oh my lord

[coreybyrnes]

i just bought my dream guitar:


yairi wy1


i'm flipping out (which cannot be seen over the internet)

[LatelyLonely]

congrats corey, i know the feelin almost afraid to play it but it jus sounds to damn good!!!!

[-oli]

we need pics!!!!

[coreybyrnes]

http://www.alvarezgtr.com/bigguitarspgs/wy1big.html


this is the picture for it on the website... here is some info on the makers of the beauty:

Kazuo Yairi took over the factory 30 years ago, after his father who founded the factory in 1935. The factory is located in Kani, a small village located in the Honshu mountains in Japan. Kazuo learned how to make violins and guitars from his father, who soon discovered the unusual talent his son had as a guitar constructor. Today K. Yairi and his staff produces about 5000 guitars a year, divided among 25 models.


K. Yairi is in every way a unique guitar factory, but still typical Japanese. The younger employees have the option to live at the factory area, where Mrs. Yairi makes supper and in general functions as a mother to them. A typical day naturally starts out with morning gymnastics, as in any other normal Japanese business. To control the quality of their guitars, Yairi them self imports all the wood they need. We are talking about more than 20 different types of wood, often more than 10 different types of wood are needed to build a guitar. Spruce and cedar are imported from Canada; Ebony and rosewood to make the fingerboard comes from Africa. Mahogany comes from Honduras, Africa, New Guinea and the Philippines; Jacaranda and rosewood are used to make the bottom and the sides and are imported from India, Africa and South America. Kazuo Yiari himself run the quality control of the wood there are being bought, so an uniform high quality are kept, in the wood that are used. Furthermore, all wood which are purchased are being processed in the factory’s own sawmill, after which the wood are being sort according to quality and put away for storing in at least 4 years. Yairi endeavour to have at stock of at least 10 years supply, which save guard the possibility of panic purchases of lesser quality wood because of wood shortages in the industry.


All of the Yairi guitars are handmade, often by one man alone, which is completely unheard of in this price range; this is something only manufacturers like Gibson, Martin or Guild do. There can be no doubt that Kazuo Yairi and his employees represent the most outstanding in guitar construction in Japan today.

[Lemonhead]

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[Tomarse]

Wow that's beautiful! [img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]

[tomas]

wow! a beauty indeed[img]smileys/smiley1.gif[/img]