Product: Yamaha FG-150
Price Paid: N/A
Submitted
06/21/2001
at
05:18pm
by
kyle
Features
:
9
My dad has had it since 1970. It has 20 frets. Mahogany body and neck. Rosewood fingerboard. Cheap tuners.
Sound
:
10
It has a good sound. It doesn't suit my music, (but soon I am going to be recieveing my electric, in like 2 days....) But it does have good tone and volume.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
No Opinion
I am not sure. It was in it's case for over 25 years w/ the strings on. That caused the neck to warp(action to raise). My dad says it used to have good action though.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
THe guitar and hardware will last. The finish is kinda worn on ours. It has been everywhere! (It has a cheap case) I can depend on it. I bang it around by accident sometimes and it doesn't seem to affect it. I could depend on it even though I will nerver gig with an acostic.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
10
I have been playing for 7 months ( but I know a good guitar...) If it was stolen, I would try to get another one.
Product: Yamaha FG-150
Price Paid: US $44.00
Submitted
11/09/2000
at
08:12am
by
Bill Miltenberger
Email: daklander at lasercom<dot>net
Features
:
8
I bought this beast in 1970 in Japan. Spruce top, Mahogany body and looks like Mahogany neck with Rosewood Fret Board. This a small bodied, parlor size drednaught shaped guitar.
Sound
:
10
I play Country, Folk, Bluegrass and Americana. This guitar does it all. I play very hard with a pick and this guitar takes it and just gets louder. I also use just my fingers and finger nails and the guitar settles right in and lets the sound out. I usually mic the guitar but will occasionally run a Dean Markley Pro Mag on it. The sound hangs very well with the Pro Mag but I prefer mic-ing the guitar. No real problems with feedback. Maybe the small body size helps that. I run this through a Carvin CX-630 Power Mixer.
Action, Fit, & Finish
:
9
This guitar played very well from the factory though it likes ultra light to light strings. It never has liked medium to heavy strings. Years ago I used Black Diamond #100's on it. When they quit I searched & each time I found a string that I liked with it they stopped making them. I'm now using exclusively DR Strings. The fit and finish has been very nice. The tuners were never the best and I finally changed them after 30 years.
Reliability/Durability
:
10
As I mentioned above, I play hard with a pick and this guitar takes it and loves it. I play live and have used this without a back up and would again. After years of finger struming I've worn a substantial amout of finish from the sound board just in front of the pick guard. It's from my fingers and nails. Kind of a Willie Nelson Guitar look except it's not all the way through the sound board. I alos had it on a stand under my fireplace mantle and a cat knock a flower pot onto the guitar. Punched a large dent in the upper bout but it's not affected anything other than the lookes. The guitar has been on numerous trips and always comes through with flying colors. It holds tune and does everything I ask.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
N/A Never used them.
Overall Rating
:
10
I've been playing for over 30 years & this has been my mainstay. I also play a Yamaha FG-412, (plays very well) a Guild D-4 (plays very nicely), a Carvin DC-200-K from the late 80's. If this were lost, stolen or destroyed, I would definately look for another one. Odd are against finding another one though.
