The Alvarez DYM500 Dreadnought guitar is a premium presentation model. The DYM500 has inlay work everywhere you look. The abalone rosette is the perfect accent for the solid spruce top and the beautiful "Tree of Life" fingerboard inlay and Maple/Abalone binding make this guitar a visual Feast.A solid spruce top gives the DYM500 an exceptionally brilliant tone with tremendous sustain, clarity, and tightly focused bass. Coupled with the solid Indian rosewood back and sides and you have an instrument with lush, full-bodied tone and amazing projection. Alvarez's patented direct-coupled bridge ensures maximum transfer of string energy to the solid spruce top and high quality gold die-cast tuners provide smooth, fast, and accurate tuning.

As do all Alvarez Yairi Masterworks guitars, the FYM500V exhibits the legendary skill of master luthier Kazuo Yairi and his dedication to the highest level guitar craft. This instrument is handmade of select premium spruce and rosewood from his famous collection of well-aged, naturally air-dried woods. Its tone is rich, warm, articulate, and irresistibly sweet. The FYM500V is responsive and beautiful, with gorgeous abalone and ivory accents, premium gold hardware, and flawless detailing.

As do all Alvarez Yairi Masterworks guitars, the FYM500V exhibits the legendary skill of master luthier Kazuo Yairi and his dedication to the highest level guitar craft. This instrument is handmade of select premium spruce and rosewood from his famous collection of well-aged, naturally air-dried woods. Its tone is rich, warm, articulate, and irresistibly sweet. The FYM500V is responsive and beautiful, with gorgeous abalone and ivory accents, premium gold hardware, and flawless detailing.

The Alvarez Yairi DYM200 Masterworks Guitar has a solid spruce top that gives this dreadnought acoustic guitar exceptionally brilliant tone with tremendous sustain, clarity, and tightly focused bass. Coupled with the solid Indian rosewood back and sides and you have a guitar with lush, full-bodied tone and amazing projection. The abalone rosette is the perfect accent for the solid spruce top and the maple/abalone binding make this Alvarez guitar a pleasure look at as well to play. Alvarez's patented direct-coupled bridge ensures maximum transfer of string energy to the solid spruce top. High quality gold die-cast tuners provide smooth, fast, and accurate tuning.

The Alvarez DYM95C Yairi Masterworks Dreadnought Acoustic-electric guitar features a solid spruce top. You get exceptionally brilliant tone with tremendous sustain, clarity, and tightly focused bass. Coupled with the solid Indian rosewood back and sides and you have a guitar with lush, full-bodied tone and amazing projection. The cutaway body gives you access to the entire fretboard. Alvarez's patented direct-coupled bridge ensures maximum transfer of string energy to the solid spruce top and high quality gold die-cast tuners provide smooth, fast, and accurate tuning.The onboard Alvarez 600T MK 11 electronics allows for external amplification. System 600T Mk II Alvarez electronics have long been known as the most natural sounding acoustic/electric systems available. The 600T Mk II adds a new dimension of flexibility and functionality to your live and recorded sound. Use the internal AUX input to mix in the added color of the Alvarez ASP50 MK II magnetic soundhole pickup, or of the Alvarez ACM50 condenser microphone for a "real" acoustic guitar from the speakers.

The Alvarez FYM95C Aura OM guitar features a cutaway solid spruce top that creates exceptionally brilliant tone when played either acoustic or plugged-in. This acoustic-electric folk guitar fuses solid Indian rosewood back and sides to produce a guitar with lush, full-bodied tone and amazing projection. The deep Venetian cutaway gives access to even the highest position frets. Alvarez's patented direct-coupled bridge ensures maximum transfer of string energy to the solid spruce top and high quality gold die-cast tuners provide smooth, fast, and accurate tuning.The revolutionary Fishman Aura Sound Imaging System allows the user to access six different acoustic images created using a range of vintage microphones in a controlled recording environment. End result: the "plugged-in" sound precisely matches the natural acoustic voice of the instrument!

