Alvarez AF65GD/F Grateful Dead 50th Anniv Solid Top Acoustic Guitar - Blem #A513

Brand: Alvarez
;Dexterity: Right-Handed
;Model: Grateful Dead Flag
;String Configuration: 6 String
;MPN: AF65GD/F
;Country/Region of Manufacture: China
;Body Type: Acoustic
;UPC: 812309020845
;Series: Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary

Alvarez AF65GD/F Grateful Dead 50th Anniv Solid Top Acoustic Guitar - Blem #A513

Alvarez AF65GD/F Grateful Dead 50th Anniv Solid Top Acoustic Guitar - Blem #A513

Product Description

This great guitar is a factory b-stock straight from Alvarez. It was fully inspected and adjusted by their technicians, and the only issues it has are a few minor cosmetic flaws which you can see in the photos. Other than that this instrument looks and plays great!

The Grateful Dead's relationship with Alvarez began in the 1980s, when both Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir collaborated with Alvarez luthiers to create their own signature models. The team experimented with many shapes, from dreadnoughts to jumbos, and incorporated favorite attributes from both bandmates, like a Modulus neck and Tree of Life inlay. These designs culminated in Bob Weir's WY1BW, the result of years of fine-tuning, which Bob still plays today.

As part of Alvarez's 50th Anniversary they have created this special guitar (with two artwork options) to commemorate this long-time collaboration with the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famers. Grateful Dead enthusiasts will love the official artwork, applied to the cedar tops by an innovative screen printing process, and all guitarists will appreciate the fine construction, playability and tone of these instruments. The Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary acoustic features a solid A grade western red cedar top, screen-printed under a flawless satin finish.

Other appointments include custom mother-of-pearl "Lightning Bolt" inlays, the band's iconic Dancing Bear on the back of the headstock, a rosewood fingerboard and bi-level bridge and 12th fret lightning bolt inlay. Both models are constructed using the Alvarez FST2M hand-finished, forward-shifted, scalloped bracing system for optimal performance and response.

Inspired by classic Grateful Dead images, the custom artwork designs on these guitars have been applied using a custom screen printing process. Thanks to Mother Nature, each guitar top varies slightly in both grain and color, making every Alvarez Grateful Dead guitar a unique instrument, just like every Grateful Dead concert was its own unique experience.

"Flag" has a design inspired by the cover art from the out-of-print 2013 release, Dave's Picks Volume 8, a live album featuring the counterculture icons' performance at the Fox Theater in Georgia in November of 1980.

You may return any item that you buy from Butler Music for a refund of your purchase price within 30 days of receiving the item. The buyer (you) is generally responsible for shipping charges both ways. We want all buyers to be happy and all buyers to get a great deal but we sell everything at a very small profit so we cannot generally afford to refund shipping costs on returned itemsIf an item is defective and you are in the Continental US, we WILL pay return shipping and send a replacement for any defective item. If you are returning an item for a refund you must pay the return shipping.If you are outside the Continental US, you are responsible for all shipping both ways no matter what the issue is. NO EXCEPTIONS. Please do not bid if this is a problem.We generally do not give price adjustments or partial refunds and we NEVER do it for buyers outside the Continental US. If an item is good enough to keep, it should be good enough to keep at the price you paid for it.Please contact us directly before starting a “not as described” complaint or attempting to return anything on you buy from us. Sometimes we ship a new product that is not perfect and since most of what we sell is new goods in sealed boxes we do not see actually see some of the items we sell. Unfortunately, very rarely, we also make shipping mistakes  and ship the wrong item. We want you to be happy so we will do whatever it takes to make you happy, but because of the high costs of shipping, if you are outside of the Continental US, the best we can do is offer you a full refund of your bid price after we get the item back. Again, if you are an international bidder and this is a problem please do not bid.Returned items must be returned with all parts, paperwork and packaging we sent it to you with and must be returned in the condition we sent it to you. Email us any time with any questions and we will be happy to get an answer to you in a timely manner.

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Alvarez AF65GD/F Grateful Dead 50th Anniv Solid Top Acoustic Guitar - Blem #A513

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