Description
Description
In the small town of Kani, nestled in the hills north of Nagoya, Japan, lies the renowned K. Yairi guitar factory. They have been crafting guitars here for over 80 years.
Alvarez and Yairi have enjoyed an uninterrupted 55-year partnership in producing exquisite guitars, made by hand, from naturally seasoned woods with an unwavering commitment to quality and design. Every neck is spoke shaved by hand, braces are carved, and tops are tuned to perfection. The attention to detail and quality of the build are impeccable.
Kazuo Yairi and his loyal team of luthiers created an incredibly efficient and innovative workshop. Being able to work with such a lineage of master builders is very rare. Some of the luthiers have been at Yairi for over 50 years. Their skills and experience are shared with younger luthiers to form a multi-generational team who have chosen guitar building as their livelihood and dedicated their working lives to the craft. Our guitars are the result of the close collaboration between Alvarez & Yairi—a sharing of knowledge and an obsessional approach to excellence.
2024 is an exciting year as we introduce a new voicing and tonal response in our Honduran and Masterworks Series. This voicing is designed to widen the tonal palette, and to bring a more robust, clear bass response and a compelling openness to the guitar.
We call our new bracing system FST6. It is similar in shape and placement to our previous FST2 system, but the braces are lighter in weight. In the quest to strike the perfect balance between strength and vibration, FST6 delivers with a heightened richness we found impossible not to embrace.
Specs
Specs
General
| Series: | Alvarez Yairi Masterworks |
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in Japan |
| Serial Number: | 77127 |
| Product Color: | Natural |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Grand Auditorium |
| Acoustic Cutaway Type: | Venetian |
| Body Material: | Solid East Indian Rosewood |
| Body Finish: | Gloss |
| Top Material: | Solid AAA Vintage Redwood |
| Bracing Material: | Spruce |
| Bracing Pattern: | FST6 Forward Shifted |
| Body Binding: | Ivoroid |
| Rosette: | 2 Ring/Brown Wood & Abalone |
| Purfling: | B/W/B/W |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | Semi-Gloss, 50/50 Finish |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Natural |
| Neck Shape: | Soft V to a C shape |
| Fingerboard Material: | Ebony |
| Headstock Veneer: | Rosewood |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.71875" (44mm) |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 15.75" |
| Scale Length: | 25.5" |
| Number of Frets: | 20 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Dovetail |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Abalone/12th Fret |
| Inlay Shape: | Custom Symbol |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Pearl |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | MOP |
| Neck Binding: | None |
Electronics
| Acoustic Electronics: | Bridge Plate Transducers |
| Controls and Switching: | Volume and Active Tone |
| Electronics Notes: | LR Baggs HiFi |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Gold |
| Bridge: | Direct Coupled/Ebony |
| Tuning Machines: | Gotoh 510 21:1 |
| Fret Wire: | 2mm x 1.1mm/Nickel-Silver |
| Saddle: | Bone |
| Pickguard: | Clear under top coat |
| Bridge Pins: | Ebony w/Abalone dot |