Alvarez MD66ce Masterworks Acoustic Electric Guitar - Shadowburst

**This item will ship directly from the manufacturer**

FEATURES

• Solid African mahogany back, sides and top wood with a gloss finish
• African mahogany neck, Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge
• L.R. Baggs HiFi undersaddle transducer

*Includes Alvarez AFC30 Flexicase

DESCRIPTION

With solid African Mahogany construction throughout, the MD66ce dreadnought produces a warm, woody voice with an excellent, clear bass response and warm, glistening trebles. The MD66ce is powerful and responsive, and it absolutely delivers across the lower and upper middle frequencies for a very connected feeling when playing. The FS6 bracing structure produces an excellent ratio between strength and vibration which affords the Mahogany top the movement to generate a broader frequency response than is often associated with Mahogany guitars.

Although undertested in aesthetic design, the MD66ce has a premium look and feel, with first-class materials and components, select shell inlays and a flawless, thin poly finish shine.

The MD66ce is fitted with the LR Baggs StagePro Bronze. The StagePro Bronze is a small-footprint side-mounted EQ incorporating the renowned LR Baggs Element under-saddle pickup. This is a low-profile unit with a large backlit tuner, volume, bass and treble controls and phase. The battery box is built into the end pin jack compartment for easy access with a simple push to open and change batteries.

About the Alvarez Masterworks Series

Making a guitar from all-solid wood delivers strong tonal benefits, and we approach the design of Masterworks to embrace all of them. Top thickness, brace weight and tapering, back design and wood choice all count, and when each is considered as a part of the sum total of the instrument’s voice, great articulation and quality of tone is achieved.

Our FS6 bracing system is a forward-shifted, scalloped X allowing for a slightly larger soundboard area around the bridge. This helps generate more vibration, which is heightened by AAA soundboards and premium components throughout, culminating in powerful voicing, inspiring articulation and instant response.

Masterworks acoustic-electric models are fitted with the LR Baggs HiFi system. HiFi is a premium, non-invasive design that pairs dual bridge plate sensors with high-fidelity electronics, providing exceptional balance, definition and dynamics. Due to the closed sensor design, HiFi also has excellent feedback resistance and its built-in, studio-quality preamp is voiced to compliment the pickups for an optimal plug-and-play experience.

All Masterworks ship with our durable AFC30 Flexicase.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Body Shape:Dreadnought
• Back & Sides Wood:African Mahogany
• Top Wood:Solid African Mahogany
• Top Finish:Gloss
• Color:Natural
• Body Bracing:FS6 Forward Shifted
• Binding:Celluloid
• Neck Wood:Mahogany
• Neck Shape:Soft V to a C shape
• Radius:14.96"
• Fingerboard Material:Indian Rosewood
• Fingerboard Inlay:Abaline and Mother of Pearl
• Number of Frets:21, Nickel Silver
• Scale Length:25.5"
• Nut Width:1.75"
• Nut/Saddle Material:Bone/Bone
• Bridge Material:Indian Rosewood
• Tuning Machines:Alvarez, 20:1
• Electronics:LR Baggs HiFi preamp, Bridge Plate transducer
• Strings:D'Addario XTAPB1253, .012-.053

*Includes Alvarez AFC30 Flexicase