Spotlight: The Hagstrom Alvar. Looking for a smaller semi-hollow body guitar, that packs all the same tone and response as a full sized semi-hollow bodied instrument? The Hagstrom Alvar was specifically created for players looking for that classic hollow-body tone that may felt that the major of choices on the market were simply "too big" for their bodies. Simply put, the Hagstrom Alvar is the porriage that Goldilock's would have chosen! Perfect hollow bodied tone, a "fast" neck and fretboard, a