KY FYM500

K Yairi FYM500 Presentation Model

What an honour to present this KY FYM500 Presentation Series OM style orchestra model.
Considered by any picker or fingerstyle player with an ear as one of the holy grails.

Solid East Indian Rosewood back and sides, solid Canadian Spruce top. Selected pieces of wood from the best and oldest graded reserves in the workshops.

The finest choice of naturally aged woods from the legendary workshops of K Yairi, selected and sorted over the years.

The rosewood gives a precise deep response , has the potential to modulate with ease. You really don't have to make much of an effort to make this guitar hum delightfully.

Harmonics seem like backing voices, Indian Rosewood, such a classic.
Finish and setup are impeccable.
Light and vibrant, with response that allows modulation and expression.

Discretely classy all over.

Gotoh machineheads, ebony tuning knobs.

Nut and bridge in bone.

44 mm nut.

640 mm diapason/scale

Mahogany neck, streaky ebony fingerboard.
Hand carved neck and individually scalloped bracing.
K Yairi dovetail neck joint, hand carved and fitted, with a prolonged neck design under the soundboard.

Neck/body irregularities just don’t happen with a K Yairi guitar.
This guitar is set up for comfort, there is a connected feel in the left hand and the balanced sound is clear and really pleasant.

The right hand response is immediate, sound is balanced and pronounced in terms of definition.