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Alvarez 5065

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Manufacturer URL http://www.alvarezgtr.com/
Features 10.0 (1 response)
Sound 10.0 (1 response)
Action, Fit, & Finish 10.0 (1 response)
Reliability/Durability 10.0 (1 response)
Customer Support 10.0 (1 response)
Overall Rating 10.0 (1 response)
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Product: Alvarez 5065
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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.

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