haggardfan1
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I've been looking for a smaller bodied acoustic for a year or so now. I've played dozens of guitars at two GCs and our local store, and kept being drawn back two a couple different models of Yamaha guitars.
About three weeks ago, I went into a pawn shop on a whim, and they had this
As far as I can tell, it's immaculate except for a small ouch on the back of the headstock. I didn't notice it till I got home and was cleaning and restringing it, and a dab of Old English would probably fix it up.
Otherwise I can't find a mark on it. The fit, finish, and action are superb.
It was ineptly strung; the top three strings were wound wrong and they all had uneven, overlapping winds.
It has a Yamaha passive undersaddle pickup, which works fine. I have extra clip on tuners, a Korg Pitch-black, and two or three acoustic DIs so I don't care that it doesn't have on board controls or tuner.
It plays quite well and so far I'm elated with it. I think they retailed for about $399. The shop had it marked $299, and they took $275 so I'm happy about that too.
Ive been off work since last Thursday, and go back tomorrow night. I always spend too much during my week off; once I went to Walmart for a blood pressure cuff and came out with a .22 rifle. (Hey, the gun was on sale--BP cuffs weren't. )
EDIT: I meant to point out that I went to the neighboring town for ethanol free mower fuel, and came home with a guitar I looked at three weeks ago.
Anyway, this is only my second acoustic ever that isn't a dread, and I think I'm going to enjoy it.
About three weeks ago, I went into a pawn shop on a whim, and they had this
As far as I can tell, it's immaculate except for a small ouch on the back of the headstock. I didn't notice it till I got home and was cleaning and restringing it, and a dab of Old English would probably fix it up.
Otherwise I can't find a mark on it. The fit, finish, and action are superb.
It was ineptly strung; the top three strings were wound wrong and they all had uneven, overlapping winds.
It has a Yamaha passive undersaddle pickup, which works fine. I have extra clip on tuners, a Korg Pitch-black, and two or three acoustic DIs so I don't care that it doesn't have on board controls or tuner.
It plays quite well and so far I'm elated with it. I think they retailed for about $399. The shop had it marked $299, and they took $275 so I'm happy about that too.
Ive been off work since last Thursday, and go back tomorrow night. I always spend too much during my week off; once I went to Walmart for a blood pressure cuff and came out with a .22 rifle. (Hey, the gun was on sale--BP cuffs weren't. )
EDIT: I meant to point out that I went to the neighboring town for ethanol free mower fuel, and came home with a guitar I looked at three weeks ago.
Anyway, this is only my second acoustic ever that isn't a dread, and I think I'm going to enjoy it.
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) so I lost just a bit of volume, but not enough to bother me. There's no buzz or issues anywhere on the neck, and the intonation seems perfect. When I find a serial number, I will try to find out how old it is.
