Alvarez is having a well-deserved renaissance after the American-owned brand was reimagined in 2012. There's a comprehensive range of Chinese-made guitars currently available that kick off just under ...

Alvarez acoustics command major respect among those who have been lucky enough to play one of the Chinese-made guitars. In the past, that's been a frustratingly small number. Since the brand was ...

Alvarez Guitars AGW77ce-AR Acoustic/Electric. With its beveled armrest and cutaway design, the AGW77ce-AR is a thoughtfully designed guitar with a big sound that songwriters and stage performers ...

Kazuo Yairi, who has died aged 81, was a Japanese classical guitar luthier whose fixation with acoustic sound drove him to make beautiful, resonant guitars favoured by musical such greats as Sir ...

A partnership with the American distributors and manufacturers St Louis Music in the 1960s gave rise to the first Alvarez acoustic guitar. Yairi took over his father’s business in 1965 and ...