Alvarez 5021

The Alvarez 5021 is a 12-string acoustic deadnought-style guitar with spruce top and the back, sides and neck all made from mahogany.

Mike Rutherford owned a natural-finished Alvarez 12-string guitar, which he used Genesis shows (and also occasional studio work) from around 1976 until 1984. Every few years on the road, he'd replace the Alvarez with a new one as it would always wear out from being subjected to multiple changes in temperatures and humidity

Tony Banks was pictured playing Mike's Alvarez in rehearsal photos from Bravo Issue 37 in September 1982.

Quotes on the Alvarez
"“I’ve got an Alvarez guitar, which no-one seems to have heard of. It’s got a similar feel to a Martin, and it costs a hundred quid. It’s my favourite guitar – beautiful action, lovely sound. Better than any Gibson I’ve found…” (Beat Instrumental, August 1977)"