Guitar serial number lookup for Alvarez Model number AD60CK Serial number f005090031 When was this guitar made and - Alvarez Artist Series Ad60k Dao question Search Fixya Press enter to search. Alvarez Serial numbers - The Acoustic Guitar Forum. K-Ka: m ade: i nfo updated 28 /6/2015: Kabanuck: Dan Kabanuck is a guitar player for Aftertayst. He also makes guitars Petaluma, California. Gretsch 1960 s hardshell case original. No reserve item number: 40. Gretsch 1960 s hardshell case original.
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Vintage Alvarez Acoustic Guitar Model 5222 Mahogany
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Alvarez Acoustic Guitar Model Number AD-60S NAT with case, strings, and picks
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Alvarez Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar and Case Silver Anniversary (~1994)
When Kazuo Yairi began designing and hand-crafting guitars in the 1960’s, he was not trying to create a “mid-range” alternative to the best American guitars; he was consciously competing with Martin, Gibson, Guild, and the “boutiques” for the higher end guitar market in the U.S. This DY-70 “Maple Graphite” model is an example of the quality and sound which he was able to produce using the highest quality materials, the best Japanese craftsmen, and his own modifications of the most effective American designs. Today, the prices of the Alvarez-Yairi acoustic guitars range from $1200 to $5000 and beyond, and as A-Y players will tell you, they are well worth the money.
This guitar (serial #51314) has a large dreadnought style body with a solid spruce top and lightly stained flamed maple back and sides, while the neck and headstock is mahogany. There is full tortoise binding on the body and a multi-stripe and tortoise inlaid rosette, a clear pick guard, a “swoosh” graphite bridge with black abalone-dot pins, a 14/20-fret rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot and fleur de lis inlay and a 25.5” scale, and a graphite veneer on the headstock set off by the inlaid pearl Yairi logo and the chrome enclosed A-Y tuners. This is one impressive-looking guitar.
Even more impressive is its playability and its huge sound. The label inside is not dated, but the number imprinted on the end block (0711 198) indicates that it was the 198th guitar created in November of the 7th year of Japanese Emperor Heisa’s reign (1995, and no, I’m not kidding). Despite the 20 years of music, it’s in near mint condition: the frets have very little wear on them, the neck is surprisingly comfortable for my kind of small hands (measuring 1 11/16” at the nut), and the action is fast and comfortable—right at 3/32” at the 12th fret low E. The twenty years of seasoning of the quality solid spruce top and maple back and sides make this about as resonant as any guitar I have ever played, with big bass and clear ringing trebles, and of course the sound will only get better.
All of this is purely acoustic; I don’t have speakers or an amp, so I haven’t used the Alvarez-Yairi System 500A electronics with the under-saddle pickup and the external jack. The once or twice I needed amplification—you know how loud those banjo players like to play—a sound guy set up an Oktava MK 012 microphone for it and I blew ‘em all away. However, my tech has checked things out and pronounced this guitar’s electronics good to go.
The included vintage hard shell case may or may not be original and is well-used but structurally perfect. The hardware is tarnished but it all works, and the plush interior is suitably fuzzy and fits this guitar like the proverbial glove. It looks very authentic and certainly offers more than adequate protection for this valuable instrument.
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I have tried to be perfectly clear and accurate in describing this instrument, so its return will not be accepted unless it can be shown that it was egregiously misrepresented in this listing. Please check out the pictures on REVERB.com and ask any questions you might have before buying.