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Blending traditional Yairi craftsmanship with modern stage-minded appointments, the GYM72ce represents the very peak of Alvarez Yairi performance. This Grand Auditorium-style acoustic-electric guitar begins with a truly superlative AAAA Adirondack spruce top, supplying powerful projection and crisp tonality. A pair of East Indian rosewood back and sides temper the brightness of the top with lush bass and cavernous harmonic depth, all adding up to a remarkably versatile unplugged tone that’s equally fit for flatpicking and fingerpicking duties. Plus, if you’re playing in a setting where the GYM72ce’s impressive unplugged volume won’t cut it, simply plug into the onboard LR Baggs HiFi electronics system for immaculate acoustic-electric excellence. Add in the 1-piece mahogany soft “V” to “C” neck, a stunning ebony fingerboard, a direct coupled bridge, and Gotoh 510 tuners, and the Yairi GYM72ce is ready to deliver a lifetime’s worth of unplugged elegance and stage-ready sound.





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Famously found on the world’s most sought-after prewar steel-string acoustics, Adirondack spruce reigns supreme as the top wood of choice for bluegrassers and flatpickers who covet volume and projection. Adirondack spruce is far stiffer than standard Sitka spruce, with a crisp and highly defined voice ? making it a natural choice for musicians who require their 6-string to keep up with the rest of the band in all-acoustic contexts. Moreover, this Yairi’s premium AAAA Adirondack spruce top boasts FST6 forward-shifted spruce bracing to maximize every drop of resonance and response. It’s all finished off with a gorgeous pair of East Indian rosewood back and sides that provide lush lows, sparkling highs, and rich harmonic overtones in ample abundance





Soft “V” to “C” neck profile





While most modern manufacturers have switched over to skinny “C”-shaped necks over the years, the substantial heft of a classic “V” profile is a perennial favorite of Sweetwater’s strummers! To merge the best of both old and new, Alvarez designed the compound soft “V” to “C” neck profile that starts off chunky but thins out as you slide up the neck. For guitarists who cover a wide variety of sonic styles, this shape delivers incredible flexibility, allowing for both slick upper-register bends and licks, while still comfortably filling out your grip at the base of the guitar’s neck.





LR Baggs’ HiFi amplification





The LR Baggs HiFi system is everything players want in an acoustic-electric pickup: balanced sound, non-invasive design, and an impressive resistance to feedback. The system is beyond reliable and offers 700 hours of use on just a single 9V battery. Consisting of a HiFi preamp, two bridge plate sensors, a discrete endpin jack, and volume and tone controls, the HiFi’s magic lies in how the system preserves acoustic integrity. Just look at the bridge plate sensors, which use materials and placement that listen to acoustic movement and tonewoods without dampening natural resonance. These sensors are guests of the sound chamber, not intruders, and what you hear is your guitar’s inherent sound and nothing more.





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Alvarez-Yairi represents the driving force of Alvarez culture: obsessive attention to detail and traditional quality. The result is guitars that nourish creativity for a lifetime. However, these guitars aren’t just instruments, they’re souvenirs of music history and the emotions that shape it. Yairi's formidable team of 24 luthiers still builds instruments the traditional way ? sculpting guitars humbly by hand using only the finest materials with a nearly 60-year reputation of building players exceptional instruments at a fair price.





Alvarez Yairi GYM72ce Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:


World-class Grand Auditorium acoustic-electric guitar, handcrafted by Alvarez Yairi’s Japanese luthier team


AAAA Adirondack spruce top provides unmatched projection and a bright, crisp tonality


FST6 forward-shifted spruce bracing maximizes every bit of resonance and response from the top


East Indian rosewood back and sides complement the top with deep bass response, zingy trebles, and remarkable harmonic depth


Soft “V” to “C” mahogany neck topped with a 15.75-inch-radius ebony fingerboard


Direct coupled ebony bridge enhances sustain and all but eliminates common problems such as bridge lifting


LR Baggs HiFi electronics system delivers an authentic plugged-in re-creation of your acoustic tone


Rock-solid Gotoh 510 tuners