Handcrafted in a traditional Japanese mountain village workshop under the personal guidance of master luthier Kazuo Yairi, Alvarez Yairi guitars are made with extremely choice tone woods. The exotic solid side and back woods and fine-grained solid spruce tops are naturally air dried and sculpted with individually hand-shaped bracing and dovetail neck joints. 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 enchanting Alvarez Yairi DYM9512 gets visual luster and sonic brightness from its sultry solid Indian rosewood back and sides. (Not to mention 12 strings). Other enhancements include a bound ebony fretboard, abalone rosette, multiple body binding, bound ebony headstock veneer, and gold die-cast tuners with amber buttons.

Handcrafted in a traditional Japanese mountain village workshop under the personal guidance of master luthier Kazuo Yairi, Alvarez Yairi guitars are made with extremely choice tone woods. The exotic solid side and back woods and fine-grained solid spruce tops are naturally air dried and sculpted with individually hand-shaped bracing and dovetail neck joints. 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 enchanting Alvarez Yairi DYM9512 gets visual luster and sonic brightness from its sultry solid Indian rosewood back and sides. (Not to mention 12 strings). Other enhancements include a bound ebony fretboard, abalone rosette, multiple body binding, bound ebony headstock veneer, and gold die-cast tuners with amber buttons.

The stunning all-koa Yairi DY1CK Cutaway Dreadnought Acoustic-Electric Guitar from Alvarez boasts abalone body binding accents. Voiced for optimum acoustic performance, the DY1CK projects expertly balanced tone and features Alvarez System 600T MKII electronics.Alvarez Gold tuning machines will get you in tune fast and they look great, too. The abalone soundhole rosette is the perfect accent for DY1CK guitar's stunning koa top. Highly polished, perfectly dressed frets ensure maximum playability, even in the highest playing positions. Alvarez's patented Direct-Coupled™ bridge ensures maximum transfer of string energy to the guitar's solid top for superior tone.The Alvarez System 600TMK II Preamp/EQ is designed to offer the finest acoustic guitar tone reproduction available. The System 600TMK II provides a broad range of sonic control, mixing capability for different combinations of piezo/magnetic/microphone transducers, and features an on-board digital chromatic tuner.Koa, koa and even more koa! The Yairi DY1CK is a considerable work of art. The exquisite abalone body binding brings all the aesthetic elements together.

Whether playing for an audience of one or one thousand, the Yairi GY2E Lacewood Jumbo Acoustic Electric Guitar is designed to proclaim your sound in its most natural form. Modern amplification systems deliver each note exactly as you play it. However, for some musicians, "amplified" doesn't necessarily just mean "louder." For that reason, the GY2E guitar features the Alvarez System 600T MK II advanced preamp/EQ, which is capable of unlocking previously unimaginable possibilities for your music.

Whether playing for an audience of one or one thousand, the Yairi GY2E Lacewood Jumbo Acoustic Electric Guitar is designed to proclaim your sound in its most natural form. Modern amplification systems deliver each note exactly as you play it. However, for some musicians, "amplified" doesn't necessarily just mean "louder." For that reason, the GY2E guitar features the Alvarez System 600T MK II advanced preamp/EQ, which is capable of unlocking previously unimaginable possibilities for your music.

The Alvarez Yairi ADY1 Ani DiFranco signature guitar has an extra-deep mahogany body with a Canadian cedar top. Includes Alvarez System 600T MKII electronics. What really sets it apart are the one-of-a-kind cosmetics: the gold-colored top is complimented by a gray pickguard suited to DiFranco's advanced playing technique.Alvarez gold tuning machines provide smooth, fast and accurate tuning. The soundhold on the ADY1 is left unadorned, contributing to the guitar's futuristic styling and clean lines. Highly polished, perfectly dressed frets ensure maximum playability, even in the highest playing positions. Alvarez's patented Direct-Coupled™ bridge ensures maximum transfer of string energy to the guitar's solid top. Individual saddles ensure balanced string response and superb articulation.The solid cedar top produces exceptionally brilliant tone with tremendous sustain, clarity, and tightly focused bass. Couple this with the solid mahogany back and sides and you get lush, full-bodied tone with amazing projection.The Alvarez System 600TMK II Preamp/EQ is designed to offer the finest acoustic guitar tone reproduction available. The System 600TMK II provides a broad range of sonic control, mixing capability for different combinations of piezo/magnetic/microphone transducers, and features an on-board digital chromatic tuner.