2019 Limited Editions

Continuing our celebration of the Grateful Dead’s artwork, Alvarez is releasing a limited run of two designs for 2019, featuring the band’s iconic imagery.

Alvarez is thrilled to be commissioned once more to bring you newly designed guitars featuring the Grateful Dead’s iconic imagery. Exclusive for 2019, a limited number of these guitars will be made, making these guitars a great collectable piece.

One of the truly fascinating aspects of the Grateful Dead is how much they evolved over the years, both sonically and visually. From the early minimalist logos of Owsley Stanley, like the Steal Your Face logo and Dancing Bears, to the detailed conceptual story-telling of Tim Truman and Tim McDonagh, the Grateful Dead artwork never crystalized, but was in a perpetual state of imaginative transformation which continues to this day. In that spirit, our new designs for the 2019 Grateful Dead guitars feature a collage of classic imagery in the AF60GD Dark Star as well as a beautiful rendering of Tim Truman’s Dead Skeleton in a summer scene for the AF60FD Sunshine. Each guitar will come complete with branded Grateful Dead packaging featuring the iconic Big Bertha as well as a hand numbered certificate of authenticity. It’s our honor to be commissioned once more to help create these exciting Grateful Dead collectibles. Order yours today while stock lasts.

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Special 2019 Limited Editions
AF60GD Dark Star

The Grateful Dead AF60GD “Dark Star” design features a variation of Owsley Stanley’s iconic Steal Your Face logo with a rendering of the Earth and Moon as seen from space (aptly known as “Space Your Face”), as well as an intricate rose design based on the Grateful Dead’s ubiquitous roses.

The AF60GD-Darkstar is a great guitar with a solid North American Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides.

Due to careful design and our MST1 bracing architecture, this great OM has a rich open tone with bags of response making it a really fun guitar to play. Other features include a flawless gloss top that beautifully showcases the artwork. In the fingerboard there is an 12th fret lightning bolt inlay and to complete the vibe, a Dancing Bear graphic on the back of the headstock.

It’s our honor to be commissioned once more to help create these exciting collectibles that marry iconic rock ‘n’ roll artwork to great musical instruments. Order yours today while stock lasts, exclusively at Guitar Center.

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  • Solid A+ North American Sitka Spruce Top
  • Mahogany Back and Sides
  • Grateful Dead Artwork Top / Gloss Finish
  • Semi Gloss Mahogany Neck w/Dovetail Joint
  • Engineered Rosewood Bi-Level Bridge (Catalpa)
  • Mother of Pearl Inlays
  • MST1 Tapered X Bracing w/Asymmetric Tone Bars
  • ATR™ Thermo Cured Top
  • Engineered Rosewood Fingerboard (Catalpa)
  • Official Licensed Grateful Dead Guitar
  • D’Addario EXP Strings
  • Scale Length 24.8” (630mm)
  • Nut Width 1 ¾” (44.45mm)
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Special 2019 Limited Editions
AF60GD Sunshine

The Grateful Dead AF60GD “Sunshine” design features one of the coolest of all the Dead’s skeletons; the guitar player, sitting on a rock wearing a red, white and blue top hat. The original artwork was of course created by the wonderful Tim Truman and is used to form part of this guitar’s overall summer vibe and named with a nod to the second track on the album Dave's Picks Vol V, "Here Comes Sunshine"

This is a stunning guitar, and captures the spirit of Tim Truman’s many contributions to the band’s artwork.

Due to careful design and our MST1 bracing architecture, this great OM has a rich open tone with bags of response making it a really fun guitar to play. Other features include a flawless gloss top that beautifully showcases the artwork. In the fingerboard there is and 12th fret lightning bolt inlay and to complete the vibe, a Dancing Bear graphic on the back of the headstock.

It’s our honor to be commissioned once more to help create these exciting collectibles that marry iconic rock ‘n’ roll artwork to great musical instruments. Order yours today while stock lasts, exclusively at Guitar Center.

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  • AF60GD-Sunshine
  • Solid A+ North American Sitka Spruce Top
  • Mahogany Back and Sides
  • Grateful Dead Artwork Top / Gloss Finish
  • Semi Gloss Mahogany Neck w/Dovetail Joint
  • Engineered Rosewood Bi-Level Bridge (Catalpa)
  • Mother of Pearl Inlays
  • MST1 Tapered X Bracing w/Asymmetric Tone Bars
  • ATR™ Thermo Cured Top
  • Engineered Rosewood Fingerboard (Catalpa)
  • Official Licensed Grateful Dead Guitar
  • D’Addario EXP Strings
  • Scale Length 24.8” (630mm)
  • Nut Width 1 ¾” (44.45mm)

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