Dalbergia latifolia. Acer macrophyllum. Acacia koa. If you’re
a botanist, you know what we’re talking about. If you’re a
guitarist, perhaps words like “long sustain,” “balanced,
even tone,” “gorgeous reddish-brown figuring” will matter
more.
As they should. Presenting the Yairi Tonewood series featuring
the patented Yairi Direct-Coupled Bridge.
Whether you respond more to their beauty, or to their rich,
varied, acoustical properties, play one and use your ears. Hold a
rosewood dreadnought tight to your chest and feel the complex,
deep bass response. Bend over the soundhole of a maple backed
specimen and marvel at the crisp, defined articulation of each
individual note in a chord. Discover how much time you’ll spend
admiring a guitar’s back when it’s made of fine Hawaiian koa,
or North American walnut. Discover the entire Tonewood Series. And
hear the music, the magic and the soul that hand-crafted wood
guitars will bring forth.
Alvarez Yairi acoustic guitars are made in a stubbornly
old-fashioned workshop, hidden in the still beauty of the Japanese
mountains in the village of Gifu — far from the computerized
factories of high-volume guitar manufacturers. In fact, when other
guitar companies were building even larger factories, Kazuo Yairi,
was buying wood. When other makers moved to simpler techniques,
Yairi remained resolute in honoring the slower, classic
construction methods like the labor intensive dovetail neck joint
and hand shaped bracing. It is the fruit of these time-honored
techniques that create the exquisite instruments that are rare
treasures to hold and to hear, with the Alvarez Yairi hallmark of
sweetness and balance that is world renowned as "the Yairi
sound."
Alvarez Yairi guitars are offered in a select variety of standard
body shapes, sizes and finish details. Each guitar is a
one-of-a-kind work of art, with its own unique tone and cosmetic
qualities. In fact, every Yairi is as individual as you are.
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