Members slamcityjam Posted January 7, 2009 Members Share Posted January 7, 2009 My Yamaha FPX300 steelstring. Easily one of the most comfortable and best sounding acoustics I've tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted January 7, 2009 Members Share Posted January 7, 2009 I just added a couple more photos of my Yammies to post number 12 above. You can now compare the back and sides of the FG200 and FG-750S as well. Interesting to note that both these guitars are stated on the Yamaha site to be Mahogany back and sides but they don't even look like cousins side by side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted January 7, 2009 Members Share Posted January 7, 2009 Your basic Yammie Lammie from the early eighties. FG351SB Hi there - I thought for the Yamaha acoustics from that era the S stood for solid top? It's certainly the case with my FG450SA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted January 7, 2009 Members Share Posted January 7, 2009 Hi there - I thought for the Yamaha acoustics from that era the S stood for solid top? It's certainly the case with my FG450SA. It does if it doesn't have a B after it. If so, it's a SunBurst instead of solid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 0rbitz9 Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 I love the neck on my FN-575E. It plays like butter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 My beloved CJ838S: (Don't know why this doesn't display, but click to see it in action) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 It does if it doesn't have a B after it. If so, it's a SunBurst instead of solid.har - those crazy Yammie staff. My FG450SA from the same period stands for Solid Abalone, referring to the top and the inlays/rosette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 There was also a FG-B1 which was a bamboo guitar around 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 I thought I had already posted these. Oh, well, FK and FG-150, circa 1969 and 2006 or so Laminated tops age well. My head didn't. However I did purchase a pair of wire cutters somewhere between '69 and '06. I did post a clip of it an the Nov VOM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oklo Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 My Yamaha 335SB. We were both born in 1984!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Am I disqualified? I've had the crazy idea of buying another one and commissioning either a luthier or a woodworker to build wooden connectors between the two guitars to have a double-neck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 not mine yet but on line here now and a model I`ve never seen before. Archives say all solid wood. I`ll see how it plays out but I`ve got my poker in another fire at the moment. http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/119967519 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 not mine yet but on line here now and a model I`ve never seen before. Archives say all solid wood. I`ll see how it plays out but I`ve got my poker in another fire at the moment.http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/119967519 Wow, that's nice. Doesn't show up on their history page but definitely there in the model lookup. I'm envious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 http://www.yamaha.com/apps/guitararchives/guitarchive2.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhancox Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 I thought I had already posted these. Oh, well, FK and FG-150, circa 1969 and 2006 or so Laminated tops age well. My head didn't. However I did purchase a pair of wire cutters somewhere between '69 and '06. I did post a clip of it an the Nov VOM I used to make the loops with the excess string on my gits when I was younger. I had forgotten about that until seeing that picture. Way cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 http://www.yamaha.com/apps/guitararchives/guitarchive2.asp Yes, that is where I found it also. Yamaha also has a history page showing a flow-chart history of the FG, FS, F, FGX, FX, L, LL, LS, LA, LD, LW and LLX guitars from 1969 to 2002 and it misses the FG-850 completely. Under "High-end Models" it shows FG-580/630, FG-700S/1000J, FG-1200J/1500 and FG-2000/2500 but no FG-850. It shows this high-end series starting in 1971 and running until they spawned the L series in 1978. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 thats why I said I`d never seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members babablowfish Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 not mine yet but on line here now and a model I`ve never seen before. Archives say all solid wood. I`ll see how it plays out but I`ve got my poker in another fire at the moment. http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/119967519 Ichiban! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yamaha Junkie Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hold onto your seats Its already out of date but here ya go..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 OK...looking through my Japan Vintage acoustic volume 1?I see the FG-850 is listed as being introduced in June 1975, the only thing they say about it is that it`s all solid wood and retailed for 85,ooo yen...it`s on page 79. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members babablowfish Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Hold onto your seats Its already out of date but here ya go..... You own all of those?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yamaha Junkie Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 You own all of those?! Um' thats not all of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mjuenem Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 OK...looking through my Japan Vintage acoustic volume 1?I see the FG-850 is listed as being introduced in June 1975, the only thing they say about it is that it`s all solid wood and retailed for 85,ooo yen...it`s on page 79. Is that the exact name of the book? I would like to have a better reference than just the Yamaha site. Some missing info there. What does the book show for the early (1979) model of the FG-750S? Everything I have seen says mahogany b&s but mine looks way different than the other mahogany b&s guitar I have (FG200). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members babablowfish Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 Um' thats not all of them Holy Crap! You and Zenbu are going to corner the market. I see that you have the Bamboo model. How do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted January 8, 2009 Members Share Posted January 8, 2009 yes thats the name of the book, there are 3 in the acoustic series and 8 in the electric.If I remember there were 2 bamboo models...one with electronics one without.I like the Dynamics so much I have 29 of them now...but I bet all together, I`ve paid less than some members here have paid for one or two of their high ends. I have 14 of their early classicals too, the No.s 45 and 85 are probably my favorites, closer to Dynamics than classicals...but the No.s 100 , 120 and 150 classicals I have are very nice but don`t have the same deep voice as the Dynamics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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