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Originally Posted by Mark Stone
In the 1970s, Kazuo Yairi made high quality Rosewood laminate B&S guitars. It was a 2-layer parallel grain laminate that produced as high quality as solid, with greater strength. My Yairi was made with Coral Rosewod, but some ( including this one) were made with Brazilian.
I believe that the Alvarez 5039 mentioned by Mick's Goat Whiskey Picks above and in this thread were laminated Brazilian, 2-layer parallel grain, made in Yairi's shop in Kani. |
Thanks Mark! The parallel grain laminate makes sense for this guitar. It was too cheap to be solid, but it sure did resonate and kick like a solid guitar. You could feel it hard in your gut when it was played hard. It was a very nice guitar, I just didn't need a 4th dread when I sold it.