PSA: Yamaha L-series MIJ model blowout at Yamaha Music London

Whitecat

chor808 said:

https://i.imgur.com/ZIEVhYr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jS4nQbK.jpg

Woooooooow. Congrats!!!

artiebear

chor808 said:

https://i.imgur.com/ZIEVhYr.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/jS4nQbK.jpg

There is something very elegant about these Yamaha designs. Congratulations on a fabulous guitar. 

Lodious

Looks lovely!!!!

chor808

I'll try and get a close up tomorrow, the binding is a work of art. It resonates so well your mistakes ring out much longer!

artiebear

chor808 said:

I'll try and get a close up tomorrow, the binding is a work of art. It resonates so well your mistakes ring out much longer!

I too am really impressed by the way these things resonate. A sign of a great guitar. I have been recording with mine this last week or so ( already got four new songs out of it ) and it is lovely to work with. Enjoy getting to know it !

chor808

Oh I should point out the tuners are excellent, they just say Yamaha but if like to put these on my other guitars so o need to find out what they are..

artiebear

chor808 said:

Oh I should point out the tuners are excellent, they just say Yamaha but if like to put these on my other guitars so o need to find out what they are..

I would assume that they are Gotohs. The ones on my LJ feel and look a lot like the tuners on my Yamaha SG3000. They are very smooth and accurate.

Whitecat

Yeah, they are Yamaha-badged Gotohs. The 36 uses 310s and the 56 510s IIRC. 

TheOtherDennis

Another beauty. I'll never tire of saying you can't go wrong with a yammie, but these look like it takes that to a new level.

chor808

Pics https://imgur.com/gallery/USnkkRF

Lodious

chor808 said:

Pics https://imgur.com/gallery/USnkkRF

Looks great :-). 

Does anybody know what strings these were shipped with, they feel really light! I'm not sure if they were .11's or .12's? I think they would have been .12's out of the factory, but mine feels light or .12's. I wonder if it had been restrung with .11's before they were shipped? I'm not complaining, it feels perfect for me :-)

I'm really loving the sound of mine, I was a bit worried it would be too bright, but it's such a balanced tone. The body just feels so alive. 

artiebear

They did feel like 11's, 80/20 bronze, but I didn't pay much attention to the ball ends to identify them. I thought they sounded really nice, nice bass with a light mid range and airy top end. I did my usual thing of fitting D'Addario phosphor bronze 12's to mine. A bit punchier and a little heavier for altered tunings, but I have to admit that the guitar did sound great with the original strings.

Lodious

artiebear said:

They did feel like 11's, 80/20 bronze, but I didn't pay much attention to the ball ends to identify them. I thought they sounded really nice, nice bass with a light mid range and airy top end. I did my usual thing of fitting D'Addario phosphor bronze 12's to mine. A bit punchier and a little heavier for altered tunings, but I have to admit that the guitar did sound great with the original strings.

Thanks AB :-)

sunshinewelly

These are now being blown out by peach. Seriously tempted even though I only picked up a martin Om 18 a couple of weeks ago. Only thing putting me off is resale value down the line. 

artiebear

As far as resale goes, you are already getting a crazy deal for a very high end new guitar when you compare the spec and performance with a lot of other makers. It's worth remembering that L series Yamahas are much less common than the rest of the range and their prices over the years have been commensurate with the type of quality involved. 
In answer to your question over on the other thread, you would be looking at an LL to get to Yamaha's equivalent Dread. That being said , LJX36 at Peach would be the pick of the bunch out of theirs right now.

Universal8

It’s a bit worrying that they have to be that heavily discounted to be able to sell them , regardless of the quality.

Whitecat

Universal8 said:

It’s a bit worrying that they have to be that heavily discounted to be able to sell them , regardless of the quality.

I’m not sure they have to be - Peach genuinely used to sell these for the original price although they never got that many in at all anyway. Think that Yamaha just wants them gone. 

sunshinewelly

I assume its basically the yamaha name. No one would question a taylor or martin being sold at this price. 

artiebear

Universal8 said:

It’s a bit worrying that they have to be that heavily discounted to be able to sell them , regardless of the quality.

Thing is, they do sell them at the original prices all across their world marketing regions. This seems to be a regional deal, seeing as very few of the high end Yamahas make it onto the UK market.. Yamaha are a huge corporation with very different business models across the divisions to some other major players in the industry. These aren't mass produced and stored by the hundreds in various warehouse distribution centres. If the quality is there, and the price is right, why should that be worrying ?

sunshinewelly

chor808 said:

Pics https://imgur.com/gallery/USnkkRF

Is that a 36 or 56