Alvarez Laureate LD70e Dreadnought
The is the first of the "Laureate" series we received here at the store, and boy are we impressed!!! Amazing sound, playability and price. We also love the Daybreak finish . . . .plus it is gig ready with the killer sounding LR Baggs HiFi.
The term “laureate” signifies a significant achievement, success, or insight — a hard-earned title earned with years of mature ingenuity. The LD70e Laureate 70’s sophisticated design embodies that laureate spirit with a spread of premium solid tonewoods enhanced with decades of Alvarez expertise. Tonewoods were sourced from fanciful locales to ensure beauty and performance. Solid East Indian rosewood back and sides give chords and fingerpicking the right amount of depth alongside the pristine note-by-note definition that makes rosewood an enduring favorite.
An exquisite AAAA Sitka spruce top brings dynamic power to rosewood’s depths with touch-sensitive playability that can whisper soft and sweet or roar to life with assertive force — it all depends on how you play. Moreover, the LD70e’s sound chamber is braced with forward-shifted spruce, a modern update to a classic bracing that gives the LD70 incredible volume potential without compromising note definition. The Alvarez Laureate is sure to bring a new level of sophistication to the music you make!
Alvarez Laureate LD70e Specifications
- Body Shape: Dreadnought
- Back & Sides Wood: Solid East Indian Rosewood
- Top Wood: AAAA Solid North American Sitka Spruce
- Top Finish: Gloss
- Color: Natural
- Body Bracing: FS6 Forward Shifted
- Binding: Ivory Celluloid Binding
- Neck Wood: African Mahogany
- Neck Shape: Soft V to C
- Radius: 14.96"
- Fingerboard Material: Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay: 12th fret, abalone
- Number of Frets: 21, Nickel-Silver
- Scale Length: 25.5"
- Nut Width: 1.75"
- Nut/Saddle Material: Bone/Bone
- Bridge Material: Ebony
- Tuning Machines: Alvarez Premium Open Gear, 20:1
- Electronics: LR Baggs HiFi