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On 7/10/2020 at 4:05 PM, Yamaha fg3 said:

2 let every one out there know if it's an original it will have. Label inside ending in the words made in taiwan. REPUBLIC OF CHINA. wich became the peoples Republic of China in 1948 the 

INSTRUMENTS WERE MADE BETWEEN 1940 AND 1948 THEY WERE MOST COMONLY SOLD IN THE 1970S THEY WERE 200ISH DOLLARS BACK THEN USA MONEY WICH WAS MORE THAN ALOT OF CARS DEPENDING ON CONDITION YOU CAN PICK THEM UP AS CHEAP AS 1200$ USA AND GO FOR AS MUCH AS 8000$ USA please email me if this article was helpful bzagatabz@gmail.com

 

Nope, nope, nope.  They were made in the 1970s in the Republic of China which is Taiwan, not the PRC.  They did not go for "200ISH DOLLARS" when they were new and they go for way less than $1200.00 now and I have never seen them go for anything even approaching $8,000.00.  

17 hours ago, Grant Harding said:

Ah - the old "my laminated FG slays high end acoustics" schtick. So nostalgic. Can you say loose, overpowering bass and weak midrange with no snap?

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The old laminated Yamahas may not sound better than "high end acoustics" but they often sound much better than most mid-range acoustics.  I have played several different models of those laminated Yamahas from the 70s and they were amazing.  As I recall, Freeman himself was surprised when he learned  that his old Yamaha was laminate given how good it sounded.

Eastman's are great sounding guitars.  they really project and have a very sweet tone. Congratulations!

Hi, I got the following info from the old Yamaha archive back when I first got my FG-500. The label is red. The truss rod cover is the silver and black one like the second one you posted. Sorry, but I couldn't find that mysterious internal date code, but the date I have is based on the info that Yamaha had up on their old site. In addition to what follows, might I add that this is an amazing sounding guitar.

They're made by Sigma so probably decent though I think the extra light strings are a big part of the equation/science but I'd be curious to know if they are built with lighter bracing specifically for the extra light strings in order to still sound decent.

I believe so since Zenny Dager has been quoted ( a while ago) as saying that putting light gauge strings on one of his guitars would void the warranty.