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I have a FG300 red label made in Japan, think it’s early 70’s. My dad bought it second hand in the seventies from the Orange factory, then gave up guitar and it lived a damp loft for 25 years until I found it, gave it some tlc and taught myself to play on it.
It’s the only acoustic I’ve ever owned, sounds great to me and so well built/well finished. I’ve never played anything else to compare it against apart from really cheap guitars that sound dead to me and it obviously blows them out of the water.
would be nice to take it to a guitar shop one day and see how much I’d have to spend to find something that matches it.
I related above how when Yamaha were developing their SG and SA series of high end electrics to take on Gibson in their own home market, they knew that they had to build a better guitar: binding, fretwork, finish - everything had to be better! They knew that as a ‘new brand’ in high end electric guitars in a global market, they simply had to offer a better designed, better made product in order to succeed. No one ever talks about ‘good years’ and ‘bad years’ in Yamaha guitar production, the way that they do for the volume US manufacturers.
Apologies if I’m starting to sound like a stuck record and repeating myself here...
A school I worked in had Pacificas and I always vowed if I was in a pub duo that I'd use them, as they were great sounding guitars and cheap enough not to get annoyed if broken or stolen... I never got to be a guitarist yet, having had more success as a bassist. I play a Squier.
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For me the magic has gone from the lower priced yamahas in the last 20 years or so. Things like the apx5a are just hateful things.
All this Yamaha-talk has made me get the old thing out and actually start to play it properly (or as near as I can manage) for the first time in many years and I'm really enjoying it.
Having got used to my OM, picking up a dreadnought feels like playing a stringed wardrobe at first but thankfully that's only temporary.
Also did a bit more research and the Yamahaguitars.nl site has a page on the L series which has some handy information on my guitar:
Which, if true, narrows mine down to a build date of '79 to '84 at the latest but, given it was already used and in the UK, I'd guess at no later that '83, possibly earlier. I might be a but out with my purchase date but what shocks me more is that I've had it for nearly 40 years!
What I love about this guitar is how unique it sounds AND plays! Who would think to make an dread/mid jumbo with an OM depth with an adjustable height and intonating bridge.
The unique size gives it an OM eveness with that extra dreadnaught low end. It cured my GAS for a Martin 0000-28 which really are stellar guitars too. If I were to compare honestly, the FG300 is 95% the way to the Martin but it's uniqueness keeps me from ever selling it or replacing it.
A joy to play!
They have lots of low end, and a very warm thick sound, almost jazz guitar like.