Alvarez Yairi FYM66HD Acoustic, w/case, setup review, & shipping

These guitars continue to be amazing… their consistent quality and precise workmanship will make you a proud owner of this classic. Don’t let the OM size worry you about richness and projection… These put many Dreads to shame in those categories. I feel this guitar is unmatched for anything else in or near its price range. We have many satisfied customers who have purchased these.

Also... as we usually do... the pics provided here are of the actual guitar you'll be purchasing.

The following is an adapted version of the Alvarez-Yairi description:

FYM66HD Yairi Honduran Folk/OM

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. Their skills and experience are shared with younger luthiers to form a multi-generational team who have chosen guitar building as their livelihood and dedicated their working lives to the craft. Our guitars are the result of the close collaboration between Alvarez & Yairi—a sharing of knowledge and an obsessional approach to excellence.

In 2024 the FST6 bracing system was introduced, which provides a new voicing and tonal response in the Honduran and 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 FST6 system is similar in shape and placement to our 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 we found impossible not to embrace.

Playing an instrument that instantly, almost intuitively reacts to your requests is a result we continually strive to achieve. We feel FST6 increases the connection with the player and responds effortlessly.

Specifications

Top Wood:  Solid Vintage Honduran Mahogany

Body Finish:  Natural/Gloss

Back and Sides Wood:  Solid Vintage Honduran Mahogany

Bridge Pins:  Ebony

Shape:  Folk/OM

Neck: One piece mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish

Bracing: Hand Carved FST6

Bridge:  Ebony Direct Coupled

Inlays:  Ebony/12th Fret Inlay

Fingerboard:  Ebony / 12th Fret Inlay

Headstock Plate:  Ebony

Nut and Saddle:  Bone

Tuner:  Gotoh 510's Gold with Ebony Buttons

Binding:  Ivoroid

Accessories:  Deluxe Wood Case / US Only

Bracing Systems:  Handcarved FST6 - Forward Shifted, Asymmetric Tone Bars

Neck Joint:  Dovetail, Extended Neck Joint

Neck Meets Body:  14th Fret

Dimensions

Overall Length: 1017 (mm)40.04”

Body Width: 386 (mm) 15.2”

Body Depth at Heel: 89 (mm) 3.5”

Body Depth at Base: 111 (mm)4.37”

Scale: 25”

Number of Frets: 20

Nut Width: 44 (mm) 1 23/32”