Alvarez Acoustics

Who's got them? I have a minty Alvarez Regent 5212

+1 Alvarez marketed as "Midnight Special" with really nice inlays....Artist #5019

i'm in....
it's definitely a keeper !

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb37/maestrovert/AlvarezPD-80SCfromDadresized-1.jpg

Question of the day :)

does playing a guitar without inlays add to the challenge? I find myself messing up chords with a capo on heh , gasing for a guitar without inlays.

My first acoustic, 30 years ago, was a Model 5022 (the cheap one). I still have it, but it needs a little repair work so I'm not playing it these days.

My first acoustic, 30 years ago, was a Model 5022 (the cheap one). I still have it, but it needs a little repair work so I'm not playing it these days.

Fix it up :grin:

Yeah, I need to get a little TiteBond in there. Get'er good as new (or, old, or sumthin'). :lol:

I tell you this guitar I have was a rummage sale find for 35 bucks and it was like new except the neck needed adjusting and the saddle was cracked so it needed replaceing. Twenty bucks later I was on my way and this guitar sounds awsome and plays very well with the action really nice. I have played other acoustics that were a lot more expensive then this guitar that do not sound half as good.

Question of the day :)

does playing a guitar without inlays add to the challenge? I find myself messing up chords with a capo on heh , gasing for a guitar without inlays.


Play a guitar long enough you should be able to do it perfect with your eyes closed.

here's my '77 Alvarez Yairi, it was the first guitar I ever bought and I still love the thing. what a beautiful sound!
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b282/beerts/guitars1.jpg

I traded a Yamaha acoustic and a Ibanez electric ( that I wasn't playing) for a Alvarez Rd30sn drednaught many years ago. It's essentially a laminated D18 clone. It was my first good guitar and it got me back into playing. The action was good then and it still is today. I've probably got too much invested in the thing with upgraded saddle and pins plus a UST pick up and hard case but the guitar has never let me down.

Ed

I recently bought one of these:
http://guitarstop.com/Alvarez/guitars/RF300.gif (http://guitarstop.com/Alvarez/RF300.htm)
and I'm blown away by what I got for $250. I've usually been unimpressed by mahogany tops, but this one is very full and loud with a lovely richness. It played like a dream right out of the shop, and I just couldn't resist. I was also happy to buy a guitar from the small mom n' pop shop where I bought my Tele 14 years ago.

Hey all. three Alvarez acoustics here. Great guitars that don't break the bank. See them on this page.

http://s163.photobucket.com/albums/t301/reddak98/Alvarez/

My dad's played them for years and I finally got my first one a couple of years back. It's a Yari, and was still <1000. It sounds great. I totally recommend Alvarez to anyone looking for a lot more guitar than the price would imply.

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/DY-74noflashsmall.jpg

1980 Yairi DY74. T'was my only guitar for a long time, has been all over the country with me.

mud

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/DY-74noflashsmall.jpg

1980 Yairi DY74. T'was my only guitar for a long time, has been all over the country with me.

mud


beautiful...

I don't know if many of you know this but Alvarez sell guitars that are stamped "Almost Perfect", which are seconds and much cheaper. When I worked in a music store our hobby was, when a new one came in, setting around trying to find what was wrong with it. We almost never could! I own one of them and it is excellent!

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/DY-74noflashsmall.jpg

1980 Yairi DY74. T'was my only guitar for a long time, has been all over the country with me.

mud

Those are cool! I lusted after one about 1980 and did not have the getus....

nice one señor frijole de lodo!

Thanks, guys!

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/P3130888.jpg

It was 1980 ... I was looking to upgrade from my starter Ibanez ... I really wanted one of the new Artwoods, with the wooden pickguard, but they were hard to find and pricey. Second choice was a 1970-ish Martin D-18, but they looked so plain.

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/AlvarezDY-74neckdetail2.jpg

The salesguy at Ithaca Guitar Works, where I used to hang out, watching Dave Torn wander in and sit down to make weird noises on Strats, showed me the DY74 one day ... it had the wooden pickguard like the Ibanez Artwoods I was infatuated with, and alot more bling than the D-18. It also felt good in my unlearned hand, and sounded great.

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/DY-74backinlay1.jpg

It was also only $500 ... the others I was looking at were in the $700+ range ... I got a little loan at the local hippy credit union and took the plunge ... I've been very happy with the old girl.

http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee328/mudbean/Guitars/AlvarezDY-74neckdetail4.jpg

mud

'83 Yairi DY48. I've had it since '88 and it's sounding sweeter as time goes on. I'll never give this one up.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/waldorfsalad/Guitars/AlvarezYairi6string_50.jpg

funny, I happen to have a question about an Alvarez. It's probably more of a general electronics question, but anyway...

It's a '90 acoustic/electric. It sounds great on it's own, but the input jack is fried. The original input jack is plastic and has 6 terminals on it. I've never seen anything like that before. the replacement that I have is just a regular 3 terminal stereo input jack.

problem is, there are 4 wires leading out to the input jack. I have the exposed wire on the ground terminal and the black wire (hot) on the tip terminal. then there are two more wires (red and black). I soldered them together and it works and sounds fine, but i know that this isn't in stereo.

how should I wire this to a stereo jack (three terminals) when there are four wires?

My Alverez MIJ 5021 12-string

http://i718.photobucket.com/albums/ww183/telechamp/Alverez12-StringPB.jpg