Description

Artist Series OM’s are great sounding folk guitars suitable for all players and styles of music. This model is finished in Alvarez’s flawless Shadowburst. The term “solid top” of course refers to the soundboard of an acoustic guitar being made of solid wood, rather than being laminated. However, just because the top is solid, it does not necessarily mean the sound automatically benefits from this feature. The tone of the instrument only improves significantly when the whole guitar is built correctly to optimize the energy a solid soundboard can generate. Artist Series is built to do exactly this. Each model is designed to get the best out if its components, and for them to work together to produce balance, lively projection and great response. These components include our FST2 bracing system, bi-level rosewood bridge, real bone nut and saddle, great quality tone woods and thin finish. FST2 is a forward shifted X brace design, this means the axis of the X is closer to the sound hole and therefore creates a larger soundboard area allowing for more energy and vibration to be harnessed. Both the X braces and asymmetric tone bars are carefully scalloped. The scalloping design was the result of years of continual development in our Yairi workshops. Along with a more angled headstock, our bi-level bridge increases string tension by making the break angel of the strings from the saddle to the top more acute. Improved string tension adds to our sound, feel and response, which are also heightened by the use of real bone nuts and saddles.

• Top Wood: Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany
• Shape: Folk/OM
• Neck: Mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish
• Bracing System: FST2
• Bridge: Bi-Level Indian Laurel/Rosewood
• Inlays: Abalone & Mother of Pearl
• Fingerboard: Rosewood/12th Fret Inlay
• Nut & Saddle: Real Bone
• Tuner: Premium Die Cast
• Binding: Ivory ABS
• Overall Length (mm): 1015
• Body Width (mm): 390
• Body Depth at Heel (mm): 96
• Body Depth at Base (mm): 106
• Scale (mm): 630
• Scale (inches): 24 13/16″
• Number of frets: 21
• Nut Width (mm): 44.45
• Nut Width (inches): 1 3/4″
• Series: Alvarez Artist
• Top Wood: Solid A+ Sitka Spruce
• Top Finish: Shadowburst/Gloss
• Back & Sides Wood: Mahogany
• Additional Details: Neck Joint
• Dovetail: Neck Meets Body 14th Fret