Kazuo Yairi
by claesgellerbrink
I just found out that Kazuo Yairi died earlier this month at the age of 81. As I mentioned before, I would love to one day afford a K.Yairi and big reason for that is the philosophy of Mr Yairi himself:
Good materials are hard to find so it’s better to make guitars through limited production by hand instead of mass production. Trees are very important “precious” things so we should make good use of them. Guitars made with “heart” are the best use of trees. Kazuo Yairi
The most beautiful Martin D-45 copies in the world, a 1976 K.Yairi YW-1000
Claescaster 
i love to see factory tour, it’s like a candy factory for guitar players 🙂
I know, it’s awesome. It makes the guitars more “real” when you have seen the factory and the people that made them.
[…] warmth and good bass, just what I’ve been looking for. On top of that, it’s a freaking Yairi, I never thought I would be able to afford that and I’ve dreamt of a Yairi since I bought my […]
I’ve really got into the guitars that are rarer, considerably cheaper and extremely desirable for their sound and quality.
This has been influenced by your own site alongside the many forums I have been scouring for years…
I’ve recently managed to acquire a Levin LT-18 (1964), Morris W-40 (1974) and a K.Yairi YW-1000 (1976) – and CF Mountain D18 copy which is also quite pleasant.
I have nothing further to say, I just wanted to put it out there because such things mean absolutely nothing to anyone else.
Keep up the good work!
Thanks for all your efforts in informing people of these guitars,
Rich
I have owned about 5 Morris and 3 K. Yairi over the years and they were all amazing but I had to make some room in my collection, so I could buy more Levin guitars, so I sold all my Japanese acoustics, about 15 and just kept a Japan made Sigma DR-41. I miss my K. Yairi YW-1000 and one of the Morris W-50 I had a lot.