Kazuo Yairi builds the top-tier Alvarez guitars in his home town of Kani in Gifu prefecture, Japan. CY118 is a model from his Yairi Classical Series and it is a classical guitar with non-cutaway design. It`s back and side panels are made of rosewood, while the top is made of cedar. cedar is the most common top wood for classical guitars, and on this model it is finished in gloss with a standard rosette around the sound hole. Traditionally, there are no pickguards on classical nylon-stringers. Bridge is made of rosewood and equipped with standardized classical shape. Neck is made of mahogany and it is attached to the body with a dovetail joint. It is topped with an ebony fingerboard. 19 frets, no inlays and 2" string nut wrap the fingerboard.

CY118 Full Specs

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Body Shape Classic Acoustic
Body Type Hollowbody
Body Construction Acoustic
Body Top Wood Cedar
Body Wood Rosewood
Bridge Rosewood
Neck Wood Mahogany
Neck Joint Dovetail
Fingerboard Material Ebony
Number of Frets 19
Hardware Gold
Number of Strings 6
Scale Length 25-1/2"
Nut Width 2.00"
Binding Tortoise
Binding Multi-ply
Tuners Classical
Finish Gloss
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Body Shape
Classic Acoustic
Classic Acoustic
Body Type
Hollowbody
Hollowbody
Body Construction
Acoustic
Acoustic
Body Top Wood
Cedar
Cedar
Body Wood
Rosewood
Mahogany
Bridge
Rosewood
Rosewood
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Neck Joint
Dovetail
Dovetail
Fingerboard Material
Ebony
Ebony
Number of Frets
19
19
Hardware
Gold
Gold
Number of Strings
6
6
Scale Length
25-1/2"
25-1/2"
Nut Width
2.00"
2.00"
Binding
Multi-ply/Tortoise
Multi-ply
Tuners
Classical
Classical
Finish
Gloss
Gloss
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