Whether you’re ready to travel, hit the beach or laze around the house, small body acoustic guitars can be the perfect companion, which is one reason demand never seems to slow. With a few tweaks and careful design, small body guitars can sound fantastic and much louder and balanced than you might think.
The ALJ2 is a fantastic “Little Jumbo” with wonderful projection and balance. It’s made with high-grade solid Sitka top and is carefully designed to get the best out of its small body while staying clear and balanced. Many small-bodied guitars will have a “tubby” or “muddy” voicing. We’ve managed to give the voice clarity, balance and volume, making it a fun instrument to play and a great travel companion.
Carefully designed with a unique bracing pattern and arched back to give you an incredible tone and response from a small-bodied guitar, the ALJ2 is a serious little instrument. The ALJ2 is fitted with the SYS250 EQ with backlit tuner and comes with a 15mm DuoFoam Deluxe gig bag, ready for a journey.
About Artist Series
Alvarez Artist Series represents our commitment to quality and care. Our goal is to create an instant bond between you and your guitar through meticulous design in bracing, voicing and overall construction. Every component—from our bi-level bridge to our solid bridge plates and neck blocks—is carefully considered to deliver the best response possible from solid-top construction.
Artist Series guitars are responsive with impressive projection and balance that make them both rewarding and inspiring to play.
With a huge selection of body shapes and wood configurations, Artist Series has a guitar for everyone. For a more focused, woody tone, choose a Mahogany top. For a broader, more open projection, choose Sitka. For a warm response to a lighter, melodic touch, choose Cedar.
Our Approach to the Build
All of our solid tops are selected by our team and graded independently of our suppliers. If it isn’t worthy, it isn’t used. Our laminated backs and sides are uniquely constructed with Mahogany as our middle layer, and our inner and outer layers are always matched.
Artist guitars strike the right balance between strength and vibration, crafting a voice to both inspire and give players “tools in the tone.” Alongside this approach to development lies our respect for sourcing, preparation and nurturing the wood we use to make our guitars. No matter how considered design may be, it can only be as good as the wood we use to realize them.
Our all-solid wood tops, backs and sides, as well as the mahogany used for our necks, go through a curing process developed over years to create stability, strength and tonal benefits. Depending on the wood and its use, this process takes many months or even years for some of our models.
After months-long seasoning, we perform an extra drying stage in thermo-kilns to further enhance wood stability and improve resonance. We call this process ATR—Advanced Tonal Response. ATR™ is a form of torrefaction—oxygen controlled, vacuum curing at special temperatures to remove more moisture and volatiles such as saps and sugars from the wood.
This does two things:
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ATR™ makes our wood more stable when exposed to adverse dry or humid climates. While we can’t stop the effects of dryness or moisture saturation that can damage guitars, ATR™ goes a long way in helping our guitars become more resilient. Guitars will move or change according to the environment they are in and are more likely to move within the first two years from their production. A guitar usually becomes drier as it ages; this is one of the reasons why players often like the sound of an older guitar. ATR™ advances the natural, post-build drying process so the wood behaves as if it were more mature, stable, and resonant from the first day it is used.
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The effects of ATR™ are also audible in the instrument. The biggest difference is the clarity and separation between notes and the overall response of the guitar. As the top is drier, it’s also quicker, more resonant, more open, even louder. New guitars can sometimes take time to reach this state as the wood dries over the years. ATR accelerates this effect to deliver a more sophisticated and complex voicing from day one.
Our caring approach to development comes from one unwavering goal: To deliver the best guitars in the market at every price point—instruments of a truly remarkable value that offer an unparalleled player experience.
Thank you for choosing Alvarez.
If we are shipping this instrument to you, we will include humidity control at no extra charge, to ensure a consistent humidity level during transit.
BUY IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME!
Come visit Sky Guitars in Denton, Texas!
We inspect every single instrument when it first arrives! We inspect every aspect of the instrument including the neck, frets, fit and finish, as well as checking any electronics where applicable. We also do a complete setup.
Have it specifically adjusted for how you play!
Do you use a capo? Are you a beginner? Do you prefer a certain type of string?
Our Owner/Luthier will personally set up your instrument to fit your individual needs as a player!
We are an authorized Alvarez dealer.
We guarantee that every instrument we sell has been kept in a humidified room. This instrument has a perfect neck and plays great. All instruments are professionally adjusted.
NO INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING AVAILABLE!
PACKED AND READY TO SHIP SAFE AND SOUND!
ABOUT US
We have been a repair shop for over 30 years and repair instruments for people all over the world!
We have been a locally owned guitar shop in Denton, TX since 1994. We provide an incredible selection of musical instruments for both amateur and professional musicians. We stock both acoustic and electric guitars, electric and upright basses, mandolins, resonators, banjos, violins, violas, cellos, drums, pedals, effects, mics, stands, straps, amplifiers, PA gear and more. We are dedicated to competing with and beating the lowest internet prices on everything we carry in-store.
We have long been the place musicians depend on for expert instrument set-up and repair. We started out as an instrument repair business in the early 90's and our business and clientele have grown year after year! We are both Denton, TX's Largest Music Store and Denton's Oldest and Best Musical Instrument Repair Shop.
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