Alvarez Yairi DY-62C

I have a 2005 DY62C - it has a solid Western Red Cedar top and laminated Burled Mahogany back and sides. Ebony fretboard with 'cat's eye' inlays. Cutwaway dreadnaught. Has a Rosewood Direct Coupled bridge - gotoh tuners with the cast amber buttons. Neck is Mahogany - binding is tortoise multi on body - abalone and maple around sound whole - and I believe rosewood on neck. Has Alvarez/Yairi 600 series electronics...

I don't have a certain style I like to play better than any others - but I use this guitar for my more percussive fingerstyle playing and for random use. Very sweet and crisp sounding. Pretty nice for fingerpicking. I do not use picks - so hard strumming sound pretty good too - I have a feeling it would be too tinny if a hard pick was used aggressively. Full and bright sounding all around.

Came to me in great shape. A couple of flaws in the binding on the back of the heel, but otherswise great. Frets were good and action just like I like it. Straight neck. Great satin finish with no visible flaws. Good bookmatching on top and back.

Very durable guitar. Obviously the cedar top is soft and prone to possible easy dinging - but I ding up my spruce top guitars too. The finish should last and same with the hardware. I could gig without a back up - and it is very dependable and stays in tune for a long time.

Have not had to deal with them - thank goodness. And hopefully I never will.

Great guitar. I have been playing for about 15 years. I have owned or currently own Taylors, Guilds, Martins, S&P's, other Yairi's, a Samick (I know - shut up). I would definately replace this guitar if something happened to it - just the thought made one single drop of a tear fall down my cheek. I love everything about it for I what I expected to be able to do with it. In other words - I knew what types of music I wanted to play on this guitar - and it has succeeded my expectations.

I am aproud owner of a 2005 DY-62C. The top is solid cedar that must be treated with the utmost care (my daughter dropped a cell phone on it the first week !)It is a bit soft but it vibrates freely ,even when you play the softest notes. That is one of the key factors in a GREAT guitar.I have to say that this Yairi has got to have the best fretwork of any guitar I have owned or played. The frets are impeccable for the filing and polishing. The ebony fingerboard is exactly what I was looking for and the 600MII is really good,but could be better on battery acess and the size of the control knobs. Iam still wondering why the battery compartment is not on the outside somewhere. The preamp could be damaged by handling so be REAL careful not to pull to hard on the wiring when changing the battery. This is my only issue.It came with a cool grey colored case with the Alvarez logo and leather trim around the edges.NICE!I forgot to mention the burl mahogany back and sides. It is a really nice contrast to my other guitars.

I play many different styles with this guitar. The midrange is very sweet and bass is tighter than my other steelstring(A Martin J40)The highs are slightly on the crisp end. This is in the unplugged mode and the detail is very evident.I could not ask for more when playing a passage that goes from loud to soft or strumming hard.Plugged in is a treat.I use a PA at our church running my signal into Mackie 32 VLZ at the flat setting, or unitypoint.I sometimes use a Lexicon mpx 100 for reverb and delay.I like to use octave harmonics ala Chet Atkins and the 62C has been stellar for this effect

Setup is perfect!As mentioned before,the fret work is the best I have seen.The grain of the cedar top is flawless and tight.Amber colored Gotoh tuners are quick and accurate, not to mention classy.The 62C came with direct coupled bridge which not all of the 62C's in the past had installed on them.I own an AY-20 with a tradional bridge.It is almost as loud and it's a smaller guitar, so Iam not sure if it's any greater of an advantage in sound, but rather in structural integrity.

This Yairi will have a good long life if taken care of properly.I will keep an eye on the top of it since it's nearly fatal cell phone attack.Iuse D'Addario EJ16's that are abit easier on the neck.Those strings were made for that guitar! If you own a 62C, try them.I normally use this guitar for all my acoustic work alone, my electric is a 73' Les Paul and a Hamer Artist Custom( I break strings on my electrics, so they need backup)I always reach for my 62C because it is dependable. Enough said.

Have not needed support.My dealer takes care of me ,Ihave met the reps at St. Louis and they have set us up with great instruments if we request it

30+ years. I own 20 guitars,none are the same.I own and collect analog recording gear because Iknow it better than the digital,but I like digital and I use it for it's editing.I would replace my 62C if I lost it. I would not change this guitar in any way other than the battery location on the preamp. That should be adressed! Long live Mr. Yairi!

Cutaway dreadnought body style with a solid red cedar top and burrled mahogany back and sides, the neck is mohogany and the fingerboard is ebony. I haave had this instrument since October of 1985 and have enjoyed it a lot. It has the standard onboard electronics that split the bass and treble strings into a dual mono set of output jacks. Tuners are sealed units and work very well and the instrument is finished very nicely in a clear satin poly. This was the first year of production and I ordered from a dealer in California who has seen the instruments at a ttrade show and was convinced that they would be real keepers, I would have to agree. The option of splitting the output allows compression on teh bass or reverb on only the treble, very cool but probably not necerssary. When run as dual mono it offers a very flexable and very large sound. Most excellent!

