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Originally Posted by architype
IGo on The You Tube and look up "Yairi Factory Tour" and there a couple videos showing the build process. From the video it looks more like a studio than a factory. Apparently Mr. Yairi still takes part in building some of the guitars.
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Of course, the immediate question that raises is how current that video clip might be, as well as how selective the filmmakers were when depicting the factory process. It can be very easy to dwell mostly on the process of making a small number of higher end instruments and not even film the construction of the less costly models in a production line.
I'm not mentioning that to question the quality of the workmanship, just pointing out that it's not difficult to pick and choose whatever goes into a promotional video.
On a completely different note, those of us mourning the possible eclipse of the Alvarez-Yairi line of instruments are looking at this from our own North American viewpoint, which is perfectly natural given that most if not all of us who've commented so far are in North America. But the same line of instruments, possibly marketed under a different name, might be doing quite well in Europe and Asia.
So they might not be in decline, they could just be concentrating on more profitable markets for them right now.
Just a thought....
whm