Alvarez has a distinguished reputation for providing extremely high-quality instruments at very accommodating prices. This Regent Series RD8 makes traditional Alvarez craftsmanship available to beginning guitarists with a select spruce top, mahogany back and sides, and genuine rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Top binding and an original bridge shape combine with chrome die-cast tuners and a unique pickguard design to make a visually stunning guitar.

The Seagull Artist Series Mosaic Folk is an acoustic guitar that features a combination of mahogany and cedar that makes for a very warm sounding guitar. The Mosaic Folk guitar has a custom polished finish for a luster that falls between semi-gloss and high-gloss. The finish is not only gorgeous to look at but is exceptionally responsive, making the Mosaic Folk a guitar well-suited to softer musical styles.The new compound curve top concept was originally developed for the Seagull Artist Series guitars and it is in these models that the new design really proves itself. The Artist Series luthiers choose from the very best of a stockpile that includes over a hundred thousand, luthier-grade, solid cedar and spruce boards. In fact, all of the tone woods for the Artist Series are hand-selected to ensure that the very highest standards are met. The scalloped bracing is designed to such precise tolerances that it requires a CNC milling machine to carve the individual pieces to the exact specifications. The finished instruments speak with incredible clarity and character — and that's before they open up! These guitars develop an even deeper character when 'played-in' and will no doubt become lifelong companions to those who choose them.The new models will look familiar to Seagull enthusiasts, the straight-pull headstock remains—now adorned with a new 'Artist' logo —and the standard Seagull body shape has been altered only slightly with a narrower waist. All models are made with solid backs and sides. The impact of solid sides on the sound of a guitar is virtually immeasurable.Sound and feel are where the new Artist Series guitars really distinguish themselves. The clear bottom end response arrives with plenty of punch and provides a suitable foundation to the harmonically rich sound that sits on top.

The Guild F40 Valencia guitar has an original grand orchestra body based on the 1954 F40 Valencia model, with all solid woods, 16" lower bout, red spruce top and bracing, mahogany back and sides, Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, bone bridge pins, tortoise binding, 1 11/16" nut and lacquer finish.