This One Is Real Special - Alvarez Yairi FYM66HD
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2024
- Don't pinch me. I like this. Alvarez Yairi FYM66HD
Song: All This Time by Clive Carroll
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I've been lusting over the dreadnaught version, (DYM60HD), since I heard the story behind the wood that was used. There is a video on the Alverez website, but that Honduran Mahogany has been air drying for over 50 years at the workshop in Japan and they kind of forgot about it until Jack Pearson, (great player, ex-Alman Bros. lead guitar), asked Alverez Yairi to build him a guitar. They realized how special the wood is and decided to build the HD series of guitars until they run out of the wood. I have seen several demos/reviews of these guitars and everyone raves about them.
Very nice playing!
Thanks! Yes, I fell for the story myself! I imagine the DYM would be an amazing guitar. Hope you get ahold of one and get to know it first hand.
Kazuo Yairi made some wonderful guitars. I have a classical guitar he made in 1973. Cedar top with mahogany back and sides. A treasure. RIP Mr. Yairi.
Very nice. I bet it is a treasure. I've yet to play that combination of tone woods but can imagine it is in my interest to do so.
@@JR-pr8jb I bet it is lovely and sounds great. If it is a K. Yairi and not an Alvarez/Yairi I believe the one piece bridge is standard because the direct coupled design may be licensed for the Alvarez products. There's an active K. Yairi / Alvarez Facebook group with many informed people that may be able to help get more info. Otherwise, you might be able to contact K. Yairi and ask them directly. I've read that they are responsive but can't say for sure. Good luck!
Yes he did! I also have a 1973 Yairi Classical, but in coral rosewood, whatever that really is. It is stunningly beautiful to look at and the sound is amazing. It's too bad that Kazuo isn't around to see the success of his brand.
What a gorgeous, soulful, resonant instrument and played beautifully by skilled hands.
Hey thanks, much appreciated. Yes, it definitely is all those things. Cheers.
That was beautiful.. the guitar makes the sound so smooth it flows like water… and damn you can play my man … really enjoy your instrumentals
Hey thanks! It is a very very very smooth guitar and it seems to be getting better to my ears. It is presently three years old so it is probably still opening up. I expect it'll age well like K. Yairi guitars are known to do!
Lovely! Nice to meet another 3-fingers player.
Yes! Anchor with pinky or palm? I'm working on using the pinky more to hopefully gleen benefits from it, but it's really hard to change the habit.
Another 3 finger picker here with a pinky and ring finger plant.
I played with finger picks (Nationals) from about 1961 to 81..
then went bare fingered. The video has suggested I dig out my
box of Pre War Nationals and try them again.
I've been drooling over these old growth guitars!!!
They're even more stunning in person! Hope you get a chance at one.
I've wanted a Yairi ever since I realized that's what Jerry Garcia used to play. I think his acoustic tone is just to die for.
Nice, yeah, Jerry knew Yairi's were special guitars.
To be fair, JG could make a moving statement with a banjo. But, yes, I'd have a Yairi too. For now, I'll be content with my Masterworks Alvarez. 🙂
Great piece! You helped me decide to order a FYM66HD! Thank you!
Excellent! Good choice. I hope it hits the mark for you and you enjoy it for many years. I think you will. Cheers!
Sounds so good!.. and great playing, friend
Love that mahogany, thanks so much!
When I saw this guitar I thought it looked so cool despite not liking most of the mahogany topped guitars I'd seen. I just got an Alvarez AD60 as my second guitar - still a beginner and it's great for the price.
It sure is beautiful isn't it. I had an AD60ce through here a few years ago. Sold it kindly to my cousin. Really nice guitar. Congrats!
Beautiful
Thanks!
beautiful song, tone and playing. thank you.
Much appreciated! thank you
wonderful playing, so clean and just right
Much appreciated, thanks!
Hey Jason...great demo, and beautiful playing! I bought one of these Yairi’s a few years ago, and I have been in love ever since. I’ve got quite a few really nice acoustic guitars, but this one would be toughest to part with. I have been meaning to show it off on my own channel, along with a few other Alvarez guitars I own, but I just don’t have the time right now. I have been a huge fan of mahogany since day 1.
Your video popped up in my recommendations list, and I am glad it did. It’s great to see other owners of this model, and to hear their style of playing. Everything I play (and hear played) on the FYM66HD sounds incredible. It’s very expressive, and does everything I ask of it (as a finger style player).
I also saw a demo by J.P Cormier, which was awesome. These guitars are Martin and Taylor killers. I sold my Martin 000-15 very quickly after buying the Yairi. The Martin sounded dead and thumpy relative to the Yairi...almost like it had rubber strings on the low end. I wish I made a comparison video, but once I played the Yairi, I didn’t even wanna look at the Martin anymore, lol!
Anyway, I will sub to your channel, because we have similar tastes in instruments!
