Description
Photos are of the actual instrument being sold, serial 76069.
Combining a vintage AAA solid-Redwood top with solid Indian Rosewood back and sides gives the Grand Auditorium a fantastic resonance and response for all playing styles. The new FST6 bracing is thinner and lighter than conventional bracing, allowing the top to vibrate more freely. A smooth transition on the neck from a soft V to a C shape lends to easy transitions between chords and single notes. This guitar is fitted with the LR Baggs Stage Pro and Element pickup system.
The StagePro Element is a side-mounted preamp/EQ that offers easy battery access and a full chromatic tuner and three band EQ. Unlike common undersaddle pickups that are dependent on string compression for their sound, the Element Pickup was engineered to mirror the soundboard’s actual movement as you play, reproducing the natural sound of the guitar very closely.
This guitar is brand new and in factory fresh condition, with no dings, dents, fretwear, or shop wear. It will come with the original hard-shell case and factory packaging.
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Key Features
Top Wood Solid AAA Vintage Redwood
Body Finish Natural/Gloss
Back and Sides Wood Solid East Indian Rosewood
Bridge Pins Ebony
Shape Grand Auditorium
Neck One piece mahogany, 50/50 Semi gloss finish, Extended neck joint
Bracing Hand Carved FST6
Bridge Ebony Direct Coupled
Inlays Abalone & Mother of Pearl
Fingerboard Ebony with 12th AA Fret Inlay
Headstock Plate Rosewood
Nut and Saddle Bone
Tuner Gotoh 510’s Gold with Ebony Buttons
Binding Ivoroid
Strings D’Addario EXP16
Bracing System Handcarved FST6 – Forward Shifted, Asymmetric Tone Bars
Neck Joint Dovetail, Extended Neck Joint
Neck Meets Body 14th Fret
Pickup / EQ LR Baggs HiFi
Accessories Deluxe Wood Case / US Only
DIMENSIONS
Overall Length (mm) 1028
Body Width (mm) 402
Body Depth at Heel (mm) 97
Body Depth at Base (mm) 118
Scale (mm) 648
Scale (inches) 25 1/2
Number of Frets 20
Nut Width (mm) 44
Nut Width (inches) 1 23/32
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.
2024 is an exciting year as we introduce a new voicing and tonal response in our Honduran and Masterworks Series. This voicing is designed to widen the tonal palette, and to bring a more robust, clear bass response and a compelling openness to the guitar.
We call our new bracing system FST6. It is similar in shape and placement to our previous FST2 system, but the braces are lighter in weight. In the quest to strike the perfect balance between strength and vibration, FST6 delivers with a heightened richness we found impossible not to embrace.
