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This special creation from Alvarez-Yairi Masterworks pairs workhorse Alvarez features with old-growth wood for an heirloom instrument like no other. Based on Yairi’s flagship DYM70, the DYM60HD dreadnought features immaculate old-growth Honduran mahogany back and sides, a AAAA Adirondack spruce top, a mahogany neck, and an ebony fingerboard. These premium wood selections work in harmony with custom Yairi bracing, bold hardware, and a unique bridge for crisp frequency balance and an ultralight feel that signals Masterworks quality. If you’re on the hunt for a well-seasoned acoustic made with only the finest tonewoods, then the DYM60HD delivers all this and more at a great price.





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Deluxe seasoned cuts of mahogany and spruce





Few makers dare offer such elegant tonewoods at this price point. The DYM60HD’s back and sides are crafted from old-growth Honduran mahogany, an incredibly light tonewood aged for half a century that effortlessly responds to all types of playing with warm midrange, open lows, and crisp highs. Capping this is a master grade AAAA Adirondack spruce top with a flawless surface and tonal traits reminiscent of vintage pre-WWII guitars which often featured Adirondack spruce. Acoustic enthusiasts at Sweetwater love the DYM60HD’s advanced “soft-V” to “C” profile mahogany neck which keeps chording and picking smooth and divine on both ends of the neck. This neck also features an extended dovetail neck joint for wider truss rod adjustment range and better energy transfer from neck to body.





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Asymmetric bracing and a Direct Coupled bridge





Yairi-Alvarez blends advanced engineering with traditional luthier skills, and as such, some of the DYM60HD exciting features are invisible to the naked eye. Inside, the DYM60HD FTS6 bracing system helps tease even levels and balanced tone across lows, mids, and highs for the range and versatility dreadnought players crave. A proprietary Direct Coupled bridge puts your strings in pure communication with the spruce top, representing a huge leap from bridges past. Direct Coupling gives more contact between strings and your guitar top; this not only boosts everything from volume to sustain and response, but it also reduces long-term wear and tear on the bridge for a more durable instrument.





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Alvarez-Yairi represents the driving force of Alvarez culture: obsessive attention to detail and traditional quality. The result is guitars that nourish creativity for a lifetime. However, these guitars aren’t just instruments, they’re souvenirs of music history and the emotions that shape it. Yairi's formidable team of 24 luthiers still builds instruments the traditional way ? sculpting guitars humbly by hand using only the finest materials with a nearly 60-year reputation of building players exceptional instruments at a fair price.





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Alvarez Yairi DYM60HD Acoustic Guitar Features:


Powerful dreadnought acoustic guitar


Handmade in Japan by expert Yairi luthiers


Premium AAAA Adirondack spruce top


Back and sides made with old growth Honduran mahogany, seasoned 50 years


Aged woods and a thin finish create an incredibly lightweight high-quality feel


Comfortable mahogany neck with a semi-gloss finish and a unique "soft V" to "C" profile


Ebony fingerboard with 20 frets


Direct Coupled bridge allows more contact between strings and wood for pure tone and long sustain


Extended dovetail neck joint enhances energy transfer from neck to body and yields wider truss rod adjustment range


Gotoh 510 tuners for exceptional tuning stability


Ebony bridge pins and a TUSQ saddle enhance vibrational transfer from string to top


FTS6 Forward Shifted spruce bracing fuels even response across highs, mids, and lows