Engleman spruce is a favorite among guitar builders for its resonance and strong tonal qualities, and you'll hear these quantities in abundance upon playing your Retro series dreadnought. A solid Engleman spruce top is joined to the solid rosewood back and laminate rosewood sides for powerful sound that is at once fresh and retro. Includes hardshell case.

The superb MD80C comes with the deluxe Fishman Aura onboard Acoustic Sound Image System. Choose from six superior sound images for an extraordinary sonic experience. Handcrafted and loaded with professional features, this new Masterworks guitar is sure to appeal to musicians of all playing levels and musical genres.Alvarez's patented Direct-Coupled™ bridge ensures maximum transfer of string energy to the Solid Engelmann Spruce top for superior tonal characteristics. Highly polished, perfectly dressed frets ensure maximum playability, even into the highest positions. The deep Venetian cutaway gives you access to even the highest position frets. Intricate detail work goes into the MD80's Abalone soundhole rosette. Alvarez is obsessed with quality and beauty. Top quality nickel die-cast tuners provide smooth, fast and accurate tuning.The Fishman Aura On-board Acoustic Sound Image system for capturing and recreating a guitar's natural tone that only distance, air, and a high-quality microphone can produce. This groundbreaking technology allows acoustic guitar players to play with a more natural sound either on stage or in the recording studio.Players can choose from the following six acoustic sound images: Neuman KM-84 (recorded at 16 inches) Neuman U87 (recorded at 16 inches) Soundelux E47 (recorded at 4 feet) Shure SM57 (recorded at 16 inches) Earthworks QTC30 (recorded at 6 inches) Shure SM81(recorded at 16 inches)

Gauges: 10-10-14-14-23-09-30-12-39-18-47-27. Elixirs are the first major innovation in strings in over forty years, and they deliver what they promise: great tone and long life no matter what you put them on or how often you play. Nanoweb coating permits strings with the feel, bright tone, and punch of traditional strings. Elixir Nanoweb 12-String Acoustic Guitar Strings are covered with an ultra-thin, space-age polymer tube that contacts the string on the tops of the windings only. This leaves the all-important winding-to-winding-to-core space free from the fear of the enemies of tone!Most players report that Elixir Strings keep sounding great 3 to five times longer than ordinary strings.