Anyone us an Alvarez Fusion Series?

[shanejw]

I'm looking into buying an Acoustic/Electric mainly for recording.  My local shop doesn't have any of these in stock and says they aren't planning on ordering any due to the thin acoustics being poor sellers.  Just checking here to see if anybody has tried one.

 

[tfarny]

In my experience Alvarez solid tops are the best lower-end acoustics out there. There was a mahogany OO body at my local shop in LA that was sweet and cheap, I nearly bought it couple of times. No idea about the electronics.

Edit: Oh, for recording get a large diaphragm condenser mic and keep your old acoustic. Definitely. NO electronic system is anywhere near as good sounding on record as an average well-placed mic. No comparison.

For live use, Ovations go for cheap, used, and are a dream to play plugged in because they have very little feedback issue and a good amplified tone - designed from the start to be plugged in. I had a standard balladeer and it was really nice, also pretty normal looking, not sure why I ever got rid of it actually.

 

[Mor Paul]

If you get an ovation, you might want to get one of those soundhole dampeners or whatever. My guitar teacher is a fan of the Ovations (I love how his 12 string feels, very close to a 6 string), and he told me he needed them to get rid of the last of the feedback.