Yairi - GYM80CE Shadowburst

In the small town of Kani, nestled in the hills north of Nagoya, Japan, lies the renowned K. Yairi guitar factory. They have been crafting guitars here for over 80 years.Alvarez and Yairi have enjoyed an uninterrupted 55-year partnership in producing exquisite guitars, made by hand, from naturally seasoned woods with an unwavering commitment to quality and design. Every neck is spoke shaved by hand, braces are carved, and tops are tuned to perfection. The attention to detail and quality of the build are impeccable.Kazuo Yairi and his loyal team of luthiers created an incredibly efficient and innovative workshop. Being able to work with such a lineage of master builders is very rare. Some of the luthiers have been at Yairi for over 50 years. 2024 introduces a new voicing and tonal response in the Masterworks Series. This voicing is designed to widen the tonal palette, and to bring a more robust, clear bass response and a compelling openness to the guitar.The new bracing system is called FST6. It is similar in shape and placement to the previous FST2 system, but the braces are lighter in weight. In the quest to strike the perfect balance between strength and vibration, FST6 delivers with a heightened richness found impossible not to embrace.Playing an instrument that instantly, almost intuitively reacts to your requests is a result Yairi continually strives to achieve. The FST6 increases the connection with the player and responds effortlessly.2024 also sees new models launched by Yairi and brings an array of new wood configurations to certain body shapes never made before. Masterworks expands its offering with a majestic mix of tonewoods. Californian Redwood, purchased by Mr.Yairi many decades ago, has been paired with East Indian Rosewood, and AAAA Adirondack is now also available with Rosewood. Both pairings help to create rare and inspirational instruments with new tonal horizons.2024 Masterworks also offers several new Grand Auditorium and OM models with a much-expanded choice of colors and tonewoods.In Yairi Masterworks, the acoustic-electric versions are fitted with the new Hi-Fi system from LR Baggs.Alvarez-Yairi 2024 is without a doubt the most exciting new line-up we have ever offered – a brand new, exquisite voicing for our all-solid models, glorious new tonewood configurations in Masterworks and new EQs and pickups. They are, quite simply, the best Yairi guitars ever made.

Key Features:

• Top Wood: Solid AAA Sitka Spruce
• Body Finish: Shadowburst/Shadowburst
• Back and Sides Wood: Solid Flamed Maple
• Bridge Pins: Ebony
• Shape: Grand Auditorium
• Neck: One piece mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish, Extended neck joint
• Bracing: Hand Carved FST6
• Bridge: Ebony Direct Coupled
• Inlays: Abalone & Mother of Pearl
• Fingerboard: Ebony with 12th AA Fret Inlay
• Headstock Plate: Rosewood
• Nut and Saddle: Bone
• Tuner: Gotoh 510's Gold with Ebony Buttons
• Binding: Ivoroid
• Strings: D'Addario EXP16
• Accessories: Deluxe Wood Case 
• Bracing Systems: Handcarved FST6 - Forward Shifted, Asymmetric Tone Bars
• Neck Joint: Dovetail, Extended Neck Joint
• Neck Meets Body: 14th Fret
• Pickup / EQ: LR Baggs HiFi

DIMENSIONS

• Overall Length (mm): 1028
• Body Width (mm): 402
• Body Depth at Heel (mm): 97
• Body Depth at Base (mm): 118
• Scale (mm): 648
• Scale (inches): 25 1/2
• Number of Frets: 20
• Nut Width (mm): 44
• Nut Width (inches): 1 23/32