Alvarez AEG99 Koa Elite Artist Elite Grand Auditorium Acoustic Guitar #3325 - New

The AEG99 Koa Elite is a limited-edition Grand Auditorium from Alvarez's Artist Elite line, built around a solid AA North American Sitka spruce top in a shadowburst finish over Acacia/Koa back and sides. The back and sides on this one are well figured, with ripples that show as the light moves. Dark binding and an abalone rosette set it off.

Grand Auditorium bodies sit between a dreadnought and a smaller folk guitar, so they tend to be good all-rounders for strumming and fingerpicking. Alvarez's FS6 bracing is a forward-shifted X that Alvarez says opens up a slightly larger area of the top around the bridge. An East Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, mother-of-pearl inlays and a bone nut and saddle round it out.

If you want one guitar that can do a little of everything and has some figure to it, this one is worth a look. The photos are of this exact guitar, serial #E26063325.

Condition note: This guitar is new, but it has a small blemish in the finish on the lower bout, along the edge of the top where it meets the binding. You can see it up close in the photos. It's cosmetic and in the finish only, and we wanted you to know about it up front.

At a Glance

• Top: Solid AA North American Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides: Acacia/Koa
• Body: Grand Auditorium, no cutaway
• Electronics: None (acoustic)
• Case: Not included

Specifications

Body

• Shape: Grand Auditorium, no cutaway
• Top: Solid AA North American Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides: Acacia/Koa
• Bracing: FS6 (forward-shifted X)
• Finish: Shadowburst top
• Rosette: Abalone

Neck & Fingerboard

• Fingerboard: East Indian Rosewood
• Inlays: Mother of Pearl
• Nut: Bone

Hardware

• Bridge: East Indian Rosewood
• Saddle: Bone
• Tuners: Chrome
• Electronics: None (acoustic)

Serial

• Serial Number (on label): E26063325

What's Included

• Professional setup in our shop before it ships
• A handwritten note from our family, some Papaw Odell's stickers, and our family's cookie recipe

This guitar doesn't come with a case. Ask us about adding one.

Buy With Confidence

• 7-day home trial. You have 7 days from delivery to play it at home. When it arrives, let it sit in the box for 24 hours to adjust to your home before opening it. If it isn't the one, call or email us for a return authorization, then send it back in the condition it arrived, insured for the full purchase price and in its original box, for a full refund of the instrument price, with no restocking fee. (Return shipping is on the buyer.)
• Fully insured shipping. Most instruments ship free, and you'll see the total at checkout before you buy. We ship Tuesday through Saturday, usually the next shipping day; orders placed Saturday through Monday ship Tuesday. Continental US only.
• Local pickup at 200 Harle Ave NW, Cleveland, TN 37311, Tuesday to Saturday, 10 to 5. Play it in the shop first; if it isn't the right one, we'll refund you right then. Once it goes home with you, it's final sale, the same as buying in the shop.
• Pay over time with Shop Pay Installments.
• Questions? Call 423.641.8985 or email info@papawodells.com.

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