Description
Alvarez Artist AC65 Classical Guitar with SKB Hardcase package.
All of our new instruments for sale are brand new in box, they are not display models or store demonstrators. Each instrument is quality inspected and setup by our experienced professional team prior to sale.
A guitar of this quality deserves a case for life long protection. For this reason, we will only ship guitars with a suitable hard case for protection of your investment. Guitars may be picked up from our showroom without a case as arranged prior to sale.
Shipping internationally or to some remote areas of Australia is not available.
We offer discount pricing for pickup, with or without a case.
Pickup with case – $679
Pickup without case – $579
Please contact us to check shipping availability, or discuss pickup options and pricing.
Alvarez Artist AC65 Classical Guitar
Alvarez uses traditional style construction for our classical guitars, incorporating a Spanish heel neck joint and tapered fan bracing to deliver stability, balance and volume across all six strings. The Artist 65’s are very responsive guitars with a warm and open voice.
Guitar Features
- Top Wood Solid A+ Western Red Cedar
- Body Finish Natural/Gloss
- Back and Sides Wood African Mahogany
- Shape Classical
- Neck Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
- Bridge Bi-Level Indian Laurel/Rosewood
- Fingerboard Indian Laurel/Rosewood w/12th Fret Inlay
- Nut and Saddle Real Bone
- Tuner Chrome Open Gear Strip
- Binding Rosewood
- Strings D’Addario EXP16
- Bracing Systems Traditional Spanish Fan System
- Neck Joint Dovetail
- Neck Meets Body 12th Fret
- Number of Frets 19
Dimensions
- Overall Length (mm) 975
- Body Width (mm) 374
- Body Depth at Heel (mm) 96
- Body Depth at Base (mm) 102
- Scale (mm) 650
- Scale (inches) 25 19/32
- Number of Frets 19
- Nut Width (mm) 52
- Nut Width (inches) 2 1/16
SKB Hardcase
Part of the SKB Economy line of cases, this shaped model features our deluxe EPS plush lined interior, providing an exceptional value for the price. The 1SKB-3 is designed to hold a variety of thin-body acoustic-electric guitars as well as a variety of classical guitar sizes.
- Molded-in bumper protection.
- Molded-in feet.
- Fully plush lined EPS molded interior.
- Oversized compartment accommodates accessories.
- Overall Length 40.25 in, 102.23 cm
- Body Length 19.5 in, 49.53 cm
- Body Depth 4.25 in, 10.79 cm
- Upper Bout 11.75 in, 29.84 cm
- Lower Bout 15 in, 38.10 cm
- Product Weight 8.12 lb, 3.68 kg
- Exterior Length 42.5 in, 107.95 cm
- Exterior Width 18 in, 45.72 cm
- Exterior Height 7 in, 17.78 cm
About Artist Series
Our multi-award winning Artist Series represents our commitment to quality and design, making it one of the finest solid top guitar lines in the world today.
Artist Series feel right and are exciting to play; whether you are strumming hard or picking lightly, the guitar will do what you ask of it. For a more focused sound with fewer overtones, choose a mahogany top. For a more open projection, go for Sitka. For warmth and response to a lighter touch, choose a Cedar top.
All of our tops are selected by our team and graded independently of our suppliers. If it isn’t worthy, we won’t use it. While top quality improves as you move up the Artist Series models, all are stiff and finely grained.
After 55 years of making guitars, continual improvement through the use of emerging technologies, processes, and materials is still at the heart of our culture. Alvarez guitars are constructed correctly in every sense, from raw material preparation to construction and manufacturing processes.
Our tonewoods are carefully cured; our components such as neck blocks and wood joints are carefully designed. The painting, sanding and polishing techniques we use are continually researched and developed, and our tone is impeccably crafted and married to a stable, consistent and lively soundbox.
This caring approach to development comes from one simple goal: To deliver the best guitars in the market at every price point, instruments that are truly amazing value and offer a fantastic player experience.
The term “solid top” refers to the guitar’s soundboard being made of solid wood rather than laminates. However, even when the guitar top is made of solid wood, the tone of the instrument only improves significantly when the whole guitar is built correctly to optimize the energy a solid soundboard can generate. Artist Series is built to do exactly this.
Each model is designed to get the best out of its components, and for them to work together to produce balance, lively projection and great response. These components include our FS6 bracing design, which allows the soundbox to sing and brings uniformity across Dreadnought, Grand Auditorium, OM and Parlor body sizes. This means the voicing has a similar character, but the individual tone is more purely influenced by the size and shape of the guitar.
Our bi-level bridge is designed to heighten string tension and improve sustain and response. Real bone nut and saddle, premium tonewoods, and our crafted attenuated finish all further the quality of construction and positively impact the performance of the instrument. Artist Series gloss models have a clear deep shine from a finish that is applied as thinly as possible to optimize tone. The personality and voicing of Artist Series is open, dynamic and instantly responsive.
