

The WY1TS relies upon a spruce top with figured maple back and sides. The WY1M uses beautiful flamed maple for the top, sides, and back whereas the WY1K is built using gorgeous Koa wood. The standard WY1 has a cedar top with rosewood back and sides. There are a variety of WY1 models available, including the WY1 Standard, WY1K, WY1M, and WY1TS, each with a different choice of world-class tonewood.

The Alvarez Yairi WY1 models are made under such demanding conditions, and it shows. Made with hand-selected tonewoods, Alvarez Yairi guitars are still made in an old-fashioned workshop with naturally air dried woods, handcrafted into world-class instruments with hand-molded bracing and time-honored dovetail neck joints. They are handcrafted in a Japanese mountain village workshop under the careful eye of master luthier Kazuo Yairi. The Alvarez-Yairi WY1 models are a worthwhile purchase for anyone looking for a quality acoustic-electric instrument.Īlvarez Yairi guitars fuse old world craftsmanship with new world technology.
