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Yamaha FGX730 SC
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Yamaha 6 string acoustic-electric with pr-amp and onboard tuner
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Searched Yamaha FGX730 SC in Reviews
Unbelievable buy for this price! 
| Sound |
I play this acoustic electric doing direct into a small PA head, with built in effects. I use just a touch of reverb, and this guitar out performs guitars well over it's price range. I had been shopping for an acoustic for a few months and had played just about everything out there under $2000. Then I checked some forums to see what other acoustic players were saying, and I kept getting lead back to this Yamaha fgx730. The sound is rich, and full, bright but not thin sounding. I use D'Addario Phosphor Bronze strings on the one I ended up buying. It had a real nice 3 bad eq in the preamp with and adjustable mid, and a built in tuner which comes in handy. I would easily price this guitar at 2-3 times the price. Street price is around $500 US, which is a joke for an acoustic that sounds this good. You an buy a lower end Taylor or Martin and not get half the guitar you can get here. The final thing that sold me on it was I was playing a 30 year old Guild 12 sting acoustic while my friend was playing his FGX730 and I serously loved the tone coming out of his guitar. Within a month after that I bought mine.
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| Action, Fit, & Finish |
I bought this guitar as blemished but new. The setup was very good, I would not say perfect, but I immediately through on some new different gauge strings so I really need to take it to a luthier. With that being said, I am very happy with the action as is, but I tend to like my action a bit high. I would suggest anyone changing gauges on a new guitar to get it adjusted properly by a luthier. Even when buying mine blemished, this guitar is gorgeous. I got a sunburst finish and a friend has the natural finish, with are great looking gutars with attention to detail fro the Abalone inlay on the headstock to the beautiful work around the sound hole.
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| Reliability & Durability |
I hate to gig without a backup but I will. playing acousic gigs you usually don;t have a heck of a lot of room to keep extra cases around, and I feel real good about the name Yamaha and their reliability. The finish seems to hold up real nice, not thin at all.
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| Customer Support |
have never had to deal with Yamaha
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| Liked about it |
1 The most important - sound is great out this, and with e 3 band eq you have options
2 Feel of this guitar is very nice, just felt comfortable from the first time i played it, nice neck
3 Price - This guitar is worth well over it's list price
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| Didn't like |
Action is a bit high, but it is an acoustic and I like my action a bit higher than most, so while this is perfect for me, it might be high for someone else. I did not get this guitar setup yet by a luthier.
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| Overall satisfaction: |
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5.0 |
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