Please make your choice from the below. Acoustic electrics. Acoustic electrics pick nylon. Pick Nylon String type. I'm asking for an acoustic-electric for Christmas. I want a nice one. Somewhere around 2k probably. I'm debating between an Alvarez Yairi and a Tayl. Sadao was uncle of Kazuo Yairi who built guitars mostly under his own brand, K. Yairi have been marketed under a few names in the United States, including Yairi & Sons, Kohno, Shelly, and Wilson. They also build guitars for other labels like Alvarez and, in the 1980s-1990s, for Irish brand George Lowden. Jun 18, 2015 I am trying to learn about the specs of the various Alvarez Yairi Guitar Models of the 1970s and 1980s. There seems to be quite a few Model numbers in the Alvarez Yairi lines. I have tried to research this online and I cannot seem to find a detailed list with specifics of the model numbers and what the corresponding features of each model.
When Kazuo Yairi began designing and hand-crafting his steel-string guitars in the 1960’s, he was deliberately competing with Martin, Gibson, and Guild for the higher end guitar market in the U.S. This DY-84 is an example of the visual impact, superb quality control, and wonderful sound which Yairi was able to produce using the highest grade materials, the best Japanese craftsmen, and his own modifications of the best American designs. Today, the prices of the Alvarez-Yairi acoustic guitars range from $1200 to $5000 and beyond, and owners testify they’re worth every penny!
This gorgeous dreadnought guitar was made in 1992 judging from the number imprinted on the neck block, 04 10 305. According to The Blue Book of Acoustic Guitars, this indicates that it was made in October of 1992, the 4th year Japanese Emperor Heisa had been in office. (No, I’m not kidding.) The production number (305) suggests that fewer than 500 were produced that year. Considering the painstaking craftsmanship and high-grade materials displayed in this model, this relative rarity is no surprise.
The DY-84’s top is solid Spruce, while the back and sides are beautifully figured East Indian rosewood and the fully bound neck is mahogany, all set off by the gloss natural finish. The 14/20-fret fingerboard is ebony with abalone inlays. The ebony direct-coupled bridge has white abalone-dot pins, while the sound hole rosette has beautiful abalone inlay. The black peghead veneer is set off by the abalone logo and diagonal stripes and is also fully bound. Enclosed gold A-Y tuners complete the headstock, while a large clear tear-drop pickguard completes the body. This is one gorgeous guitar!
Even more impressive is its near-mint condition, its playability, and its huge sound. The frets have no visible wear on them, the top and pick guard show no play wear, and the finish throughout is perfect! (I did find a few faint buckle bruises on the back, making it about a 9.9 out of 10 for a 25-year-old guitar.) It was apparently has never been owned (except by me), and the store was obliged to stamp it “used” on the headstock to distinguish it from a new guitar. Structurally it is also near perfect, with no signs of cracks, repairs, or potential problems. The neck is quite comfortable for my kind of small hands, measuring 1 11/16” at the nut, and the extremely responsive action is set up at 3/32” at the 12th fret low E. The years of seasoning of the quality solid top and rosewood back and sides make this about as resonant a guitar as I have played, with great balance and clear ringing trebles.
I can’t resist including one quotation from a very enthusiastic on-line Alvarez-Yairi player:
I've never met a Yairi I didn't like and own a number of them - dollar for dollar they are the best value in the marketplace - particularly some of the older examples. This guitar is truly inspiring sonically. It sounds sort of like a harpsichord when it is strummed (incredibly complex harmonics and overtones) and each string is in balance - it is level across the entire sonic spectrum all the way up the fret board to the 14th fret. Not too bright, not muffled in any way, but the trebles are really crystalline and pure. Truly a profound instrument for the fingerstylist, bluegrass picker, and even sounds great playing some classical pieces (heresy, sheer heresy).
A bit much? I don’t know: it’s an awfully nice guitar....
The included hard shell case is also structurally near perfect, but there is a seam which is loosening. The hardware and the plush interior are also spotless, but one of the four latches is missing a hasp. More importantly, it fits this guitar like the proverbial glove, looks great, and certainly provides outstanding protection for this valuable instrument.
Buyer pays a flat rate of $55 for insurance and shipping to the lower 48 states; shipping costs elsewhere will be negotiated as necessary. Payment by Paypal is preferred; cashier’s checks are acceptable, but checks must clear before the guitar will be shipped.
I have tried to be perfectly clear and accurate in describing this instrument, so its return will not be accepted unless it can be shown that it was egregiously misrepresented in this listing. Please check out the pictures and ask any questions you might have before offering to buy it.
