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With electric baritone guitars seemingly everywhere, acoustic players have mostly been left high and dry ? until now that is! The Alvarez ABT60CE Artist 60 Baritone augments standard acoustic guitar sounds with a hefty low end that’s tuned B to B. Relating to pitch, the ABT60CE sits between a dreadnought guitar and an acoustic bass, making it the perfect tool for adding girth to tracks or exploring writing in lower registers. The ABT60CE features a baritone-style body topped with A Sitka spruce; the feel is similar to a jumbo acoustic with a tapered waist and mahogany back and sides for rich and clear focus. Sweetwater players love the ABT60CE’s bold, innovative sound, but especially appreciate its comfortable feel and incredible value. Player-friendly features include LR Baggs electronics for recording and gigs, chrome Alvarez tuning machines, a premium bone nut and saddle, spruce bracing, and a comfortable mahogany neck with a hybrid “V” to “C” shape for incredible playability up and down the neck.





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Why a baritone?





Breaking from tradition can be scary, so why should you consider a guitar like this? The ABT60CE is a great way to energize creativity, break out of a musical rut, or explore exciting previously unknown sonic turf. Many solo performers turn to baritones as a way to fill more sonic space. In the studio, it’s a great primary guitar (or can be used to beef up your standard guitar with doubling and altered chord voicings). Try it out for adding haunting low end to burly country, acoustic jazz, metal, soundtracks, alternative, and anything else you can imagine. And because the fingerboard shapes and string intervals are the same as a standard 6-string guitar, the learning curve is minimal!





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Curated tonewood selections





A baritone needs volume and depth to shine, and the ABT60CE features exceptional tonewoods designed to give you all that and more. An A Sitka spruce top emits visceral resonance and strong volume heard and felt with each strum. The back and sides are crafted from mahogany and deliver strong sustain to complement the ABT60CE’s down-tuned voice. Inside, the ABT60CE’s sound chamber features additional sound bracing crafted from spruce for balanced tone that’s firm but never muddy. With tonewoods like these, you’ll be ready to practice, perform, and play with confidence that your instrument is cheering you on, never holding you back.





Comfortable design from the neck down





A lower tuning shouldn’t equal a lower comfort level. Indeed, the ABT60CE is comfortable from the neck down, with design features including a premium neck crafted from hardwood mahogany. Not only is mahogany a favored tonewood in the acoustic world, but the ABT60CE’s neck is 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.





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Top-notch tones from LR Baggs





The ABT60CE comes loaded with the LR Baggs StagePro Bronze preamp system and accompanying LR Baggs Element pickup. This package allows you to capture the very best acoustic tones your 6-string has to offer, translating them with clarity and accuracy across the musical space at hand. Equipped with a 3-band EQ and phase control, sculpting your ideal acoustic sound to your working space is a seamless process. An integrated tuner even helps you keep your intonation in check between songs! Sweetwater acoustic players have long trusted LR Baggs systems to deliver high-quality, unwavering performance ? and the ABT60CE gets that same VIP treatment!





Alvarez ABT60CESHB Artist 60 Baritone Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Baritone acoustic-electric guitar with a jumbo-style body ? tuned B to B for extra low-end power!


Sits between a standard acoustic and an acoustic bass ? great for exploring new ways to play acoustic guitar!


Solid A Sitka spruce top with a gloss finish ? sourced from North America and selected by hand to ensure quality


Satin-finished African mahogany back and sides deliver bold, focused tone with strong dynamic response


Forward-shifted spruce bracing with asymmetrical tone bars heightens bass and treble clarity with a distinct voice


Mahogany neck with hybrid soft “V” to “C” shape for maximum playability up and down the neck


Smooth body cutaway for extended upper-fret access


27.75-inch scale fingerboard made from Indian laurel with 21 frets


Crafted dovetail neck joint enhances tone and vibrational transfer from strings to body


LR Baggs StagePro Bronze preamp and Element pickup for rich amplified tone


Electronics include an onboard tuner and 3-band EQ for wide tone-shaping capabilities


Bone nut and saddle deliver exceptional resonance and sustain


Mother-of-pearl headstock and fingerboard inlays


Chrome Alvarez tuners for reliable tuning stability


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