What is this Guitar?

[Buben]

Wouldn't you know it, after spending money on buying a first guitar to learn on (admittedly a nice one) somone in the family gives me their old one. I'm just wondering what exactly it is, is it nice or not, etc etc.

 

The label says, "Yamaha G-150-l Republic of China Made in Taiwan". It has nylon strings that probably needed to be replaced a good 6 years ago when she got this from her neighbor. Despite that it sounds pretty good when its in tune. Also it has a wood (I think) bridge, the open-style tuners that go through the headstock, and no strap peg. In one place where the top meets the side you can feel a faint rough-raised line, but the rest of it feels smooth.

 

Is this just a simple student classical guitar that I shouldn't feel guilty about not babying, or does this infact need special care and feeding? Is it robust and durable enough to take out onto the patio and practice it on? With my patio if it slipped it would either be hitting cement or the water. Scary.

 

--OK

Thanks all. I just needed to make sure of that

Erumm one more thing, not that its really important, but is this a concert sized guitar? Parlor? Its a heck of alot smaller than my dread thats for sure...

[musicofthemind9]

i dont know what it is but a good guitar is to be played, not to be put in a closet or be babyed. just play it wherever and whenever. just enjoy it.

[Preacher Will]

Yes, it is a simple, student-grade, classical guitar probably from the '70s or '80s. Yamaha turns out quite servicable instruments and the "G" series classicals were fairly decent guitars. My G-50 is about thirty-five years old and still sees occasional play. (Not because i'm afraid of it, but because classical really isn't my thing.) Musicofthemind9 is right--don't worry about giving it special treatment. it'll hold up to the kind of reasonable handling you'd give to any guitar. Obviously, you don't want to abuse it but its not going to just fall apart on you. it's also not that valuable that you need to fear damaging some high-dollar guitar.

[jaymer]

I agree, it sounds like quite an old budget classical student guitar , not worth a fortune so don't worry too much about taking it outside!

Just play it and enjoy it, thats what it was built for!