K YAIRI Guitars Handcrafted in Japan since 1935

K. Yairi guitar workshops are situated in the mountains in Kani, Gifu, Japan, where guitars are hand built since 1935. As you can see in the photos of the workshops nothing has change for many years.

By continuing to work by hand, old style, K Yairi is perpetuating a tradition of his region where instruments were made for generations. He is cultivating and developing the local expertise, unique in Japan and probabaly in the world.

You will appreciate the painstaking attention to detail, the superb variety of world grade tonewood, and a range of instruments that no other brand can offer. You will see the stock of wood in the photos, drying naturally for many years, and the efficient precise work of the staff in the K Yairi work shops.

When the big US manufacturs invested in tools of mass production, computerized work procedures, and transfered production to Korea, China and Mexico, using ovens and microwaves to dry the wood, and vulgar bolt-on necks,...

K Yairi continued to buy wood and make instruments by hand, with no compromise to quality. Every K YAIRI guitar has the dove-tail neck joint which is painstakingly hand carved. Only like this can the musician feel the vibrations in the neck, and the result is fabulous sensations that cannot be procured in any other way. Frankly speaking, a bolt on neck feel simply dead compared to a traditional dove-tail neck constuction, especially in terms of true acoustics. It takes a Master craftsman with huge experience to set the angle correctly.

The stability of the wood is an essential factor in the life of an instrument, and its precision. K Yairi owns vast stocks of toneweed, that is stocked and sorted and waits for years, naturally, before being carefully selected for use. This style of work requires incredible patience and knowledge, as well as a vision of the future and requirements.

When you adopt a K Yairi instrument, it is for life. Indeed the guitars have a lifetime guarantee against faulty manufacture.