Alvarez Review: PD-80sc

History: Acoustic guitarist, percussionist, and vocalist. Classic country, rock, folk.

Purchase: Seminole Music, a local music store here in the Tampa Bay area. $500 for the guitar and an Alvarez hard shell case.

What I Like About This Alvarez PD-80sc: Beautiful looking, playing, and sounding guitar. Plays, looks, and sounds as well or better than some guitars costing 3-4 times more. Solid engleman spruce top, wish Taylor and Martin offered this. Gold tuners, abalone rosette and headstock logo, as well as 12th fret inlay. I like the plain rosewood fingerboard.

What I Do NOT Like About The Alvarez PD-80sc: Plastic nut, saddle, and bridge pins. I would like to see them use bone or Tusq. It still sounds like a dream straigth from the factory.

Alvarez PD-80sc Quality Rating: Excellent. Solid Engleman spruce top, solid mahogany back, laminated mahogany sides. Rosewood bridge and fingerboard. Nice light wood trim and zigzag back. Gold tuners. The electronics are very good (System 600 MkII).

Review Summary: Totally awesome guitar for the money. You could only find something that looks, plays, and sounds better for thousands of dollars.

Rating of this Alvarez product: 5

This Alvarez PD-80sc Acoustic Guitars Review Submitted By: Wildman

Review Date: 2006-05-04