“Almost Perfect” items like this one are a great value from Alvarez! With some of the highest standards in the industry for their finish product, many guitars are released as blemish items for the smallest imperfections!
Alvarez Yairi Masterworks GYM70ce Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:
- An elevated grand auditorium acoustic-electric guitar built from seasoned woods aged naturally for 5–15 years
- Handmade in Japan by expert Yairi luthiers
- Resonant AAA Sitka spruce top delivers peak performance and a luxury look
- Solid East Indian rosewood back and sides fuel clear, cool tone and distinct note separation
- Comfortable 1-piece mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard with 20 frets
- Smooth cutaway for easy access to upper frets
- Direct Coupled bridge allows more contact between strings and wood for pure tone and long sustain
- Gotoh tuners for exceptional tuning stability
- Premium bone nut and saddle enhance vibrational transfer from string to top
- Custom FTS6 forward-shifted bracing fuels even response across highs, mids, and lows
- LR Baggs HiFi electronics for rich amplified sound and exacting tonal control
Tech Specs
- String Type:Steel
- Number of Strings:6
- Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
- Body Shape:GYM70ceSB Grand Auditorium
- Back & Sides Wood:East Indian Rosewood
- Top Wood:AAA Sitka Spruce
- Top Finish:Gloss
- Color:Shadowburst
- Body Bracing:FST6 Forward Shifted
- Binding:Ivoroid
- Neck Wood:Mahogany
- Neck Shape:Soft V to a C
- Radius:15.75"
- Fingerboard Material:Ebony
- Fingerboard Inlay:Abalon 12th fret marker
- Number of Frets:20, 2mm x 1mm, Nickel-Silver
- Scale Length:25.5"
- Nut Width:1.718"
- Nut/Saddle Material:Bone/Bone
- Bridge Material:Ebony
- Tuning Machines:Gotoh 510, 21:1
- Electronics:LR Baggs HiFi (preamp), Bridge plate (transducer)
- Strings:D'Addario XT Light, .012-.053
- Case/Gig Bag:Hardshell Case
