Alvarez Artist Elite Grand Auditorium Acoustic-Electric Guitar – Shadowburst with Armrest (AEG99ce)

Step into a world of expressive tone, comfort, and refined craftsmanship with the Alvarez Artist Elite AEG99ce in Shadowburst with armrest. This Grand Auditorium–cutaway acoustic-electric combines premium materials, intelligent design, and stage-ready electronics to deliver an instrument that’s equally at home in the studio, on stage, or by your favorite chair.

Features & Advantages

• Solid AA Western Red Cedar Top — Offers warmth, clarity, and quick response, especially under lighter fingerstyle or hybrid techniques.
• Figured Acacia Back & Sides — Adds a touch of visual sparkle while supporting balanced midrange projection and richness.
• FS6 Forward-Shifted Bracing — Optimizes top flexibility and vibration for enhanced volume, sustain, and tonal clarity.
• Slim Flamed Maple Bevel/Armrest — Improves playing comfort along the forearm edge, allowing extended plays without fatigue.
• Cutaway Body — Easier access to upper frets for leads, fills, or expressive voicings.
• LR Baggs StagePro Bronze with Element Pickup — A trusted electro-acoustic system that offers onboard 3-band EQ, phase control, and built-in tuning for reliable amplified sound.
• Bone Nut & Saddle, Bi-Level Rosewood Bridge — Ensures strong acoustic coupling and clear string-to-body transmission.
• 20:1 Chrome Closed-Gear Tuners — Provide precise, stable tuning under varied performance conditions.
• Elegant Appointments — Ebony/Macassar binding, MOP & acrylic fretboard inlays, and a gloss finish applied thinly to preserve top openness.

Benefits for You

Whether you’re a fingerstyle player, strummer, or solo performer, the AEG99ce gives you an instrument that responds fast, sings with harmonic nuance, and delivers reliably through your PA or amp. The armrest keeps your forearm comfortable during longer sessions, and the cutaway design ensures you never feel limited moving up the neck. With the StagePro Bronze system on board, you’re performance-ready without needing extra gear.

This guitar brings together tone, playability, and aesthetics in a refined package that elevates your creativity every time you pick it up.

Specifications

• Body Shape: Grand Auditorium with Cutaway
• Top: Solid AA Western Red Cedar
• Back & Sides: Figured Acacia
• Bracing: FS6 Forward-Shifted
• Armrest / Bevel: Slim Flamed Maple
• Neck: African Mahogany
• Fingerboard: East Indian Rosewood
• Bridge: Bi-Level Indian Rosewood
• Nut/Saddle: Bone / Bone
• Scale: 25.5″ (648 mm)
• Nut Width: 1.75″ (44.45 mm)
• Number of Frets: 21
• Electronics: LR Baggs StagePro Bronze with Element under-saddle pickup, onboard EQ, tuner, phase control
• Tuners: 20:1 chrome closed gear
• Finish: Gloss Shadowburst
• Other appointments: Ebony/Macassar binding, MOP/acrylic inlays

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