a real camel bone saddle, sanded to fit and I can tell a difference in the tone. Before this guitar sounded somewhat muffled, now it rings out a lot more and the top end is enhanced. This isn’t a night and day difference, but if you’re looking for a little more shimmer to the high end and more direct clarity in the low in you might try upgrading to a bone saddle.
OVERALL OPINION
This is a very attractive jumbo and it does have quality electronics included. I feel it’s at the right price mark and a good value. It isn’t a high end Taylor or Martin, but I feel it’s steps above what Fender and Washburn are offering in the same price range. When people ask me for a suggestion for a mid-priced guitar for playing out I always point them to Alvarez. They make great gigging guitars. They have enough good tone to get you a decent sound, and they don’t cost an arm and a leg. For playing out I would pick this guitar up again, but if I were looking for one guitar for recording and acoustic playing only I would probably go for a slightly more expensive solid wood guitar without this finish and electronics like a lower lined Martin. In this price range the Alvarez AJ60SC really is a good value for a mid level instrument.

UTILIZATION
Channel super nice, easy to play. Easy access to treble: cutaway perfect.
SOUNDS
Very good acoustic sound, backed by a very good electro: very faithful to its core. opportunity to mix with one auxiliary microphone added.
Built-in tuner.
OVERALL OPINION
I use this guitar bought just over 900 euros for 6 months. And I'm not about to part with it.
Tech. sheet
- Manufacturer: Alvarez
- Model: AJ60SC
- Category: Acoustic-electric Folk/Western guitars
- Added in our database on: 09/23/2003
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