Kazuo Yairi, who has died aged 81, was a Japanese classical guitar luthier whose fixation with acoustic sound drove him to make beautiful, resonant guitars favoured by musical such greats as Sir Paul ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Kazuo Yairi was a Japanese classical guitar luthier whose fixation with acoustic sound drove him to make beautiful, resonant guitars ...

The Alvarez guitar brand was born in 1965 as a result of a collaboration between the St Louis Music distributor in the US and master luthier Kazuo Yairi in Japan, whose aim was to import good quality ...