Alvarez Guitars YB70
MPN: YB70
Item # YB70
Baritone Guitar with Gig Bag - Natural Gloss
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Baritone Guitar with Gig Bag - Natural Gloss
Description
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.
Key Features
- Extended Baritone Scale: Features a long 27 23/32-inch (704mm) scale length, lowering string tension to permit seamless, ultra-stable B-to-B standard tuning
- Built with a hand-selected solid AA Sitka spruce top paired with East Indian rosewood back and sides, naturally seasoned for 5 to 15 years in the hills of Japan
- FST2 Bracing System: Employs a hand-carved, forward-shifted asymmetric bracing pattern specifically optimized to anchor a robust low-end rumble while keeping notes defined
- Direct-Coupled Bridge: A proprietary two-piece Yairi design that anchors string pins directly into the soundboard top, increasing downward string pressure to eliminate floppy low strings and bolster sustain
- Extended Dovetail Neck Joint: Uses a one-piece mahogany neck anchored via a deep, extended neck-to-body joint to maximize vibrational transfer and guarantee absolute structural longevity
- Shaped with a soft "V" to "C" hybrid carve that allows for easy, fluid chording at the lower frets and a comfortable flat feel higher up the fretboard
- Outfitted from the factory with a genuine real bone nut and saddle, an exquisite 12th-fret abalone inlay, luxury ivoroid binding, and gold Gotoh tuning machines.
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