Stunning Masterworks Quality from Alvarez
The Alvarez Masterworks line offers seasoned and discerning players boutique-grade quality at a great price. The Masterworks seal means not only pro-grade tone and performance, but also refined detail-oriented beauty that looks good on stage. The Masterworks Elite 77 Grand Auditorium is a bold GA-style guitar shaped from black walnut, a stout and balanced tonewood with brightness and warmth that pairs perfectly with it's body. This acoustic is not only incredibly articulate but is also supremely comfortable with its upper-body cutaway and beveled ebony armrest for your strumming hand. Each aspect is crafted to playable perfection including a mahogany neck with hybrid soft “V” to “C” shape. This shape helps players get the perfect grip at each part of the neck for precision fretting. And for gigging artists, the Masterworks Elite 77 Grand Auditorium comes equipped with a deluxe LR Baggs VTC Element electronics for rich amplified tone with dynamic response. If you’re searching for a hardworking acoustic guitar built by discerning hands, you can’t go wrong with the Alvarez Masterworks Elite 77 Grand Auditorium from Sweetwater!
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Artisan carved from black walnut
A body carved entirely from black walnut (back, sides, and top) give the Masterworks Elite 77 clear, pleasing tone that’s balanced and smooth. Black walnut has a premium look and sound; it's an underutilized but exceptional tonewood that’s bright but not thin and rich without becoming muddy. The result is a lightweight but extremely resonant guitar with lots of sustain and a nimble response to player dynamics.
Comfortable design from the neck down
The Masterworks Elite 77 Grand Auditorium is comfortable from the neck down with design features that ensure comfortable performance from start to finish. Great tonewoods mean little if they aren’t comfortable, and that’s why the Masterworks Elite 77 Grand Auditorium features a premium neck crafted from hardwood mahogany. Not only is mahogany a favored tonewood in the acoustic world, but this neck is also further enhanced with a hybrid soft “V” to “C” shape. Alvarez carefully developed this blended neck profile that gives you ideal anchor space in any position. Toward the headstock, the “V” shape yields a better grip for 6-string open and barre chords; further up, the “C” shape gives hands more room for expression and thinking outside the box.
Hardware details that make a difference
This guitar spares no detail even when it comes to the small things. A plethora of premium onboard hardware ensures this guitar is both beautiful and rugged so you can rely on it for years to come. A true bone nut and saddle paired with ebony bridge pins maximize the vibrational transfer from strings to body and ensure you’re getting the purest tone possible out of the body and top. Meanwhile, the Masterworks Elite 77 Grand Auditorium’s Alvarez tuners offer a precise 20:1 tuning ratio which means powerful tuning stability and less time spent tuning when you do have to tune. And the perks don’t stop there! This guitar also includes purfling and binding made from Macassar ebony and Paua abalone plus a deluxe headstock with an Indian laurel overlay and a mother-of-pearl inlay.
LR Baggs electronics
Onboard LR Baggs Element electronics with a VTC pre-amp ensure rich acoustic tone even when amplified. Alvarez has an excellent relationship with the LR Baggs team and chose VTC Element electronics based on their reliability, ease of use, and, of course, tone. Unlike traditional acoustic pickups, the Element pickup delivers a more authentic acoustic tone by mirroring the soundboard’s actual movements and vibrations. Meanwhile, the VTC pre-amp fills that sound with tape-like saturation, warmth, and a dynamic EQ that compresses problematic frequencies as you play, an especially useful tool for stage musicians who want to avoid fiddling with knobs in between songs.
Alvarez Masterworks Elite 77 Grand Auditorium Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:
- Grand Auditorium-style guitar with larger body, clear bass, and shimmering treble
- Slim bevel ebony armrest and body cutaway for maximum playing comfort and upper fret access
- Black walnut top delivers incredible vibrant tone strong volume and nimble dynamic response
- Gloss-finished black walnut back and sides shape tone with articulate projection and lasting sustain
- Body cutaway and beveled ebony armrest ensure right hand comfort and additional upper-fret access
- Mahogany neck with hybrid soft “V” to “C” shape for maximum playability up and down the neck
- 21-fret hardwood fingerboard made from Indian laurel with inlays made from mother-of-pearl and Paua abalone
- Crafted dovetail neck joint enhances tone and vibrational transfer from strings to body
- Forward Shifted spruce bracing fuels even response across highs, mids, and lows
- LR Baggs VTC Element electronics for rich amplified tone
- VTC Element system includes volume and tone controls with built-in dynamic EQ
- Hardwood bridge crafted from Indian laurel
- Deluxe headstock with Indian laurel overlay and mother-of-pearl inlay
- Upscale hardware including bone nut and saddle enhance vibrational transfer for better tone
- Alvarez tuners with precision 20:1 ratio ensure fast tuning and strong stability
- Premium purfling and binding made from Macassar ebony and Paua abalone
