My brother calls me at work and says he found this guitar for sale and asked me if I have ever heard of a Yairi? I couldn’t leave work, thought about it though.lol. Short Version because of time constraints. I tried this the other day and for some reason, I was having difficulties posting on my phone.Anyway, to the story. Consensus also seems to suggest that the hook up with Alvarez guitars are not so great. Online forum consensus seems to suggest that because they are Japanese and don't promote themselves all that much, you can get a stellar hand made guitar for a not so stellar price, compared to the big name US brands. I like the look and sound of them from the YT vids I've seen. It's a family brand of three main luthiers, going back decades. Max budget is around £2000/€2200/$2700/¥300,000ġ3:07:53 GMT -6 said:I've been doing a little research on the Yairi guitar company from Japan. I want a higher end guitar specifically for folky fingerstyle, so probably looking at 45mm nut width/wider string spacing than my current Faith acoustic, which is 43mm.Īny other brand or specific model recommendations appreciated too. This vid with Ben Chasny is what really piqued my interest. He's a friend of a friend, so I might try and ask him about them too.

I lived in Japan for 12 years and have family there, so I'd probably end up ordering from the Japanese end.ĭoes anyone have any experience with them? The confusing thing is they have a Japanese site, a US site (with Alvarez), an EU site, and a French site, haha. I'd probably be looking at the higher end models which are of course all solid.

The lower end and mid range models mostly have a two layer laminate back and sides, but apparently they sound incredible (something about how they line up the grain of the two layers). I've been doing a little research on the Yairi guitar company from Japan.

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