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Hey thanks! Sometimes I think I'm too overboard for mahogany but I just can't resist. It surely is an expressive instrument. I've gigged with it 4 or times sine adding the pickup and I love it. Almost too amazing for the spat of cover songs I bang out. I was on the fence about keeping it at first, but after giving it a chance I think it elevates my playing actually. Hard to express, but it is a fine piece. I often spend evenings paired up with my Blues 51 and bounce back and forth. The 51(which I absolutely adore) holds its own with a different quality of tone and the neck profile is similar. Alvarez for the win. Sad to hear your 00015 had to go, but I totally understand!
Really like your video presentation style. I'm a Blueridge/Alvarez fan Great stuff man.
Hey thanks, much appreciated. I'll have to get ahold of a Blueridge and give it a spin sometime.
@@jasonvalcourt I mainly play dreds I just bought a Br280
@@ryanbloom1738 beautiful, that'll do the trick... and more haha! enjoy!
wow thats sounds great friend
Much appreciated, cheers!
I got this guitar about 6 months ago and I agree, it's absolutely tremendous! Beautiful tone and sustain for days.
Isn't it? Something about the geometry has my attention still. It plays itself almost. Hard to not keep gushing about the sound or the way it looks. Hope it keeps for many years in your company and yields many songs!
@@jasonvalcourt Same to you! It's a family heirloom for sure. The luthiers at the Yairi shop are second to none.
that is such a cozy looking guitar I want to play it
Haha! It is cozy, thanks!
The lower end is unbelievably mellow.
definitely is. Hope to get it side by side with a spruce top OM just for fun sometime
Great demonstration 👍
Much appreciated, cheers!
I purchased that same guitar for my 50th Birthday... makes sense right, a guitar made from 50 year aged Mahogany? :) I can't play like you, but I certainly appreciate a great guitar when I play one!
excellent, I hope you get another 50 out of it too. thanks!
This sounds great, nice playing. Really like the thicker sound you're getting. I should have picked one of these up when prices were lower.
Hey thanks, it's a fingerstylers dream if you like mahogany. It's getting a lot of playtime and keeps delivering. Cheers
Very nice job on this piece. I always liked this particular Alvarez guitar and it sounds great in this video. Thanks. I play, in fact, I used to work for several world class guitarist. I used not to play fingerstyle, but now I try to play both.
Thank you. Very cool to be able to be close to high level players. I'd take some of that osmosis any day, must've been amazing. Yes, fingerstyle is very rewarding to have in the toolbox. It opens up chords in a different way and creates a dynamic counterpoint to flatpicked songs, or strummed songs. I'm pretty committed to the fingers, but have been dabbling a bit with flatpicks lately which has been really fun. Cheers
@@jasonvalcourt Yes, I was quite lucky. I used to do some work for guitarist, Stephen Bennett and later, I worked with Muriel Anderson, Richard Smity, and a show with Tommy Emmanuel. They are all excellent, and while most say Tommy is the best guitarist of those listed, I don't completely agree, because they all bring something different to the table and some are better composers and arrangers than the others. Either way, I learned a lot from all of them, especially Stephen, who I formed a very close relationship with him, as well as with Muriel. They are all blessed with a true gift.
@@perrythomasmusic3709 Very cool, and well said. That's some great experience you have with amazing players. All of them are incredible talents. Richard keeps amazing me as much as anybody does these days. Pandora has linked my music with Stephen Bennett's in their algorithms for years. Total honor! Thanks so much for sharing some of your story. Very nice to read.
@@jasonvalcourt Yes, but unfortunately politics can get in the way of some of these great friendships. Most musicians are extremely liberal and some just can't accept anything but their viewpoints, no room for anything else. That is sort of the case with some of these people, but you have to work through it. For instance, Muriel is very accepting, open minded, a sweetheart really. Stephen can be fairly staunch with no room for debate, however, he also has a really good heart. I was sick three years ago, actually I still am, and he flew down from Connecticut to go to both Dallas and Houston, to visit with me a few hours, then get back on a plane home. Very few will do that for you, but again....they can be fairly stubborn when it comes to politics. I try and be accepting when I work with these people, but it's very difficult at times. BTW, technically, I think Richard Smith is one of the best guitarist on the planet. I think Stephen and Muriel are better composers.
@@perrythomasmusic3709 Sorry to hear it. Glad you still have friendships with them. Muriel's music is definitely special. What a great player and composer. And, yes Richard is an amazing player. Brilliant stuff that I aspire to!
That guitar sounds quite lovely! Great!! I have a Taylor 814ce. I'd like the Taylor very much. However, I must be honest, I'm not wild "pinch me" crazy about it. I'm going to look into the Alvarez Yairi FYM66HD. Thanks for excellent video!
My pleasure, thanks! You have an amazing "problem". Starting with a great guitar and possibly finding another. I hope you can play the FYM in person before deciding, maybe along side your 814. I think that'd be fun. It delivers as an OM wants to, is super sweet for fingerstyle, and obviously the mahogany is stunning!
my Alvarez parlor anniversary model would blow your mind apart for tone, sustain, playability… great guitar I would put up against any Martin, Collings , Boucher .. you play beautifully and great guitar selections. Cheers!
