Alvarez Yairi DY 52 Canyon Creek
Overview
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Product:
- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1988 to 1998
ALVAREZ YAIRI manufactured the DY 52 CANYON CREEK from the late 1980s until 1998. It was a dreadnought style acoustic. The DY52 Canyon Creek had a coral rosewood body (from 1994 to 1998) and patented direct coupled bridge - in their 1994 catalog Alvarez Yairi claimed this model was one of the best playing and best sounding guitars in the world.
Specifications (24)
General
| Finish colors | natural finish |
| Finish effects | gloss finish |
| Made in | Japan |
| Binding | 3-stripe body-binding |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Body
| Body back material | rosewood body back |
| Body sides material | rosewood body sides |
| Body style | dreadnought-size body |
| Body top material | spruce body top |
| Pickguard material | tortoiseshell pickguard |
| Soundhole rosette | shell rosette |
| Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
| Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
| Neck joint | set neck |
| Neck material | mahogany neck |
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | veneer headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
| Bridge pins | pearl dot pins |
| Bridge | ebony bridge |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard inlay material | pearl fingerboard inlay material |
| Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | dot fingerboard position markers |
| Inlay at 12th fret | pearl snowflake inlay at 12th fret |
Prices (6)
| Date | Price | Condition | Name | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | $700.00 | good | ||
| 2012 | $600.00 | excellent | ||
| 1998 | $1000 | excellent | ||
| 2014 | $1000 | good | The most responsive guitar i ever played. Its tone is unmatched . Mine was hand built in 1982 while Kazou was still working the shop and is signed by him. | |
| 1996 | $615 | new | ||
| 1998 | $1000 | excellent |
Reviews (1)
ALVAREZ YAIRI DY 52 CANYON CREEK reviewed by Anonymous
Anonymous
I have a DY52 Canyon Creek & LOVE it. My parents and sister bought it for me new in 1987, yes 1987. The tag in it says DY52 1987, so someone got there manufacture dates wrong....oh well.... minor details. It is a wonderful playing guitar & sounds better as it ages. With that bridge design, you can be sure that the bridge will NEVER lift. :)
2 Comments
Yari dy52 1982
Submitted by Randy phillips (not verified) on
Its one of those guitars that as soon as you handle it you know it going to be good. Feels, looks and sounds awesome.
Will part with it for $1200
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Dy 52 Yairi
Submitted by David Spitz (not verified) on
I own one great guitar 1994 dy 52 Canyon you pick it up it sounds like you’re playing in a canyon. Trying to find more info on this guitar
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