Any info about a 1979made K. Yairi YW650

[DanTheMan]

Hello Folks !

The reason why I start this thread is that I have massive problems with collecting information about one of my acoustic guitars and I hope that you guys can help me.

It is a K. Yairi YW650 which I bought a few days ago for 350€. According to the decal it was made in 1979. To me as a layman the top looks like spruce and the back and sides like walnut or jacaranda. It has a nice rich warm full tone and in my opinion some really nice pearl inlay around both sides of the body and in the fingerboard.

There is one strange thing though. This guitar had its neck broken which can be clearly seen. The difference in the colour of the headstock piece and the rest of the neck is strange. It almosts looks like the headstock was on a different guitar once. You can't see anything of that damage if you take a look at the front at that position. One of the preowners also glued some Piece of Wood on top of the headstock to prevent the spiky top from damage .... at least thats what it looks like.

Now ... when I take a look at several K.Yairi catalogs I can not find this model. The only model I can find that looks a bit like my YW650 is the YW800G and several Versions of a YW600

I've uploaded a few pictures on my webspace.

http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairifront.JPG
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairibackandsides.JPG
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairi ... kfront.JPG
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairi ... ckback.JPG
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairifingerboard.JPG
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairineckbody.JPG
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairidecal.JPG


Thanks in advance and best wishes
Daniel

[BluesHawk]

Wow. That's a beautiful guitar, Dan. Wish I could help. Have you looked for a Yairi Forum on the internet? Try this:

http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/yairiguitars/

Enjoy yer find!

[ship of fools]

Hey Dan any chance of you posting a picure of the label inside and the neck block anything that might be stamped there. I have gone through so many catalogues and find no mention of a YW 650 anywhere so it might be a one off but then again.ship

[DanTheMan]

Heyhey !

This picture shows the label
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairidecal.JPG

This picture shows the neck block ( 53120194 )
http://musikleidenschaft.de/yw650/yairineckblock.JPG

[ship of fools]

Well I have looked high and very low and have not found one catalogue nor advertisment for the 650 anywhere and have tried and waited for a few friends to get back to me ( more knowledgable folks about K Yairi then myself ) and not one of them has ever seen this model guitar before and a couple have suggesated that it maybe a one ( or several ) off guitars that they built and gave up on before full production was ever done.Wish I could have given you more, but thats all she wrote.ship

[BluesHawk]

[DanTheMan]

Thanks for trying to help me guys