I do believe it! I'd love to sit down with one and spend some time with it. Curious the model number you have? Much appreciated!
Wonderful guitar! Beautiful playing!
Many thanks!
Nice playing you’re getting some good sounds out of that guitar :)
That's nice to hear, thanks so much!
A beautiful guitar. Much success with it, but most of all enjoy it.
Thank you, very much appreciated.
Very soothing
Isn't it? Such a beautiful piece.
Good. Thank you.
You got it, my pleasure!
very nice playing, beautiful sound
Thanks!
I'm about ready to off my 2015 Martin 00-18V and would be very interested in the 66 HD.
What holds me back is the nut width which is 1.71 ""/ 1 23/32 ( Gibson's long time standard).
I prefer a minimum (yes it does make a difference) of 1 3/4" or preferably 1 13/16ths which
is also Eric Skye's choice.
Curious about the string spacing at the bridge.. not listed on the Yairi site or elsewhere.
Just under 2 1/4". 2 7/32" I believe (from center of 6th . Eric Skye is a wonderful player. Good luck!
@@jasonvalcourt Thanks for the specs.
My default for bridge spacing is 2 1/4 and prefer 2 5/16ths to 2 3/8ths.
Lovely... ❤
thank you!
Beautiful playing, Jason!
Thank you!
Delicious guitar and playing. 👌
Much appreciated!
Nice job on this Groovy 10-4
Hey hey, thanks, much appreciated!
I just recently installed some brass pins into my ad27 mahogany..it really gave it a different dimension..that one sounds really good 👍
I bet it did. I'd like to hear the nuances. I have brass pins on a late 40's LG-1 that is a Frankenstein guitar, but I believe the brass pins are helping it to stay alive and lively, but that's conjecture on my part. Thanks!
Lovely guitar and playing!
much appreciated!
How does the Alvarez play and sound compared to the FG850?
The necks are very different. The OM feels faster and is wider and changes in shape. The 850 has that sweet caramel dreadnaught tone, whereas the OM tends toward a parlor tone, slightly compressed. The 850 sounds bigger and luxurious, the OM more focused. The OM is loud all the way up the neck, maybe louder as you go up. Wide string spacing on the OM is a fingerstyle dream. The 850 has wide string spacing at the saddle, whereas not all the FG line does, or maybe the newer ones don't? Hope that isn't too vague/general, cheers!
Lovely Jason. Have the Adirondack Dread version of that guitar and I hate when I run into people like you because you give me GAS! : ) Perhaps we'll play together sometime, that would be a treat! Keep strumming brother.
Nice! I bet it's amazing and will get even better over time. Hard to imagine though eh? Much appreciated!
Sounds exquisite! Been eyeing one of these Yairis for a while now... I currently have a 000-15SM I love for hog/fingerstyle play but G note (Low E, 3rd fret) is thumpy, wolfy, lacks sustain compared to other notes so I'm thinking of getting something to replace it. Would you say the low G on the FYM66HD sounds full/has good sustain?
It is pretty exquisite! It definitely has magic and lives up to expectations for me. Hard to put down once I start playing. The 000-15SM seems like a killer guitar. I bet it sounds great. I love 12 fret necks and mahogany! If there is any diminished sustain on this FYM it may have a touch on the 5th fret, low E string, but this is reeeally splitting hairs. Hard to detect it. If your G note bugs you to the point of thinking of replacing the guitar, I would bring it to a good luthier and have them assess it and give you an informed opinion. I imagine most luthiers would be happy to at least have a look, or answer questions. I'd be curious what you find for answers if you do!
Beautiful playing! Is this the Alvarez made of 50 year old Honduran mahogany?
Thanks Ken, yes it is. I love that back story too. The guitar is living up to it so far and is such a beauty.
nice
thanks!
How do you find one that isn't striped?
Not possible with this exact model, but there are other models with spruce tops and maybe sunbursts that use this mahogany on the back and sides. Hope you find something you like.
Would it kill you to respect the way they made it and not tear it open to put your electronics in?? Could you just mike it, maybe?? What a shame.
Hmmm....tear it open? It is a K&K mini which is super simple and minimally invasive to install with no sound hole dials or batteries. And, no thank you to miking a guitar at a restaurant or other gig!
Loser comment, wtf
Your guitar is beautiful so why spoil it with awful way your strings are rapped on the head stock? You should be proud of a beautiful guitar and show off the head stock not leaving looking like that , especially if your playing on stage.
Thanks! It is an amazing instrument and getting better by the day. The strings match the hair on stage 🙃
I'll respect your opinion
I have been wrapping strings that way for 63 years and will continue to do so. My Martins don't mind it.
Beautiful guitar, just ordered one. Beautifully played yet the way you wrapped your strings mattered enough to comment. I didn’t even notice, don’t care. I was intoxicated by what was coming out of that Honduran masterpiece