MADE IN 1989 - KAZUO YAIRI H10 - POWERFUL HAUSER STYLE CLASSICAL CONCERT GUITAR

Description: Kazuo Yairi H10 1989 Classical Guitar Besides known around the world Alvarez Yairi guitars, Kazuo Yairi’s factory was making a whole range of models never sold in USA or Europe. Among many others, these were spruce top H (Hauser) models and T (Torres) models. Models H5 & H6, T5 & T 6 had laminated rosewood b/s, while models H10 & T10 has solid Indian Rosewood b/s, while H15 & T15 had solid Brazilian Rosewood b/s. These H & T guitars were made since early 1980s through early 1990s. They were very underpriced if compared with models sold by competition. In late 1980s Kazuo Yairi was the only Japanese maker selling a guitar with solid Brazilian Rosewood for 150 000 yen. Takamine, Ryoji Matsuoka, Yukinobu Chai and many other makers were charging 200 000 yen, while elite makers (like Masaru Kohno, Sakazo Nakade and Yamaha) were charging 300 000 yen for the same class instruments. This guitar was made in 1989 based on Herman Hauser blueprint. Yet it is more of Kazuo’s own creation and should be considered “just a copy” since it can easily rival original Hauser guitars. Kazuo Yairi is well known around the world for making “copies” that sound better than “originals”. And this H10 guitar proves just that. This guitar offers immense volume and super response, combined with deep yet very charming tonality: sweet, very colorful & ringing trebles, somewhat metallic & deeply resonating and full of overtones basses, all well balanced, with superb note clarity and separation, and all with very impressive sustain. If you wanted to purchase the same class brand new guitar made by leading Japanese luthier, you would have to pay no less than $5000. The same class instrument made by leading German luthier could easily cost you twice that much. This guitar remains in "excellent for its age" overall condition. While it top bears few tiny dents and couple light scratches, everything else strongly suggest that this guitar has never been seriously played. Without these few scratches everyone would describe it as “never used before”. Specifications:Top: High Grade Solid SpruceBack and Sides: Solid Indian Rosewood Neck: MahoganyFingerboard: EbonyScale: 650 mmNut Width: 52 mmCurrent action (as set by the maker) is 4.50 mm under E6 and 4.00 under E1. There is plenty of extra room on the saddle allowing to lower action to 3.5mm E6 and 3.00 mm E1 if desired. Guitar will be shipped in brand-new Yamaha soft shell case. WHEN YOU BUY ANY GUITAR, YOU MUST ANTICIPATE TAKING IT TO YOUR LOCAL GUITAR SHOP FOR FINAL ADJUSTMENTS CALLED “SETUP”. DEPENIDNG ON YOUR PLAYING TECHNIQUE, THIS SETUP ON USED GUITARS MAY INCLUDE NEW CUSTOM-MADE NUT AND SADDLE. IF YOU HEAR STRING BUZZ IT DOESN’T MEAN THAT GUITAR IS DEFECTIVE. IF YOU PLAY HARD ENOUGH ALL BASS STRINGS WILL BUZZ OVER THE FRETS, UNLESS THEY ARE SUSPENDED VERY FAR FROM THE FINGERBOARD. UNLESS YOU PLAY QUITE GENTLY, YOU CAN’T HAVE LOW ACTION AND NO BUZZES. KEEP IN MIND THAT CELLO-LIKE BASSES ON HIGH GRADE CLASSICAL GUITARS HAVE THEIR NATURAL “BUZZ”. Real Value of Japanese Vintage GuitarsThe key to understand value of vintage Japanese guitars is to acknowledge galloping price inflation (devaluation of Japanese yen) during 1960s & 1970s. This inflation slowed down in 1980s.During 1960s and most of 1970s model numbers of Japanese guitars were strictly interconnected with their prices in Japanese yen. By early 1980s and during following decades model numbers were no longer strictly associated with their prices. Some Japanese guitar makers introduced model names instead of model numbers. Others were still using model numbers with addition of letters and/or other symbols. It is then important to understand that two Yamaha GC10 guitars made 10 years apart are two instruments of totally different class. The same applies to any other Japanese maker/brand. The logical way to estimate the true class of any given Japanese made instrument is to compare its price with the average annual salary of wage workers in Japanese private sectors. This salary was: 450 600 yen in 1965 - 825 900 yen in 1970 - 1 868 300 yen in 1975 - 2 689 000 yen in 1980 - 3 163 000 yen in 1985 - 3 761 000 yen in 1990 - 4 107 000 yen in 1995 - 4 082 000 yen in 2000. Any guitar priced 100 000 yen in 1970 (labelled as No10 or No100) would be priced 200 000 yen in 1975 (relabeled to No20, No200 or 2000), 300 000 yen in 1977 (labelled as No3, No30 or 3000) and 500 000 yen by 1985 (labelled as No50 or 5000). Starting in 1977 Masaru Kohno introduced his new models No40 priced 400 000 yen and No50 priced 500 000 yen. By early 1980s Kohno started using model names instead of numbers and was steadily raising their prices without changing model labeling. His very top model 50 became model “Special”, and a decade later it became model “Maestro”. Naturally, all other Japanese guitar makers were doing similar pricing (labelling) upgrades.Knowing all of that, you can bet on that Masaru Kohno No50 made in 1982 is practically the same grade instrument as Kohno No20 made in 1972, or Kohno no 30 made in 1975.In early 1970s the lowest Ryoji Matsuoka (all plywood) model was 10, followed by (solid top) models 15, 20, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 80 and (all solid woods) models 100 and 150. Models 50, 60 and 80 were made with non-solid figured Brazilian Rosewood (double) back and sides and top model 150 was the only one made with solid figured Brazilian Rosewood b/s.In 1980 the lowest Matsuoka model was (all plywood) 20, followed by (solid top) models 30,40,50, 60 and all solid woods models 80,100,150 and 200. By 1990 the lowest Matsuoka model was M40 and the highest was M300. By 2010 the lowest Matsuoka model was M50 and the top model was M270. You can bet that Ryoji Matsuoka model 50 from 1980 is of the same grade as model M100 from 2000, model 100 from 1980 is of the same grade as model M150 from 2000, model 150 from 1980 is of the same grade as M200 from 2000 and model 200 from 1980 is of the same grade as model M300 from 2000.It is important to mention that if modern era luthiers are using 40+ years old woods to make an “all solid” wood classical guitar, its price is minimum $8000.All vintage guitars made with Brazilian Rosewood are especially precious, including those made straight grain varieties and those with non-solid b/s.Because response and tonal properties of Spruce soundboards are improving over time, long seasoned Spruces are far more precious than long seasoned Cedars. It is not very difficult to find out what are current prices of such guitars made by world’s leading luthiers.

Price: 2000 USD

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia

End Time: 2024-11-12T12:12:20.000Z

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