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The Alvarez Artist 60 Folk acoustic guitar is a high-value, sweet-singing acoustic that’s entry-level in price only! Like all of Alvarez’s artist series, the Artist 60 gifts players comfortable playing with stylish looks that keep your guitar journey engaging and fun. The Artist 60 features a slim tapered OM-style body, a favorite for folk and ensemble players as well as singer/songwriters. Resonant back and sides crafted from rich African mahogany deliver focused tone that’s great for strumming and fingerstyle while the Artist 60’s crown jewel is a handpicked wood top built from North American Sitka spruce that rivals the sound quality of much pricier acoustics. While Sweetwater players love the Artist 60’s sound, they are especially impressed by its comfortable feel and durable hardware. Player-friendly features include 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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Comfortable design from the neck down





The Artist 60 is comfortable from the neck down with design features that enhance your playing and ability to lean-in to learning. Comfort matters just as much as tone does, and that’s why the Artist 60 features a smooth Indian laurel fingerboard and a 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.





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Curated tonewood selections





Gone are the days of learning on an instrument built from dubious mystery woods that sound like paper mache. The Artist 60 features exceptional woods that sing with elegant depth. The back and sides are crafted from mahogany, a classic acoustic tonewood that’s prized for its focused voice and resonant sustain. Paired with that is high-quality top crafted from A Sitka spruce with a premium gloss finish. Sitka spruce is the guitar world’s premium standard for acoustic guitars; it's known to enhance everything from tone quality to volume and projection, and also responds well to player dynamics. Plus, the sound chamber also features additional sound bracing crafted from spruce for a precision balance of tone. 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.





Alvarez Artist 60 Folk Acoustic Guitar Features:


Folk/orchestra-style guitar with slim tapered body ? great for singer/songwriters and students!


Forward shifted spruce bracing with asymmetric tone bars push the best balance and response from your instrument


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


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


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


Smooth fingerboard with 21 frets made from hardwood Indian laurel with mother-of-pearl inlays


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


Mother-of-pearl headstock inlay


Bone nut and saddle deliver exceptional resonance and sustain


Chrome Alvarez tuners for reliable tuning stability


Serial E23072685