It seemed to play nice and the action was nice. It is a parlor style and I found it about 30 years ago in a pawn shop for $40. Like others I have no clue when my guitar was made. The apparent difference is that the PW has laminated back and sides however the internal bracing on the Sada Yairi is very light and the guitar itself is much lighter than the PW-40. I have an Aria Pro II PW-40, a 1970's Matsumoku build of some renown, which was my regular player, but this Sada Yairi blows it away. I paid what I think is a ridiculous $300 with hard shell case, and after playing it with full setup, I would expect to get no less than $750 out of it if I were willing to sell it, which I'm not. It has the thick rosewood headstock cap like a Martin, but has no logo-instead only a small "Aria" logo on the trussrod cover plate. It set up beautifully, with a 5/64ths measure on the bass E at 12, and at the same time, saddle height above the bridge at 5/64. The bass and mid tones are amazing, and strung with custom lights, it has a touch of ringiness on the B and E strings that I love. I bought, used, an Aria dreadnought with inner label reading "Aria by Sada Yairi" model 740 and it is a stunning copy of a D-18, and made of all solid tonewoods-mahogany back and sides spruce top.
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