Members babablowfish Posted December 9, 2007 Members Share Posted December 9, 2007 I'm strumming an FG-331 (late seventies) this morning. This is one sweet sounding little guitar. It is a real treat - so little and yet so loud - like a mandolin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ceenare Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 Wow! Awesome guitar!! Freeman is the man around here when it comes to bridge pins. Check the HCAG Annex technical section for more info on bridge pins. There is even a link to a bridge pin test and one of the testing instruments used is a Yamaha.Good luck! OGP.Yes, Freeman's pin test is a fantastic comparison. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TwistedLefty Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 my first guitar purchased new in 76-77 still a player today~fg165s~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 only have 2 Yamaha steel string acoustics...an LL33J and this FG-170...on the right, on the left is my other early `60s No.150 classical... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MainzMan Posted December 10, 2007 Members Share Posted December 10, 2007 I'm in too, I love my Yamahas. I only started playing less than 3 years ago with an old G225 and love it. Since then I've also got a Pacifica and am now looking for a full solid classical and will stay with Yamaha, probably a CG201 but there's a chance I can get a GC30 on ebay tonight. Please cross your fingers for me. And when I'm not playing a Yamaha there's nothing better than having a blast about on one, my beloved Fazer 600. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bluzboy Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 This thread needed some new blood, so count me in as well. My first encounter with a Yamaha was back in the 1970s, playing a friend's FG-110. I remember liking it a lot, but I didn't get truly smitten until a few years ago after playing another friend's FX-310E. Something about that guitar just completely entranced me and since then I've gone all in on the FG series. These old Yamahas are simply amazing. Although they're all laminates, except for one (a not-so-old FG-411S), they've held up incredibly well and, for the most part, sound better than new acoustics costing 3x as much. I've got a whole herd of them now: 2 FG-75s (one Nippon Gakki, one Taiwan), an FG-110 (NG), an FG-180 (that was completely trashed when I got it and marvelously restored by a guitar tech in Indiana), an FG-340 (simply amazing sound), an FG-335 (in near-mint shape, though it needs a new saddle; the previous owner cut grooves into the one on there now), an FG-200 (what a beauty!), and an FG-331 (not so pretty to look at, but plays beautifully). Contrary to the advice of one of the folks above, I initially started buying old Yamahas--aside from wanting to play them, of course--as investments to resell. My thinking was that I could get them for relatively little money and they would only increase in value. That seems to be happening now. I've seen some guys selling FG-75s for upward of $300 here in NY (don't know if they actually were able to get that price, however). But my problem is I can't seem to part with any of them. Not yet anyway. I'll post a family portrait soon. Need to charge the batteries in the camera first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike003 Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Here are mine.' alt='>'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kujozilla Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 FG-435 (black white pg), 3 FG-75s 1 is Nippon Ghakki, FG-260 Nippon Ghakki, and a red Yamaha electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 My one and only (the 12-string on the left), Yamaha, that is: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members localmojo Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 My FG340-T was my first decent 6-string acoustic, and I bought it new in 1983. Prior to that , I had been playing an Epiphone 12er for quite a few years and was ready for a change. These days, it shares playing time with an Ovation 12er and a Taylor 814C in about equal measures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Yamaha Pacifica 112Yamaha G231II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members andy thompson Posted January 19, 2011 Members Share Posted January 19, 2011 Anyone know the DW9......Solid engleman, solid rosewood back, lam sides, scalloped bracing allowing thinner top? Some info says made alongside the L series. LL11 or DW9 any thoughts...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dek431 Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 Join me up. I started with the FG730S and have been hoocked ever since. FG110, F310, FG700S, Pacifica 112 and now my current LL6. I chose them over most more expensive models. Top class fit, finish and sound at a bargain price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members phoniclab Posted January 20, 2011 Members Share Posted January 20, 2011 Ok, here's my collection of Yamahas. From left to right in order of acquisition - Apx-7, RGX-A2, & FG730SC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sonicparticle Posted February 4, 2013 Members Share Posted February 4, 2013 Hey allWould anyone know what is the difference between a Yamaha AEX500N and a Yamaha AEX500N2. I really want to get one in the second hand market but I would like to know the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 5, 2013 Members Share Posted February 5, 2013 I play an FG450SA and a GC-10 classical. Played LOTS of parties and small gigs with an FG180 over the past 30 years... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted February 6, 2013 Members Share Posted February 6, 2013 I love Yamaha guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 8, 2013 Members Share Posted February 8, 2013 Stereo FG180 jam - circa ~1993 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 8, 2013 Members Share Posted February 8, 2013 Based on the position of our hands and my hazy memory we were playing Breezin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members C70man Posted February 12, 2013 Members Share Posted February 12, 2013 I have had many a used Yami's from the 60's and 70's....nice guitars. The LL series is an especially nice line of guitars... My only current Yamaha (which is for sale) in this Unique AEX500....kind of the "poor mans" version of the AEX1500 that was used by Martin Taylor...good enough for Taylor, good enough for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guildfire Posted February 16, 2013 Members Share Posted February 16, 2013 I still have my old FG340 and pull it out once in a while to remind me of how good it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robert Altman Posted February 18, 2013 Members Share Posted February 18, 2013 Been away from here for quite a while. Life gets in the way.I have way and I mean WAY too many Yamahas. I don't know how it happened.My first was a slightly used FG460s bought maybe a year old in mid 80's. Still have it. I won't bother to list all the others but will support what someone said previously about both the FG350 and the FN series. I think I play my FN595 ( sycamore) more than any others and the 350 is a howitzer. Also have some of those new fangled electrified things they make.George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xuoham Posted February 19, 2013 Members Share Posted February 19, 2013 The old, the new ... 1961 Dynamic No2, 1967 Dynamic No100, 2011 A3R, 2012 FG720s The sold 2000 FG413s-12 1977 FG301 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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