Alvarez Yairi Masterworks PYM70 Parlor Acoustic Guitar Natural

DESCRIPTION

The Alvarez partnership with the Yairi family of luthiers in Kani, Japan is a cherished part of our 55-year history. Kazuo Yairi’s influence can be seen and heard in every guitar we make, from his innovations in bracing and instrumental architecture to his knowledge of tonewoods and their specific attributes and characteristics.

Alvarez-Yairi represents our flagship guitars, where each instrument is treated and prepared as a handmade work of art. Each brace is carved by hand, each neck is spokeshaved to perfection. Tonewoods of the highest grade are naturally seasoned for years to decades before being used in the production process.

The PYM70 features our FST2 bracing system, a forward shifted X-brace design which was the result of years of research and development. FST2 features center scooped scalloping to the main braces and asymmetric scalloping to the two tone bars. In this way, we optimize the separation between each string and maximize balance and projection.

We take the same deliberate approach to our finishes, which range from shimmering natural satin to breathtaking sunbursts and shadowbursts. Careful preparation and years of experience allow our craftsmen to keep the finish thin, allowing our high-grade tops an excellent rate of vibration and movement.

This PYM70 Parlor has a wonderful tone packed into its diminutive body, with clear shimmering trebles that are perfect for ragtime and bluesy picking. It has been carefully designed to take advantage of a parlor shape’s best properties. It features a solid AAA grade Sitka spruce top.

Further innovation comes with the Direct Coupled Bridge. This system displays the craftsmanship with which these guitars are made. The DC Bridge means the pins actually go into the top of the guitar, taking the vibration to the heart of the soundboard and simultaneously increasing the break angle from the saddle to the top. This increased down pressure raises string tension, giving the guitar a very responsive feel and adding quality to its volume and sustain. Other presentments include hand cut and assembled pearl and abalone inlays, ivoroid binding, ebony fingerboard, ebony bridge and ebony bridge pins.

Like all Yairi Masterworks, this guitar is made from premium tonewood that has been seasoned naturally for 5 to 15 years in the perfect climate of Kani.

Kani is in the prefecture of Gifu in the hills north of Nagoya. This wood preparation and environment for building guitars is very important to the structural integrity of the instrument and helps to ensure decades of stability and performance from your Yairi.

Experiencing an Alvarez-Yairi is to experience the very passion that drives us. These are truly marquis instruments and represent what’s at the heart of the Alvarez culture: Continual improvement and attention to detail that will give our players a lifetime of musical fulfillment.

SETUP & INSPECTED BY OUR TECH TEAM

All of our guitars come with a FREE professional setup tailored to your individual tuning and string gauge preferences, if available. Our setups always include action, intonation, trem angle, and truss rod adjustments.  If needed, we smooth out fret edges, address any nut or bridge shim issues, polish the frets, and condition the fingerboard.  All work is completed by our experienced tech team who understand what today's players want from their instruments. If not otherwise requested our techs will setup each instrument to a comfortable medium/low action with minimal truss rod relief dependent on the instrument style. Please reach out after purchase if you have any specific requests about your setup.

INDIVIDUALLY PHOTOGRAPHED

Our photos are professionally lit and edited to accurately represent the instrument's true colors. We never embellish, oversaturate or misrepresent our images. We understand that purchasing a guitar online can be difficult. That is why, unless otherwise noted, Ish Guitars always individually photographs and lists each instrument with painstaking precision so that you can be confident in your purchase.

SPECS 

Case: Hardshell Case

Weight: 3.9lbs

Year: 2022

Top Wood: Solid AAA Sitka Spruce

Body Finish: Natural/Gloss

Back and Sides Wood: Solid East Indian Rosewood

Shape: Parlor

Neck: One piece mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish, Extended neck joint

Bridge: Ebony Direct Coupled

Inlays: Abalone & Mother of Pearl

Fingerboard: Ebony with 12th AA Fret Inlay

Headstock Plate: Rosewood

Nut and Saddle: Real Bone / Tusq™

Tuner: Gotoh 510's Gold with Ebony Buttons

Binding: Ivoroid

Bridge Pins: Ebony

Strings: D'Addario EXP16

Accessories: Deluxe Wood Case / US Only

Bracing Systems: Handcarved FST2 - Forward Shifted, Assymetric Tone Bars

Neck Joint: Dovetail, Extended Neck Joint

Neck Meets Body: 12th Fret

Number of Frets: 19

Overall Length (mm): 967

Body Width (mm): 361

Body Depth at Heel (mm): 84

Body Depth at Base (mm): 107

Scale (mm): 610

Scale (inches): 24

Number of Frets: 20

Nut Width (mm): 44

Nut Width (inches): 1 23/32