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Hit the Stage with a Master-grade Grand Auditorium





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Crafted by Alvarez’s elite Yairi team in Japan, the GYM74ce acoustic-electric guitar pairs premium-level tonewoods with stage-ready performance. It all begins with a AAA vintage redwood top, aged to perfection to ensure an exceedingly touch-sensitive response and resonance. A gorgeous set of East Indian rosewood back and sides fill out the low end and sharpen up your trebles, all coming together in Alvarez’s supremely versatile Grand Auditorium body shape. On the opposite end, you get a full-feeling mahogany neck carved into a soft “V” to “C” profile topped off with a deep body cutaway for full access to the ebony fingerboard. You also get a top-of-the-line LR Baggs HIFi pickup system that makes hitting the stage as simple as plugging in a cable. For the guitarist hunting after a stage-ready acoustic-electric with an uncompromisingly complex unplugged voice, the Alvarez Yairi GYM74ce should be at the top of your list.





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Resonant redwood and rich rosewood





Hailing from the ancient forests of America’s western wilderness, redwood is revered as a tonewood for its clear, rich, and cedar-like responsiveness. It’s a particularly fitting choice for this medium-sized Grand Auditorium instrument as its tendency to bloom and reverberate with even the slightest pluck makes for a simply superb fingerstyle instrument. Moreover, Alvarez tells Sweetwater that this “vintage” redwood top has been seasoned and aged over the years to perfection, ensuring that the GYM74ce delivers a well-broken-in sound right off the bat.





So, what back and side wood can meet the prestigious reputation and powerful tone of the GYM74ce’s AAA vintage redwood top? When in doubt, roll with rosewood ? arguably the most sought-after back and side wood for steel-string acoustic guitars since they were first introduced. Rosewood’s natural depth, harmonic richness, and crystal-clear top end maximize the punch and projection of this superlative Grand Auditorium 6-string, ensuring that its capable of tackling any style you can throw at it ? from frenetic strumming to hushed and intimate fingerpicking.





Soft “V” to “C” neck profile





While most modern manufacturers have switched over to skinny “C”-shaped necks over the years, the substantial heft of a classic “V” profile is a perennial favorite of Sweetwater’s strummers! To merge the best of both old and new, Alvarez designed the compound soft “V” to “C” neck profile that starts off chunky but thins out as you slide up the neck. For guitarists who cover a wide variety of sonic styles, this shape delivers incredible flexibility, allowing for both slick upper-register bends and licks, while still comfortably filling out your grip at the base of the guitar’s neck.





From Yairi with love





Alvarez-Yairi represents the driving force of Alvarez culture: obsessive attention to detail and traditional quality. The result is guitars that nourish creativity for a lifetime. However, these guitars aren’t just instruments, they’re souvenirs of music history and the emotions that shape it. Yairi's formidable team of 24 luthiers still builds instruments the traditional way ? sculpting guitars humbly by hand using only the finest materials with a nearly 60-year reputation of building players exceptional instruments at a fair price.





Alvarez GYM74ce Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


Crafted in Japan by Alvarez’s elite Yairi team of luthiers


Perfectly aged vintage AAA redwood top sings with a cedar-like resonance and response


East Indian rosewood back and sides fill out your low end, sharpen your highs, and supply unmatched harmonic depth


Direct Coupled bridge and Alvarez FST6 forward-shifted bracing maximize every drop of sustain and resonance


Full-feeling mahogany neck in a soft “V” to “C” profile


Deep body cutaway grants access to the ebony fingerboard’s entire register


Top-of-the-line LR Baggs HiFi pickup system electrifies every nuance and detail of this guitar’s rich unplugged voice


Supremely stable Gotoh 510 tuners