Alvarez electronics

sjakubek · Unread post by **sjakubek** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:46 pm

does anyone have any experience/opinions on either the 500MKll or the 600T? the 600 comes with a built in tuner, is that worth it?

cave_cricket · Unread post by **cave_cricket** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 12:51 pm

sjakubek wrote:does anyone have any experience/opinions on either the 500MKll or the 600T? the 600 comes with a built in tuner, is that worth it?

I have ehard that the 600Ts are some of the best electronics on the market. I have heard nothing bad about them only GREAT things.

But I haven't played one so I don't know myself....just tellign you what I've heard.

I have heard that the Alvarez Fusion series is one of the best deals out there for acoustics with electronics.

Again everything heresay so take it as you will. I have heard it from many though.

Peace,

sjakubek · Unread post by **sjakubek** » Fri Feb 14, 2003 11:57 pm

yeah the more i hear the more i like alvarez equipment. now the only problem is finding a store within 50 miles of my house!

PilotC150 · Unread post by **PilotC150** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:10 am

I was gonna get an alverez RD8E w/case for $300. Had electronics and cutaway, but not a solid top, so I chose to go with the takamine. Although it did sound really nice, I just had to go more by price for quality instead of ears, because the guitar I was used to hearing sounded sooooo shitty pretty much anything sounded good.

sjakubek · Unread post by **sjakubek** » Sat Feb 15, 2003 12:19 am

i'm in the same boat, playing on a crappy guitar. it's tough to know how much to spend. how much did lay out for your takamine? by the way, do you know what the # in the alvarez model signifies?

JimiThing · Unread post by **JimiThing** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:16 pm

the letters for the most part stand for what series the guitar is. The "R" is for regent series then the letters just denote the guitars progression through the series. Does that make sense?? They also use the letters to denote if its a solid top and the color. I have the RD20S which is just a higher up than the RD8(not a whole lot better though ~250bucks no case either). The "S" stands for solid top. Guitars ending w/ SB is the code for sunburst pattern, or BK for a black guitar...ect ect.

The Fusio series that was talked about are all FD60___

Speaking of alvarez's... I seen a used one that had amber pearl tunners on it. does anyone know where I can found those????

Hope that helps somewhat http://www.alvarezgtr.com/

PilotC150 · Unread post by **PilotC150** » Mon Feb 17, 2003 10:09 pm

sjakubek wrote:i'm in the same boat, playing on a crappy guitar. it's tough to know how much to spend. how much did lay out for your takamine? by the way, do you know what the # in the alvarez model signifies?

The Tak was $420, i believe, from http://www.music123.com including a really sweet hardcase.

4mbi3nt · Unread post by **4mbi3nt** » Tue Feb 18, 2003 8:28 pm

I love my alvarez. If you decide to get one, make sure to get one with where the bridge is part of the guitar top. See the pic at the link below. This guitar produces a ton of bass. Much more than other axes its size. Mine has the 500 electronics, my friend knows a ton about recording and says there just awsome. I don't know crap about recording though. I think it sounds great amplified. Alvarez has a deal on their site if you click on buy, that will direct you to the closest store.

http://www.alvarezgtr.com/bigguitarspgs/wy1big.html

4mbi3nt · Unread post by **4mbi3nt** » Wed Feb 19, 2003 11:57 pm

man if you got the loot. See the link below.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... gory=33022

sjakubek · Unread post by **sjakubek** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 12:04 am

i finally found an alvarez dealer in my area (about 45 minutes away) and got to play one today. They are pretty sweet guitars, i was really impressed. i'm deciding between either this one http://www.alvarezgtr.com/bigguitarspgs/pd80scbig.html or this http://www.alvarezgtr.com/bigguitarspgs/ad60scbig.html

Those yairi's look awesome, but i can't justify dishing out that much cash. The store i found marks down the list 40%, seems like a pretty good deal.

4mbi3nt · Unread post by **4mbi3nt** » Fri Feb 21, 2003 11:34 am

Yeah they're pretty spendy. I got mine for 1200$ with the case, they wanted 1900$. The PD80SC is definitely the better guitar. However, I would play both to see which I liked better. Also try playing some other brands in your price range. I always consider my purchase in this order, price, play ability, sound. No point in playing something that sounds great but sucks to play, i.e. crappy action, large thick neck, etc...The 80 has the 600T system which has a nice built in tuner. And the Top and Back are solid, where as the 60, the sides and back are ply. The top on the 80 is nicer wood too. Good luck with the purchase

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