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This one is almost maxed-out but the neck is straight and it's good to go. This example has some signs of wear and some writing on it, but man it plays great and has a great sound.
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They have a sweet, warm tone, and a wonderful for recording. These little Made in Japan red label Yamahas are some of the best deals on the vintage market. The only iffy area of these Yamaha builds are their truss rods. Here's a killer little vintage circa 1971 Yamaha Model FG-75 small bodied acoustic. Overall - it's a great guitar for what it is and I've had a lot of local customers drag these in for work so they can become their beach, campfire, or back-of-the-truck guitars. It's both louder, folkier, and warmer than you'd expect but does have the sort-of sizzly or glassy high end response that you find on most ply guitars. It handles sort-of like a Gibson LG-2 or B-25 but the body is all-ply in construction and fan-braced rather than x-braced. It has a 25" scale length and a 1 23/32" (hair over 1 11/16") nut width and sports a medium, C-shaped neck profile. These are 00-sized and that means a 14 1/2" lower bout. It got all of that and now it's playing spot-on with 3/32" E and 1/16" ADGBE action at the 12th fret and strung with 50w-11 strings. This one was made in Taiwan rather than Japan and came in with the usual Yamaha woes - it needed its bridge shaved, a fret level/dress job done, and a good setup. So, that's how this FG-75 can now be found at Jake's Unhappily Unhoused Musical Critters.