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Location: Flahdaw | Robert Fripp (King Crimson fame) used to play and recommend the Ovation Elite SS. But check out this all-wood, bowl backed, "super shallow" custom made acoustic he now uses.
http://crimsonguitars.com/gallery/nst-i-acoustic/ |
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Location: Pueblo West, CO | One of the guitars on my bucket list is the Alvarez DY92.
The shape of the headstock on the DY92 is a bit funky, but is more than offset by the beautiful back. 1990 Alvarez by K.Yairi DY92 Reportedly, the sound of these guitars are pretty incredible.
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Location: Fort Worth, TX | DanSavage - 2013-03-02 11:37 AM
One of the guitars on my bucket list is the Alvarez DY92.
The shape of the headstock on the DY92 is a bit funky, but is more than offset by the beautiful back. 1990 Alvarez by K.Yairi DY92 Reportedly, the sound of these guitars are pretty incredible.
I saw one of those on the wall in a Ft. Worth, TX music store a few months back. Aside from taking note of its resemblance to an O, I wasn't interested further. The worksmanship of the back wood strips seemed a tad chintzy and there were small cracks in between the wood strips. I don't even remember what they were asking for it. I was in there again today and it was gone. |
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Location: Canada | These hand made Yairi guitars were certainly highly prized in the 70s and I think also rare. There are some nice pictures and videos on this site, tough I have no idea what they are talking about:
http://www.nimitguitar.com/mybb/showthread.php?pid=166867
If I trust google translate, then the strips at the back were CARVED and not bent, similar to the lutes of middle ages!
Edited by merlin666 2013-03-02 6:44 PM
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All-Wood Ovation maybe?
