Alvarez Yairi PYM60HD14 "Yairi Honduran" Acoustic Guitar - USED

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This used Alvarez Yairi PYM60HD14 Acoustic Guitar is in excellent condition and includes:

• Body Size: Parlor
  
• Top: Solid AAAA-Grade Adirondack Spruce
  
• Sides & Back: Honduran Mahogany - Aged over 4 decades (READ BELOW)
  
• Neck: 1-Piece Mahogany
  
• Neck Joint: Dovetail
• Fingerboard: Ebony
  
• Made In Japan
  
• Braces: Forward Shifted
• Width at Nut: 1 23/32"
  
• Scale Length: 25"
• Frets to Body: 12
• Binding: Ivoroid
  
• Bridge: Ebony
  
• Saddle: TUSQ
• Nut: Bone
• Fingerboard Inlay: Abalone and Mother of Pearl
  
• Bridge Pins: Ebony
• Pickguard: Clear
  
• Tuners: Goth 510
  
• Headplate: Ebony
  
• Finish: All Gloss, Natural
  
• Hardshell Case Included
  

Alvarez Yairi guitars are Alvarez's flagship series, handmade in the Yairi factory.  Many of their design aspects began with Kazuo Yairi, such as the Direct Coupled Bridge, careful selection of tonewoods, and manual carving, a practice he called "listening with your hands".

Alvarez's discovery of a cache of Honduran mahogany tonewood purchased and stored by Kazuo Yairi in the mid-1970s, naturally seasoned for four decades, led to its making the Yairi Honduran line of guitars, which debuted in 2018.

From Alvarez:  "Mr. Yairi amassed an incredible amount of tonewood throughout his life and although most is in or around the factory, some was stored on a piece of land he owned some miles away. We would go and see the wood on every trip. It became a ritual after lunch, but because most of it had darkened due to the elements, we were never sure what all of it was. He may have been thinking, “One day they will realize what is in here…”

That day came, and what we found in terms of tonewood was pure gold: Perfectly conditioned billets of old growth Honduran mahogany that had been naturally seasoning for around 50 years…unbelievable."

This PYM60HD Parlor has a wonderful tone packed into its diminutive body, with clear, shimmering trebles that are perfect for ragtime and bluesy picking.

The guitar itself is very light in weight due to the quality of the wood and thin finish; you feel it resonating as it instantly responds to your requests. Its projection is open and its volume is excellent. Like all Yairi’s, its intonation is perfect and the all-round spec of the guitar is of the highest level with Gotoh 510 tuners and ebony bridge, fingerboard and headstock veneer.

Honduran Series are some of the best guitars Alvarez-Yairi have ever made and offer incredible value for such highly specified, inspiring handmade instruments.