Looking for a high-quality workhorse for the studio and stage? Part of Alvarez's Masterworks Series, the MDR70e is an eloquent, all-solid-wood acoustic-electric guitar with much to offer. This guitar boasts a powerful dreadnought-sized body with a AAA Sitka spruce top and an East Indian rosewood back and sides, exhibiting a classic tonality that's deftly bolstered by a quarter-sawn soundboard and forward-shifted bracing. You'll delight in the feel of the MDR70e's "Soft-V-to-C" neck profile, which is capped by an easy-playing East Indian rosewood fingerboard. This acoustic-electric is swarming with high-end appointments, including a bone nut and saddle pins and Alvarez's 20:1 tuning machines. Plus, this guitar's LR Baggs HiFi bridge plate pickup system means you're well-equipped to take any stage with confidence. The Alvarez Masterworks Series MDR70e is the perfect instrument for value-conscious players searching for an all-solid-wood dreadnought with a classic acoustic voice.
All-solid-wood construction
The MDR70e's solid AAA Sitka spruce top not only looks incredible, but it infuses this acoustic-electric guitar with a direct, punchy tone with headroom to spare. The MDR70e's back and sides are made from solid East Indian rosewood — a classic tonewood match for the instrument's spruce top — lending a sparkling, responsive quality to every note you play. This acoustic-electric guitar boasts a powerful dreadnought shape for even more advanced sustain potential. Underneath the MDR70e, forward-shifted bracing lends serious volume to every note you play.
Top-notch tones from LR Baggs
The included LR Baggs HiFi high-fidelity bridge plate pickup system will capture every nuance of your instrument's voice without modifying its natural acoustic character. Two lightweight bridge plate sensors produce a mirror image of your guitar's unplugged tone, with incredible balance, clear articulation, and a highly dynamic feel. Moreover, the built-in studio preamp system was fine-tuned from the ground up to pair perfectly with the bridge sensors, resulting in a pickup system that offers the utmost sonic authenticity.
Fashioned for success
Across the board, the MDR70e carries traits exemplary of top-shelf instruments. All-natural string response and phenomenal intonation are delivered by way of real bone nut and saddle pins, a bi-level rosewood bridge, and a set of ultra-precise Alvarez 20:1 tuners. A stunning 12th-fret paua abalone and mother-of-pearl inlay matches the Alvarez logo found at the East Indian rosewood headstock. Meanwhile a dual-ring abalone/ABS rosette encompasses the soundhole with true elegance.
Tech Specs
- String Type: Steel
- Number of Strings: 6
- Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
- Body Shape: Dreadnought
- Back & Sides Wood: Indian Rosewood
- Top Wood: Solid AAA Sitka Spruce
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Color: Sunburst
- 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
- Case/Gig Bag: Gig Bag
- Manufacturer Part Number: MDR70e_Sunburst