[Dad2000]

i have a dillion sg and i will soon be purchasing a yamaha 300 series acoustic guitar off my friend who has used it for a year and was pretty satisfied with it. Just wondering all yalls opinion on that crazy japanese company that makes everything.

[raewyn]

I've got a Yamaha and I love it, really nice sound, although having said that I've only played about 4 different guitars in my whole life.

My brother has just finished making himself a guitar and it is THE most beautiful instrument I've ever heard. He took ages getting the sound just right as he's a bit of a perfectionist but WOW, so worth it!!

[acoustic_soul]

I've tried the higher end Yamaha acoustics, and they sound really good. We also have a 200dollar yamaha it sounds great, the only problem is that the wood gets beat up pretty easily.

[dadfad]

I don't have any experience with them myself, but I know an old country blues guy who used one for years and could kick ass on it. Not a common guitar for that genre, but it sounded great when he played it.

[wannalearn01]

Yea, I am not sure what is up with Yamaha making everything under the sun but they tend to do a good to great job on whatever it is that they are making. There guitars are surprisingly good though, thinking about it, I don't really remember hearing anything bad being said about them.

They seem to be an awesome guitar for the dollar either high or low end...

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[goldrush]

I learned guitar on a Yamaha FG-335. It's still around in a case in my garage 20 years later. A word about Yamahas: their action is notoriously high (hope your fingers are strong!), and unless you get their "high end" guitars the top will not be solid wood, which means the guitar's tone will never improve as it ages. On the positive side they are extremely durable. If you just want a guitar to bang around on as you learn then a Yamaha will do just fine. Should you stick with the guitar past beginnner stage then you will most likely want to invest in something better.

[Dad2000]

I learned guitar on a Yamaha FG-335. It's still around in a case in my garage 20 years later. A word about Yamahas: their action is notoriously high (hope your fingers are strong!), and unless you get their "high end" guitars the top will not be solid wood, which means the guitar's tone will never improve as it ages. On the positive side they are extremely durable. If you just want a guitar to bang around on as you learn then a Yamaha will do just fine. Should you stick with the guitar past beginnner stage then you will most likely want to invest in something better.

ya the guitars for my in-school guitar music class, so ill be moving it around a lot.

[B.B. Hudson]

I tried out everything in the lower range of my local store, and what came out on top was a Yamaha FG433S. It's just £230, has a solid top and plays beautifully.

[goldrush]

That's an interesting photo of Muddy in your signature B.B. I didn't realize he went through a "duck-tail" phase with his hair. Elvis would've been proud...

[grzegorz_panek]

Yamaha makes some excellent guitars, but it's known mainly just for it's beginner products.

Anyway Yamaha hollow-bodies are fantastic, and their SG's were better than Gibson, widely appreciated, especially in the 70's.

Most acoustics I played are OK, but I prefer Takamine, Japanese company that specializes in acoustic stuff rather than just everything.