Years ago I started buying Alvarez guitars , occasionally a Yamaha. It seems my nature is having a guitar with a warm sound so a question was do I buy this ? I did ! This guitar has a full warm sound ! One thing I do to hear a quality the guitar is just pick a string and see how long the sound last . the guitar is still creating sound up to 14-15 seconds which when playing a chord makes the sound stay longer. I can say this guitar is another step up from those made in china. It's like Alvarez has a manager there to make sure this guitar is another step up from what can be called normal especially of those coming out of china. Thank you !

I've never owned but have played a CF Martin, Gibsons and Taylor's. All American made. Most impressive, was the CF Martin pearl Inlay. It was my brother-in-laws. Gibson, can't remember the model, was impressive also. Not so much the 2 differnt Taylors i played. This LD70e Laurate will compete with the Martin and Gibson with both fit and finish and sound and make Taylor jealous. I own 2 cheap Alvarez. They have good sounds even, but not like the LD70e. Great action, tone and the sustain is unreal. The only thing that could make this guitar better would be made in the USA. Toni from Sweetwater is awsome to say the least.

I first learned about the Laureate series when watching a blind comparison of several acoustic guitars online. Both blindfolded players preferred the Laureate over other high-caliber models from Martin and Taylor. I was also drawn to the sound of the Laureate LD70e in the video and decided I needed to give it a try.

For context, I've been playing guitar for many years. The only acoustic guitar I own is an Epiphone Masterbuilt my parents got me in high school. I was searching to buy a nice acoustic that would be a substantial step up in quality, though my Masterbuilt is still a great guitar.

I was inspired by another reviewer for this guitar on Sweetwater to go to a big box store to get my hands on a Laureate and compare it to several other makes and models. I compared the LD70e to Martins, Taylors, Gibsons, etc. I honestly really wanted to like the American made guitars better. I tend to think of them as higher quality, and I honestly would have preferred to buy an American-made instrument than one made in China. However, the Laureate really blew me away. It sounded incredible, felt amazing, and looked great. I decided to go home and think on it for awhile before finally buying an LD70e from Sweetwater.

Sweetwater has incredible customer service (shout-out to my sales engineer, Andy), and they had great financing options. They had a model with a perfect top, and I was able to get it Plek'd. I love my new guitar so much, and am so excited to continue playing the crap out of it. If you're in the market for a new acoustic, you have to give one of these a shot.

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Before buying this guitar, I was recently in a box store which had some high end instruments. I mostly play Taylor guitars as the sound and playability of those are great. With that said it's pretty hard to go into music stores and find a guitar that impresses me. However, lately I have had an itch for a good sounding dreadnought as they have a deeper sound than a ga. I had played a martin d42 some years back that really spoke to me with it's well balanced sound that felt like it vibrated through me. I couldn't afford that one at the time and have never played another that spoke like that one. This time I thought I might find a good d28 or humming bird, possibly a j45 that I really would like. The box store has all of those which I played, as well as a Bourgeois and a couple of Larrivees which sounded very good. Then I picked up the LD 70e . I couldn't believe how it sounded and felt! How could this guitar sound better to my ears than all the other ones I had played that day? It was amazing. I also saw a folk size which was the same line of Alvarez . I tried it and it sounded beautiful as well. I not normally into the smaller body guitars but this one I would have taken over a d28 for sheer sound alone. I decide to do some research and found that this Alvarez line is all solid with top shelf woods that you normally would find in guitars that are in the 5000.00 up range. I was sold, however the store I was in was only running a 6month payment plan so I decided to risk buying something I've not played and ordered one from sweetwater. I'm very picky on sound and was already settled on a 70% likely hood that I would return it. It did not disappoint. Like I said earlier I have Taylors, one of them is redwood rosewood but this Alvarez has become my most played guitar. To make a long story longer...no this isn't the d42 that spoke to me but it is the closest one I have found and in my opinion I'd take it over a d28. The folks at sweetwater are great to work with and I look fwd to future purchases.

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Just purchased the Alvarez LD 70e a month ago, and I can`t keep my fingers off of it ever since ! I wanted a Dreadnought without the sticker price of the Martin D28 , and I got way more than I could have hoped for! Deep Resonance, sustain, and a clarity that is hard to describe! If you are debating on getting one , go do it !!!

Just purchased the Alvarez LD 70e a month ago, and I can`t keep my fingers off of it ever since ! I wanted a Dreadnought without the sticker price of the Martin D28 , and I got way more than I could have hoped for! Deep Resonance, sustain, and a clarity that is hard to describe! If you are debating on getting one , go do it !!!

Stubbled across this guitar one day in a local music store and just had to get one. My initial mission was to find and test play a PRS I had had my eye on before ordering. Found this Alvarez completely by accident and I'm so glad I did. From the first strum I was infatuated. It felt and sounded absolutely incredible in my hands. Chimey, but all deep. Loud and clear. It definitely had a mojo to it. These are total sleepers in the acoustic guitar community in my opinion. I scrapped the cash together and bought one withing a week. Recently had the chance to plug it in and play with a buddy who owes a really nice Taylor. The Alvarez had no problem trading licks with a guitar that's supposed to be "better", and in many ways we both agreed that we preferred the Alvarez to the Taylor. This thing punches well above its price point. Incredible quality. If you're on the fence at all, just pull the trigger. It's a fantastic instrument.

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I have been following Alvarez for months now as far as their 2024 models go, and i was trying to choose which one i was gonna buy, because they are all so elegant and beautiful, but when they revealed this laureate in December for the first time, i knew this one was the one i had to have!! And i now have it!! I've played a lot of guitars over the years, including a Gibson 60's reissue J-45 i had just sent back the first of December, i was very disappointed of the sound and quality for that kind of money, BUT when i received this guitar from sweetwater, who are the best in the business at what they do!! I absolutely fell in the love with this Alvarez!! Holding it just feels like a million bucks, the ebony fretboard and new designed ebony bridge are to die for in the guitar world in my opinion!! And the spruce and rosewood are just magnificent, and the sound "blew me away" man i love this guitar!!! Props to you Alvarez on a job well done!!

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