Yamaha FG-700 MS

After learning to play guitar for about a year on an old Yamaha SJ 180 i was looking for a new guitar as started to improve my playing. Preferably i was lookin for a nice Gibson guitar or one of the other more fashionable (and expensive) Guitar makers. I visited a few local shops playing on various guitars and could not find anything that felt nice enough to play to warrant the amount of money they cost. Just as i was to give up i spotted a Yamaha for a bargain £150 on the wall. Despite wanting to move away from Yamaha Guitars, because my old one was proving difficult to play to say the least, i picked up the FG 700 MS because it looked like a nice guitar and ...  Read the complete review

In a hail of mediocre and indistinguishably cowboyesque acoustic guitars, the FG-700 sets a standard. Despite the least attractive name in the history of production lines, the "FG-700" retaliates with superb aesthetics and a build quality that could put greek architects to shame. Another instrument buoying Yamaha's reputation as a mast of excellency in the market, it begs the question how anyone could derive such a prolonged sustain, delicate register and harmonious altitudes of pitch. The cutting higher strings on this guitar lay waste to the concept of a harp, the lower - if amplified - would threaten a bassists' future job prospects. ...  Read the complete review