As I said before I am really happy with it. I have a Gibson CE and I had been somewhat passively looking at low cost classical accoustic or classical electric guitars for a while. Last summer I had just heard about the La Patries and was considering maybe getting one and maybe adding a pickup when I came across this Alvarez. I had thought I didn't want a full 2" neck, but after playing the Alvarez in the music store I liked the sound so much that I became quite interested and Brett there at the store knows me and knows I take care of my equipment so he let me take it home and try it. (That's one advantage of living in or near a small town.) After I got it home and tried it through my accoustic amp I was really sold on the sound and playability regardless of the 2" neck. Actually, I get along just fine with the 2" fingerboard width and I like it now that I am used to it. My hands are big enough that I can still throw my thumb over the top of the neck if I need to once in awhile. You are right though I don't think they make this exact guitar any longer. They appear to have replaced it with an AC65CE whick looks to be very similar except for the appearance of the headstock.
Re: le petrie for jerry a chet tunes ?
by Larry Marchino » Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:25 pm
Yes that's it exactly. Looks so much like my guitar I had to check my case to be sure it was still there! As I said before I am really happy with it. I have a Gibson CE and I had been somewhat passively looking at low cost classical accoustic or classical electric guitars for a while. Last summer I had just heard about the La Patries and was considering maybe getting one and maybe adding a pickup when I came across this Alvarez. I had thought I didn't want a full 2" neck, but after playing the Alvarez in the music store I liked the sound so much that I became quite interested and Brett there at the store knows me and knows I take care of my equipment so he let me take it home and try it. (That's one advantage of living in or near a small town.) After I got it home and tried it through my accoustic amp I was really sold on the sound and playability regardless of the 2" neck. Actually, I get along just fine with the 2" fingerboard width and I like it now that I am used to it. My hands are big enough that I can still throw my thumb over the top of the neck if I need to once in awhile. You are right though I don't think they make this exact guitar any longer. They appear to have replaced it with an AC65CE whick looks to be very similar except for the appearance of the headstock.
As I said before I am really happy with it. I have a Gibson CE and I had been somewhat passively looking at low cost classical accoustic or classical electric guitars for a while. Last summer I had just heard about the La Patries and was considering maybe getting one and maybe adding a pickup when I came across this Alvarez. I had thought I didn't want a full 2" neck, but after playing the Alvarez in the music store I liked the sound so much that I became quite interested and Brett there at the store knows me and knows I take care of my equipment so he let me take it home and try it. (That's one advantage of living in or near a small town.) After I got it home and tried it through my accoustic amp I was really sold on the sound and playability regardless of the 2" neck. Actually, I get along just fine with the 2" fingerboard width and I like it now that I am used to it. My hands are big enough that I can still throw my thumb over the top of the neck if I need to once in awhile. You are right though I don't think they make this exact guitar any longer. They appear to have replaced it with an AC65CE whick looks to be very similar except for the appearance of the headstock.- Larry Marchino
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