Hi Michael,
 
That is wonderful information and advice for me. I will keep in mind :) I hope
to find a DY90 soon.
 
Best Wishes..


--- On Sat, 3/1/09, michael.hale1 <michael.hale1@...> wrote:

From: michael.hale1 <michael.hale1@...>
Subject: [yairiguitars] Re: Anyone with a DY90 or DY96 Brazilian Laminate for
Sale?
To: yairiguitars@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, 3 January, 2009, 2:11 AM






--- In yairiguitars@ yahoogroups. com, "jakewong_898" <jakewong_898@ ...> wrote:
>
> let me know :)
>

JAKE,

Welcome to the forum.

There is no such thing as a DY96 laminate... You look around on eBay long enough
you
WILL see DY90s for sale with the Jacaranda laminated sides and backs. These are
terrific
guitars. More than worth what most folks pay for them used. Sometime in the late
70s
Alvarez Yairi stopped using Jacaranda for the DY90s and went to using Indian
Rosewood, a
nice substitute tonally, but not as lovely to look at as the Jacaranda...

Now as for DY96s... They are QUITE RARE - talk around the campfire ranges on how
many
were actually made, maybe as low as 40, maybe as high as a little over 100. You
see
THOSE were made all by hand. The inlay detail on them is flat amazing and takes
quite a
long time to do. IF you found a DY96 for sale, IF, you would likely pay 2 1/2 to
3 times
(AND POSSIBLY MORE) for a DY96 than you would for a Jacaranda DY90 from the mid
to
late 70s...

I've said it a million times here, you would be hard pressed to tell which was
which side by
side - the DY96 IS a little nicer, but the price for admission is high. Start
saving your
money if you REALLY want a DY96. They ARE exemplary guitars.

http://i34.photobuc ket.com/albums/ d126/bigmikeinca /dy96inlay. jpg

To all the fellow forum members posting and lurking here an most pleasant,
healthy and
happy New Year to you all...

BigMike
Jackson, New Jersey
















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