This instrument has a lot of songs in it and I think it is best suited to vocal support. Very woody sound that seems to be mostly focused on teh midrange. I was told that it would be somewhat subdued on the bass in an attempt to reduce feedback when amplified. Who knows but the bass is somewhat muddy when played hard compared to my Taylor. Excellent high end but not terribly bright, more round and pleasant. Great for a singer songwriter type music. Amplified the guitar sound a little dated with a piezo sound that is a little harsh. All in all very usefull though and definately worth checking out if you can find one. I usuall play through the house PA and go through a Fishman preamp to smooth things out. I must say that unplugged this guitar is very inspiring. 10 acoustic and 8 plugged in = 9 average.

everything was great!

Only one problem after all these years, the bridge had to be reset after about 10 or 11 years. The finish has held up very well and althouogh it is pretty beat up on top that is not the guitars fault and probably due mostly to the Cedar being so soft and the fact that it doesn't have a pick guard. Still looks great top me and always draws compliments for both sound and looks.

Who knows?

I guess its date of birth is probably sometime in 2000, I purchased mine in January of 2001 from The Acoustic Revival in Denver but it is the most recent version of the DY-62 as noted by the unique way the strings pin into the guitar top. I think Alverez calls that bridge design "Direct Coupled". Whatever, I think it really makes the sound project! It is a cutaway dreadnought body style with a solid red cedar top and burrled mahogany back and sides (beautifully mello coloring) and a satin finish! I guess the neck is mohogany and I know the fingerboard is ebony. It has some kind of a lighter color wood binding that I think is an example of Yari's stunning attention to detail.
However there is something amiss because I'm starting to see some kind of wear on the binding on the lower bout where my right forearm rests as I strum that looks like maybe the binding isn't wood at all but somehow made to resemble wood grain, its very tiny and I can't be sure exactly what is going on...more time and playing will tell.
The hardware on the tuners is gold colored, pegheads are a copper colored pearloid material that really compliment the overall warm honeycolored look of my "ROSE".
Another reason I know my 62C is the most recent version is it has the new 600 series electronics. I'm not going to be able to discuss the technical aspects of this componet but it supplies multiple ways to fight off that "feed back" problem. There are a couple of ways to "notch" out the midrange hum, there is somekind of phase shifting capability ( sorry, I think I'm making up some of this stuff), this on board electronic package is over my head. I suppose the only thing that would make it better is if it came with a factory installed internal mic. Which may be the next incarnation of the 600 series because there already is an input for a plug and play internal mic and an onboard volume control!

I do small coffee house venues playing my covers of country and folk kind of stuff. Most of the sounds I set it for are mello finger picking diddys but occasionally I may bang out some Chuck Berry rocky rolly things but whatever sound I'm looking for, chunkyfunk or mellomoody this DY-62C cruises through the gig smooth as satin! I can bang her loud or stroke her soft and I never get any fight from her. She rings with sweet vermouth!

When I took the guitar off the wall at Acoustic Revival in Denver, I was "just looking". I had been told about the Alverez-Yari line but knew nothing else. My first gut feeling was love at first sight. The action was a bit high and upon mentioning that to my man Ron, he tweaked it everso slightly and voila...it was "perfect"!
The rich almost deep red-brown burled mohogany is superbly bookmatched on the back. The smoothe satin finish is absolutly titelating to touch! The individual string saddles are set into the bridge perfectly.
Up to this time I had never spent more than five or six hundred dollars on a guitar. The fact that this DY-62C listed right at $2000 didn't faze me a bit...the craftsmanship was flawless and probably worthy of being in a higher price catageory.
I understand that this cedar top with satin finishing is softer than other guitars and perhaps that accounts for the everso tiny "ding" on my guitar's top...almost imperceivable...but not "mint". Still I gotta give it a 10!

I love this guitar so much that I'm scared to "put it to the test".
I imagine it will hold up just fine. It "feels" lighter and deserving of a more gentile treatment. Quite unlike my old "Cockaminime" that feels like you could set it on the top of the car, drive off forgetting about, have it go bouncing down the highway and still play that nights gig with it! I play 4 or 5 gigs a month with this guitar and I take care. It is a well constructed fine instrument.

My man Ron at Acoustic Revival told me of a customer who purchased a new Alverez, dropped it down some stairs still under warranty and the Alverez people replaced the whole guitar! I haven't experienced any problems but I feel certain Alverez and the St. Louis Music people are reputable.
As of this writing I don't have the warranty info but I think its lifetime(??!).
The day I purchased my DY-62C, I drove from my home in Pueblo to Denver arriving just in time to call and find out Ron had closed the store but since I had driven all that distance he would wait for me.
I think that says a lot about how accomodating he will be for me.

I've been gigin' for far too long - since the mid 60's. I currently own a Gibson acoustic, Takamine acoustic, a strat, Epi Sheraton, and now a Alverez-Yari. This 62C has everything I could want. It is the first axe I will reach for. I looked at the Guild acoustic/electric line and very nearly bought one but the salesperson couldn't get it to play. While he had it all apart on the floor, I quietly walked out the door and drove to Denver.
My Alverez-Yari DY-62C is an absolutely marvelously fine hand crafted instrument. Dollar for dollar I don't believe there is a better value on the market today.