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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I've gotten to play two Yamahas the last few weeks; they belong to friends I'm retreating with next month. They are both between 10-15 years old; one cost about $200.00 new, the other about $400.00. (They were bought about the same time--very similar, difference of upgrades.)
I am really impressed with the $400.00 one; strings ride low to the neck, very playable all the way up. The closest thing to an Ovation neck I've ever played. Beautifully made, too. It has a really resonant sound, yet sweet and mellow. [My friend played Jewel, and loved her--she's thinking of getting a shallow LX now.]
:-)
The $200.00 one needs to have the neck tweaked; the strings are way too high, but a very nice sound, too.
A good sampling.
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Sorry, everybody;
Accidently put this in the wrong file, and don't have the magic to move it. :(
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Thank you to whomever waved the magic wand and put this into the right place.....
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | IMHO one of the biggest differences in what people perceive in a "good" guitar is consistency. Sure tone, playability all come in, but it's that consistent ability to repeat it, instrument after instrument. This is actually one of Taylors strengths... personally I don't like their sound, but ya really can't knock the fit and finish and that their "voice" is pretty consistent.
So what you say? Well a friend of mine has a Fender acoustic. Yeah that was my first reaction till I played it. The guitar is really really nice. I've played others, don't know why his is so different, I'm sure a few others sound great, but I haven't heard them.
Same with Yamaha. I have heard some really hollow sounding Yamaha's, like it's their sound. But, I guess because of sheer numbers, I have heard some that are fantastic.
One of Ovations true strong points. Granted their "voice" has changed over the years, but if you take several new guitars or the same model (hard to do anywhere but the factory) they are pretty consistent in everything from fitment to tone. |
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Location: GA USA | What are the model numbers, Karen? Mine is a 35 year old FG200 and I still love it, cheap as it is. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I don't know about the $200 one, but the $400 one is an FG-420A.
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Location: Tychy, Poland | FG-4xx are great guitars for their price.
i've had FG-412 12 string, and i've played on 6 string, and they sounded REALLY good, especially with 13's on them.
that FG-412 12s i owned had solid spruce top, which - if it'd be graded by ovation standards - would be AA or AAA spruce. |
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Location: CT | I've had quite a few Yamahas over the years. Really good guitars for the money, and a couple were just really good guitars period. |
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Location: NJ | In 1976, I was out with COMPLETE intentions of buying a Yamaha Martin-Knockoff.
Then Mrs. Ackerman put an Ovation in my hands, and made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
I've played some REALLY nice Yamaha's recently.
There's a guy who plays the same circuit of bars that I do, and his stands out in my mind as really nice one.
Y'just have t'shop around and physically Try B4 You Buy t'find one that just has all of the right facets in proper alignment. I'd be a bit reticent of just grabbing one off MusiciansFriend without playing it first . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | A long, long time ago when I was shopping for my first acoustic, it came down to a Yamaha (which was a little more money) or the Balladeer.
At the time I just knew that 34 years down the road the Ovation Fan Club would be much cooler that the Yamaha Fan Club so I went with the Balladeer.
True story. |
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Location: UK | I love my yamaha, it was my first guitar , given to me 25 years ago by my boyfriend who aquired it under shall we say dubious circumstances , at the time the best policy was ask no questions ....anyways the tone and resonance are sweet , she is looking a little rough and has survived a number of spillages , falls and careless handling but always a joy to play |
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| I love Yamaha's electronics and their hand made classicals (if you ever get the chance to play one you'll be stunned) but never been a fan of the steel strings. Something wierd about the necks.
Karen, stop messing with these things and save up for an Adamas. Find the one you really like and you won't have to worry about GAS anymore. You deserve one. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Don't worry, Schroeder--I won't be thinking of buying one; my days of playing wood boxes are over because of the bursitis in my shoulder. I was happy for my friend, though, because she has such a nice guitar to play. :)
I haven't played too many of the Adamii--some of them had the soft "V" neck, which I found to be uncomfortable for my small hands; I really like Robbie's 2080, but it is also too deep for me now. :( I would need to find a super-shallow 6 string, "C"-shaped neck to be tempted by one at all. ;)
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| They come in all flavors.... (notice how I misspelt flavours for you?) |
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Location: closely held secret | You're just trying to save money on vowels. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Thank you for your consideration of those of us who are linguistically-impaired. :D ;)
Just out of curiosity, what are the models number of the Adamii that might be super-shallow? (At least I'd know what to look for--I'm not too fluent in "Adamas-speak" yet.)
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| Fck ff |
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| That was aimed at the wabbit. You stepped into the line of fire there.... |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | I knew you didn't mean it for me; sometimes I don't realize there's a bullet coming and I need to duck....
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Location: NJ | wabbit . . . |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Yammmm
A-ha
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Sampling a new favor of "ice cream"
