The reason I got the urge to date it is because I have finally decided to restore it. I'm starting to lose the binding on the neck as you can see in the last shot but I love it too much to replace it. Apr 16, 8. I have never seen this Alvarez guitar.

It is not a Yairi like I thought, He signs all of his guitars in soundhole. Looks like a nice guitar. I will see if I can find anything else out about it.

Jim Moulton , Apr 16, Apr 18, 9. I too have a similar Alvarez made in Japan, 4 digit model no. Mine is a autumn heringbone model and there is actually a production date on the tag in the sound hole of The tag is identical to yours as is the headstock logo inlay. Tuners are different however.

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Based on the similarities to yours I would date it around the same years, '' I know the model name due to an Alvarez advertisement clipping that depicts the model I have. I too am getting ready to do some much needed TLC to mine as it has been my most loved acoustic for 20 years now. It was a gift from my mother who used it in a country band way back when. These are great guitars that can be bought very cheaply when you can find them. Good luck with the search! Apr 18, For any reference, I have a model large oval soundhole and it was serial It was purchased in 86' new.

I am probably no help at all, but it sounds great. Apr 19, Judging by the tag in the sound hole, headstock logo, and general construction of the guitar I would think it's definite made earler than ' Mine has a tag identical to this one but the date 16 5 78 is stamped onto it and it also has the name of the person who inspected it stamed on it. Interestingly I did notice your guitar has a different truss rod construction than mine.

Don't know if they switched over to your style at a later date I have heard of some poeple reffering to these as Yairi built guitars even though they don't carry the Yairi headstock logo. Apr 23, I bet it is an excellent guitar!!! Jim Moulton , Apr 23, Apr 27, Apr 30, NickHolt , Apr 30, Did we solve this puzzle?

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Seorie , Apr 30, Jul 11, The ornate 'Tree of Life' inlay really set this model apart from most others. I still play it almost daily. Done a few acoustic duo gigs with it. Seriously considering restoring it. Binding needs some work. The reason I was originally looking to get a date was to find original parts, if possible.

Aug 31, I have the same guitar, and it is around the same vintage as yours, with a 4 digit serial number and the headstock truss-rod adjustment. As you can see from the response from SLM, the headstock truss-rod adjustment was on the earliest Alvarez guitars. I have another Alvarez from , that adjusts in the sound-hole.

You'll see a lot of people claiming that they have, or are selling, 70's vintage Alvarez guitars, but have sound-hole truss-rod setup. To me, that's the first indicator that a guitar might be post 'ish. And actually, due to the neck attachment issues, I gravitate towards the 80's vintage, as they have had less time to have their neck angle change from string tension.

My has pretty high action on it, and these guitars are very bad candidates for neck resets, as the necks were glued with epoxy, not hide glue which can be softened with heat. Anyone who looks at buying a vintage Alvarez should bear this in mind if the action is high. There may be no practical remedy Search web for comments on it. According to one dating method I found should be July Supposedly Alvarez used the Emperor year..

The chart below can tell you what the year is: Emperor Year Showa 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 Heisa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 End of Emperor Date Code. I'll be trying to dat the label.. Originally Posted by mbbreen. I have an Alvarez Please see the pictures below. It's serial number is It seems to be Korean made. I bought it in Please check the thread below for more information on my guitar. Bad Poppa said it is a "Herringbone Professional" Glenbrooke.

They were discontinued in There's a "contact" email link on the Alvarez site; they have been very helpful to me when I've sent similar questions. Usually getting back to me within a day. Find all posts by Hayduke1. Hayduke1, I've just e-mailed Alvarez. I'll post back their reply here and on my original thread http: Originally Posted by MartinEC. Hello, Tom, from Alvarez Guitars responded confirming my guitar "is an early to mid 's version of the Glenbrooke Professional.

There are no serialized records so we cannot be more precise.

This would have been a Korean built instrument". I contacted Alvarez directly with info on My 6 string and 12 string , they said they can only estimate, and records then 70's were not kept. They gave me an estimate, within 2 years either way, by the construction and label factors, not the serial number. So the best they could tell me was my guitars were made somewhere between , and Then He added approximately. I just sent the details to Alvarez and I'll see what they say. I find it hard to not believe the Emperor dating as the number makes sense..

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