Thank you for your interest in this beautiful guitar.
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Yairi and early Alvarez Yairi models used the Emperor dating code.these are the numbers stamped on the heelblock of the guitar. Tamarin starinnij gobelen noti dlya fortepiano english. There are a few exceptions, especially after 1999, when they started to change how they date them. I am trying to learn about the specs of the various Alvarez Yairi Guitar Models of the 1970s and 1980s. There seems to be quite a few Model numbers in the Alvarez Yairi lines.
I came across a K. Yairi on CL locally and Im not sure if the person realizes what they have. Its a 19xx model, 6 string, steel, spruce/mahogany (I think) but so far I have no pics so thats all I know. Do any of you guys that own Yairis have a 90's model or know where I could link up to a catalog of those model years? There is not a huge amount of info on K.
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Yairi that i have been able to find, other than a lot of speculation over the genealogy of K. Yairi but not much else. I emailed Alvarez US and Mr. Kruszka said id need the heelblock or model number, not the serial number.
Ill update this as I know more from the owner, but for xxx.xx,[Thanks, Mods-I haven't been here for awhile and forgot about the price rule] for a purportedly 8.5 out of 10 Yairi, am I possibly doing will? Original case and everything comes with it, and its signed K.yairi inside.
Yairi YD302 Profile: 1976 S. Yairi YD302 Make: S. Yairi Year: 1976 Model: YD302 Serial Number: 6101.1 Made in Japan Type: 6-string acoustic guitar (steel string) Body type: dreadnought • Solid spruce top • Mahogany neck • Rosewood side and back • Ebony fretboard • Scale: 645mm • Nut width: 45mm S. Yairi, unsolved mystery Among guitar enthusiasts in Japan and around the world, S.
Yairi is known as one of the best guitars built back in the 70's. Yairi ceased to exist in the 80's. A similar brand name, K. Yairi, still exists, but the company claims that there is no relation to S.
Unfortunately in recent years, a new company with the same brand name began selling guitars made in China and by contractors in Japan, creating confusion among new buyers. The truth about S. Yairi is not well known. What happened to the master luthier, Sadao Yairi (a.k.a. Why does Kazuo Yairi (K. Yairi, Alvarez-Yairi) remain silent about the history and his relation to his uncle, Sadao? What is the secret behind the lifetime-guaranteed neck?
Only in the past several years some clues have been put together by enthusiasts. Still, there are more questions than answers. My guitar, YD302, is the low-end model of S. Yairi, built in 1976.
We may not know much about the guitar maker, but if you listen, the guitar itself tells us a story, something wonderful about the people who built it. Just hold it, play, and you'll know why some of us think that S. Yairi may be the best guitars ever built. Brother Yuichi This S. Yairi is the first guitar I owned. Before this, I was playing my brother's left-handed electric guitar. In order to play right-handed, I peeled off and flip the nut and reverse the strings.
When my brother plays it, I put it back to its left-handed mode. I repeated this operation for a few years until my brother's great patience finally ran out.
One day, Yuichi asked me if I wanted a guitar of my own. I said yes, but I got no money to buy one. I was in Middle School back then. A little over a year passed and he asked me again if I wanted a guitar of my own.
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I said yes again but I still got no money. I was in High School and had part-time job as a burger flipper, but all my money went to buy gears for my Kendo training (Japanese martial arts). I actually wanted to quit the Kendo team to play in a rock band with my friends, but my master coach didn't allow me to do that.
Anyways, my brother smiled and slowly pulled out a stack of money from his pocket. He was holding 60,000 yen. It was back in the mid 70s; that money would be $1,000 or more today. He said, 'you can buy a guitar with this money if you like, but I don't want you to buy a cheap crap.
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You must find a good guitar. You go find it and tell me.
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If I approve your choice, I'll give you this money.' It turned out that he'd been saving the money from the moment he asked me the question a year before. He was still in college back then, and I recall he had a part-time job at a noodle shop, not really a well-paying job. It took him a year to save that much money. I went out to a couple of guitar shops in Tokyo, did a lot of research, and came up with S. Yairi as my final choice.
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My decision was fairly easy, even though there were so many choices from guitar makers like Yamaha and Takamine. Yairi, even the low-end model, sounded much better than any guitars I played, including high-end models from competing brands. My brother approved my choice, and the S. Yairi YD302 became the guitar of my own. A year later, I ran away from home. My only possession was this guitar and a school bag.