ALVAREZ - AD60-12CESHB - Artist 12-String Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Shadow Burst

Our Artist 12-String dreadnoughts harness all the energy our FST2 bracing delivers to create a wall of chorus shimmer that only 12-strings can make. No matter if you’re strumming or playing lead, the supporting octave strings really bring depth and color to your playing and will inspire a whole new approach to songs and playing styles.

The AD6012CESHB looks the part in a high gloss, flawless Shadowburst finish and is fitted with the fantastic LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Element pick up.

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.

Key Features
Top Wood
Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
Body Finish
Shadowburst/Gloss
Back and Sides Wood
African Mahogany
Shape
Dreadnought
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
Premium Die Cast
Binding
Black ABS
Strings
D'Addario EXP38
Bracing Systems
FS6 Forward Shifted, Tapered Tone Bars
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Neck Meets Body
14th Fret
Number of Frets
21
Pickup / EQ
LR Baggs StagePro EQ and Element Pick Up

DIMENSIONS
Overall Length (mm)
1042
Body Width (mm)
395
Body Depth at Heel (mm)
100
Body Depth at Base (mm)
124
Scale (mm)
648
Scale (inches)
25 1/2
Number of Frets
21
Nut Width (mm)
48
Nut Width (inches)
1 7/8

ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Neck Meets Body
14th Fret
Number of Frets
21