Product: Yamaha FG-140
Price Paid: N/A used
Submitted
04/01/2001
at
10:23am
by
Bob Gadsden
Features
:
5
Early 70s model. Non-descript open tuners.
Sound
:
7
Good full sound for fingerpicking style.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
8
Factory action set too high, needed professional help. Now plays nicely. Finish outstanding.
Reliability/Durability
:
9
After 30 years, this guitar still looks new - finish has held up well.
Replaced tuners, which made a huge difference for keeping in tune.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
No experience.
Overall Rating
:
10
This was my first guitar - like first loves, there are many sweet memories which have grown sweeter over time. I have recently passed my beloved FG140 on to my son, who treasures it just as I did. I now have a Washburn D21S which is a better instrument in most every way, but when I am at my son's home, the FG140 is like a magnet and I can't resist its familiar feel and tone. It is my hope that the FG140 will eventually be passed on to my grandson, now six weeks old!
Product: Yamaha FG-140
Price Paid: 40 (pounds) used
Submitted
09/12/2000
at
06:17pm
by
Anonymous
Features
:
7
Made in the early Seventies, Japanese, has a spruce top, mahogany sides & a rather thick neck. A fairly largesimple folk guitar, very plain,I bought this one from my pal for 40 pounds (about 60 dollars) in 1975 & have had it ever since.
Sound
:
7
Good rich sound, poor action to start with, had the bridge planed & is now very nice.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
3
Good finish, almost indestructable, has been used but not abused. Very poor action from factory, but with a nice straight (albeit thick) neck, was much better after an expert set it up.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
Reliable, very solid, owned now for over 30 years, i would take it anywhere.
Customer Support
:
9
Never had a problem with it, eventually replaced the machine heads, but that's about it
Overall Rating
:
8
Have been playing (on & off, more off than on !) since age 10 - now 45. Wouldn't part with the Yam, especially seeing as it will give a Martin a run for it's money for one tenth of the price !! Could have had a much nicer action from the factory (the neck is great) but it's fine now.
