Anybody else love their early 80s Yairi Lowdens?

[justinashouri]

I just picked up a G7 Lowden and am blown away the market is letting these guitars go for shy of 2k. Anybody else have a Lowden made in Japan by Yairi's team? Really geeking out on this guitar right now!

[westman]

yup, had one for a few months way back - Lowden design + Yairi build quality - a very good instrument and well worth snapping up a good condition one at typical market prices.
The one I had was Cedar / Ovangkol IIRC and I seem to remember a wood (rosewood?) scratch plate.
more stuff here - (not mine) -
http://www.guitarbench.com/2011/07/1...itar-database/

[Malcolm Kindnes]

I had one back in the 80s, excellent guitar, often wish I'd kept it.

[PierreM]

S.Yairi made Lowdens made me aware of these guitars back in the beginning of the eighties. My brother had bought a S22 which sounded amazing. So I sold all my guitars (Yamaha F411, 1963 Gibson SG standard, S.Yairi Flamenco guitar) to afford a NOS L34 in 1985/6 when it popped up in a store nearby my home. Since then, it's the only guitar I've kept. All the others I bought, I sold them after a few months/years: they just couldn't stand the comparison! Now I only own three Lowdens

[Rosalie]

I have an early '80s S5F. Love.

[Edgar Poe]

The Yairi you speak of is S. Yairi, NOT Kazuo Yairi right. They are related but a HUGE difference.

Ed