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If that is the case, am I better off with the 95 model or my first one from the 80s.

Kazuo Yairis Father, Giichi, was an apprentice in the Suzuki violin company in Nagoya, Japan.

After many years he became a master luthier in the Suzuki workshop.

He left Suzuki in 1929 and soon was producing violins, and then guitars, in his own workshop.

He worked for himself, earning a reputation for creating exceptional violins and guitars for concert musicians.

From early childhood, Kazuo Yairi developed a keen interest in guitar building, especially concert classic guitars.

This interest was heighened by the frequent visits to the Yairi home by Masao Sasaki, one of Japans foremost classic guitar players.

The virtuosity of Sasaki coupled with the teaching of Kazuos Father provided the real impetus for Kazuo to become a guitar luthier.

At eighteen, Kazuo Yairi started his own workshop devoted exclusively to building classic guitars.

He was later joined by his three younger brothers who still work with him at the Yairi Factory in Gifu, Japan.

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Mr. Kazuo Yairi has many craftsmen plus his brothers who work with him making Renaissance lutes, vihuelas, classic and dreadnought steel string guitars.

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To find the actual date you need to check the heelblock for a series of numbers, come back and post them here and I should be able to tell you the year for sure.

The date on the labels are normally when it was inspected, not the completion date.

Later versions will have 3 pc back of Burled Mahogany and Rosewood.

Ebony fingerboard with Abalone inlays, Pearloid inlays in top and around sound hole.

MSRP 460.

That being said, I purchassed my DY74C in the mid 1980s at a pawn shop.

From the first moment I held and played my Guitar, I was in awe.

I had no Idea if it was a good guitar or a cheapo run of the mill.

In my ignorance at the time I thought it was cool that the owners kid would do that.

I would like to know more about my Yairi as I purchassed it used.

If you can pull a Paul Harvey and tell me And thats the rest of the story.

I know sometimes the numbers are faded and are hard to readcould it possibly be 56 That would put it in the 1980s.

IF there is no year stamped on the label then it would have to have been made AFTER 1992.

So, if they just replaced it that would also explain the up graded electronics.

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