Product: Alvarez 5065
Price Paid: UNKNOWN
Submitted
02/26/2007
at
03:01pm
by
Joe Smith
Features
:
10
This Alvarez is typical of all the Alvarez's I've owned and played. Always a good set-up and big sound. It is a dreadnought and was sold I believe in the middle to late 70's. St. Louis Music, the distributor told me it was called the "Cajun Queen." It has a solid cedar top and either rosewood or mahogany sides and back.
Sound
:
10
The nut is 1 3/4". I don't enjoy playing a guitar with a smaller nut, so this is perfect for how I play. My playing is folk, old folk-rock, lots of strumming with emphasis on dynamics. I use both pick and finger pick blues numbers. I probably most favor a Lightnin' Hopkins style. This guitar has a huge sound and reminds me of Martin's I've played and owned.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
10
This is an older guitar. The neck is straight and the action about right.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
I think this is a dependable guitar. Only a fool would gig without a backup.
Customer Support
:
10
I have found St. Louis Music to be a good company to deal with. I've called their techs several times about different issues on their instruments and I always get a call back and a good discussion of the issue.
Overall Rating
:
10
From what I've seen this is a pretty rare model number for Alvarez. The St. Louis Music Rep told me that this was probably made in Japan in the Yairi shop. Apparently it was a professional model that had a limited release. I've never seen another one.
