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Manufacture of the Alvarez 5002 MAHOGANY classical guitar ended in 1998.

ALVAREZ stopped making the 5004 ARTIST ROSEWOOD classical guitar in 1998.

ALVAREZ made the 5014 ARTIST FOLK (MOUNTAIN FOLK) between 1995 and 1998

The Alvarez 5019 Midnight Special was a mid-range dreadnought acoustic guitar, with spruce multi-ply soundboard. The back and sides of the body were made from mahogany and the neck was nato. At the twelfth fret the Midnight Special had distinctive bird wing style inlays.

Manufacture of the 5019 MIDNIGHT SPECIAL started in the mid 1980s and ended in 1998.

Manufacture of the 5020 C Mountain Deluxe ended in 1998. The 5020C was the electro-acoustic version of the Alvarez 5020 Mountain and it also had a cutaway.

The 5020 M was discontinued by ALVAREZ in 1995 - essentially it was a 5020 Mountain with a laminated mahogany top.

ALVAREZ manufactured the 5020 MOUNTAIN DELUXE acoustic guitar between 1991 and 1995.

The 5020 SB (sunburst) Mountain Deluxe Sunburst was discontinued in 1998.

Introduced sometime in the early 1970s, the 5021 was an acoustic dreadnought style 12 string guitar, with a solid spruce top bound with w-b-w-b-w-b top purfling and black pickguard. The back, sides and neck were made from mahogany. The round sound hole had an attractive synthetic shell rosette. It had a rosewood fingerboard with pearl dots (some later versions had a bird wing inlay at the 12th fret). Rosewood veneer peg-head overlay with a mirrored 'A' inlay (or a script Alvarez logo in early models), 6-a-side chrome open-gear tuners. It came in natural or sunburst finish.

The Alvarez 5038 model had a Wildwood Cutaway, Cedar top, Ovangkol back and sides. Maple body binding and wood multi-layered top inlay.

The rounded cutaway was designed for easy playing. Deluxe gold die cast tuning gears with amber buttons. Satin finish.

The recommended retail price in 1984 was $325.

Earlier (1970's) models of the 5038 featured maple sides and back, and a spruce top. No cutaway.

The Alvarez 5040 KOA acoustic guitar was introduced in the early 1980s and is now discontinued. These had distinctive figured Koa tops - which were laminated. Examples made around 1982 have a brass plaque on the back of the headstock with the serial number stamp which reads 'ALVAREZ ARTIST, MADE BY ALVAREZ, COMMEMORATING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF SLM (1922-1982)'.

The 5043 BURGUNDY (BURGUNDY ARTIST) was made between 1994 and 1998

The Japanese made Alvarez 5047 acoustic was introduced sometime in the 1970s.

ALVAREZ made the 5055 BLUESMAN between 1995 and 1998. The Alvarez 5055 Bluesman was a flat topped, small bodied acoustic with two f-holes. This model should not be confused with the Alvarez 5055 model from the 1970s which was a J-200 copy. The 5055 Bluesman was replaced in 1999 by the similar looking Alvarez AD65 model.

ALVAREZ produced the 5072 JUMBO (ARTIST JUMBO) between 1994 and 1998

Production of the 5088 C (FUSION DELUXE) began in 1994 and ended in 1998

ALVAREZ made the 5088 C BK (Fusion Deluxe) between 1994 and 1998. Without a pickguard and in white finish this model was called the Alvarez 5088 C WH.

The Alvarez 5220C is a single cutaway dreadnought acoustic. It has a spruce top with three ply binding around the body and a black pickguard. The back and sides are mahogany. The nato neck has a 20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlays. The bridge is rosewood bridge with black pearl dot pins. It came in natural finish only. Manufacture of the 5220 C model ended in 1995.

The first 5224 was discontinued by ALVAREZ in 1988

The Alvarez 5225 Rosewood was the rosewood back and sides version of the Alvarez 5224.

The Alvarez 5227 ROSEWOOD SPECIAL was the laminated spruce topped version of the Alvarez 5225 Rosewood dreadnought. Both models had rosewood back and sides. It was made from the early to mid 1980s

ALVAREZ discontinued the 5237 CURLY MAPLE acoustic guitar in 1995.