Conference napalm::guitar

        Dunno about these Inabez acoustics - any good? ;*)
        
        Seriously  -  there's  an  Alvarez dealer in Manchester, NH - I
        think  it's  called  the  Music  Factory,  located  in  an  old
        theatre/cinema just off  Elm  St.    and virtually opposite Ted
        Herbert's.  Sandy knows  the  name  of the street - so send her
        mail if you need more specific directions (SMURF::S_FRASER).
        
        It's the only Alvarez dealer  I  know of and they have a pretty
        fair selection - when I was  last  there,  they had maybe 20-25
        Alvarez  on the wall.  Prices were  reasonable  as  marked  and
        negotiable on top...
        
        Hope this helps,
        
        Andy
        

thanks Andy!

(Actually the Ibanez acoutsics aint bad at all...  Just  want a new
one I guess ?!!!)

    doesn't the Minor Chord in Acton sell Alvarez guitars?
    
    I know they used to.

    RE: biphonic pickups
    
    Are these the ones designed by Lee Majors?

ar-ar-ar...

Seriously,,

there similar to the Op 24 circuitry you'll find in the big dollar
ovations..

Anyway, I checked around enough,, i just ordered it...

Screw it..

The guitars are nice, and the circuitry is wot I'm looking
for,.

Besides, what have I got to lose, it's an even-up trade for my
two Ibanez..

Let you all know in a bout 3 weeks..

        I think  you made a good decision - I've tried a couple of them
        out and they felt and sounded good to me, acoustically at least
        - I didn't get  around to plugging in, but if the  pickup/EQ is
        anything  like  Ovation/Tak,  then  you'll  have  an  excellent
        guitar!
        
        Owner's report anticipated within 72 hours of receipt! %*)
        
        Andy        

    Thers a place near the center of Chelmsford MA that has a stock of
    abour twent Alvarez,.. and -Yari's ,.. the -Yari's are,.. um
    how do you say,.. fargin excellent! I love those guitars. I don't
    go in there anymore because the guy doesn't like to clean up my drool.
    
    Seriously though, the name of the place is now MUSUC-1 or some such
    thing. The guy who runs it is named Kenny,.. I can probably help
    you get a good deal,.. I mean I've been haggling with the guy for
    about a year over various guitars that I ended up not buying,.. 
    so if he thinks I really might buy something,.. I bet I can talk him
    down some,... and with that deal I struck on the Marshall,... I seem
    to be on a roll :-). So,.. if you're going to cceck that place out,..
    drop me a line. I'm sure he's a dealer by the number of axes he carries
    but I haven't asked that question.,...
    
    								/Bill
    

you got it Andy,

Found out last night, ETA is about 4 weeks, figure 5 to 6...

With patience,,, --- ray

The Yari's are nice, but a little too expensive for me...

I really didn't need to step up that high....  Maybe I'll regret it,
but probably not..

On Friday, the store where I ordered my (Alvarez) 5022 from
called me up actually..  for a moment I though my axe was in,
then I learned, no, not yet, but he asked me to come in and check 
out the new  Yari   lit he just got in. When I ordered my 5022,
he didn't have any Yari stuff...  SO I stopped in on the way home...

I gotta tell, either the photos and write ups don't do them justice, 
or I'm just not a believer..

They may be top-draw quality, but I was kinda turned off by
most of the body designs.   Most of the standard designs (non
cutaway) reminded me of the Gibson J50s, and I'm really not
a big fan of those styles (narrow shoulders..)

And the cutways just didn't take me..

The Garcia model was pretty nice, but again, the body style was
a little too off colour for me..  Although the laced inlay was
pretty fargin nice...  (but for the money, I'm not sold...  Plus
it looked HUGE.  There was a picture of Garcia holding one, and
even with the sie of Jerry, it still looked like a MASSIVE guitar.)

The Lute backs were interesting enough, but not being an Ovation
lover, I'd probably find the same problem with these as
I did with my Baladier I  had in a previous life...  (They tended
to lean back on me..  Can't see how the Yari Lute backs would be much
different.)

With list prices of whopping magnitudes (some up to $2,700) I'm
real glad I decided to go for tohe 5022 with the Biphonic circuit.

(I'm pretty phsyced too, I was told it'll be about three more weeks
max...)

a few other things I did notice..

1. The discontinued a few of the 1991 styles.  Which seemed to make sense as
they appeared to be price tiers, and offered basically the same guitar
but with less comsetics than the 5022.

2. They've introduced a new pickup,, Something (maybe Pro) 500 can't
recall exactly.....

It's not the same biphonic config as what the previously offered as their
top-o-the-line pickup.  It's more like a OP24 system, with a three band
EQ, plus a Volume, and a Contour control..

I stuck with the Biphonic,,  (I found out that this biphonic allows
you to control the tone colour of the 3 top strings and 3 bottom
strings separately.  (I'd love to know ahead of time how that works.)
as well as the standard three band EQ.

Anyone offer a quick run down on the Biphonic ?

/ray

Well, We're still waiting for the 5022 with the biphonic thang in it...

Sheesh, I figured I'd have seen it by now...  Due in this week though.

Keeping fingers crossed that it all works out!

/r