Alvarez Yairi Virtuoso Rosewood WY1 Acoustic Electric Cutaway Natural

A stunning combination of select tonewoods and unparalleled hand craftsmanship. Handcrafted in an old-fashioned workshop in a Japanese mountain village under the personal guidance of master luthier... more

A stunning combination of select tonewoods and unparalleled hand craftsmanship. Handcrafted in an old-fashioned workshop in a Japanese mountain village under the personal guidance of master luthier Kazuo Yairi, Alvarez Yairi guitars are made with extremely choice tonewoods. The woods are naturally air dried and crafted into instruments with individually hand-shaped bracing and dovetail neck joints. Rosewood back and sides combine with a solid cedar top to deliver a full-bodied sound that's as warm and inviting as the comfy cutaway folk-style body.Yairi's brilliant design innovations include an extended neck tenon for a wider range of rod adjustment and no neck/body irregularities. A unique coupled bridge design removes the forward pull from the bridge itself for greater stability and lighter bracing leading to freer tone. This Virtuoso model comes with the expressive System 600T MKII electronics for premium acoustic-electric amplification. Other enhancements include a bound ebony fretb less