This is a real high end Yairi, the manufacturing quality is first rate.  This guitar is the perfect acoustic guitar for amplified live performances. You can amplify it loud without feedback and it sounds like a true acoustic, without the characteristic piezo quack. I've only used it once for that purpose. This guitar is also my absolute favorite guitar for practicing unamplified: thin; light comfortable, and resonant, perfect 1 and 11/16" neck, 25.5" scale. It has scalloped bracing, solid spruce top, and braced (not chambered) maple back and sides. Yairi's are known for their superb quality. The herringbone binding is meticulous. I compared it to the chambered Gibson Chet Atkins, Godin Multiac, and the Taylor T-5. Accoustically, I don't think they sound as good as this Yairi. This guitar reminds me of two of my favorite guitars, the Gibson ES-125 and Guild M-65; small thin, lightweight, acoustic-electrics.  Following is the Yairi description: The Yairi family handcrafts Alvarez Yairi guitars in a remote Japanese mountain village. With more than six decades of experience, their meticulous attention to detail, supreme playability, and exquisite tone are well-known trademarks. The Standard Series WY1T is an ultra thin-bodied single cutaway acoustic/electric guitar designed for recording and live performance. Available in three finishes: black, wine red, (pictured) and tobacco sunburst, the WY1T features a solid Sitka spruce top with hand-scalloped braces, herringbone trim, ebony bridge and no soundhole. Except for the black finished instrument, you get flamed maple back and sides and a naturally seasoned mahogany neck topped with an ebony fingerboard. The neck includes abalone inlays at the 12th fret and the headstock is finished with nickel die-cast tuning pegs. Since the guitar has no sound hole, feedback in live performance situations is kept to a minimum while the included Fishman Aura IC system provides a direct signal ready for recording. The Aura has four discrete "sound images" derived from vintage and contemporary studio microphones, allowing players access to studio-quality sounds for recording and live sound amplification. The WY1T is handcrafted in limited quantities using only the finest woods naturally air-dried to achieve maximum tone. Traditional, construction techniques such as hand-fitted dovetail neck joints and hand-carved neck profiles are used. All three versions of the WY1T are offered for the same price: $2,699.99 MSRP and includes a soft/hard shell case.  . . .