YAMAHA FG650MS
LIMITED EDITION ACOUSTIC GUITAR
BOOK MATCHED SOLID SITKA SPRUCE TOP – SATIN LACQUER FINISH
Over the course of more than sixty years, millions of musicians have come to call a Yamaha FG acoustic guitar as an important part of their musical journeys. Musicians of all levels have found the Yamaha FG to be the perfect tool to express their music and emotions. Yamaha’s FG series hard won respect is well earned and due to the exceptional and consistent quality, dependability, playability and above all else – tone that these hand crafted guitars deliver.
Yamaha guitars are synonomous with value for money and this limited edition FG650 model is no exception. The FG650 is an exceptional guitar at an entry-level prive. Boasting features such as a bookmatched solid Sitka Spruce top, Nato back, sides and neck and a genuine Rosewood fingerboard and bridge.
Nato is a popular tone wood more often referred to as Eastern Mahogany. Nato is a species which offers similar aesthetics and tonal characteristics to regular Mahogany. Nato’s has dynamic tonal properties with are warm and rounded with a strong mid-range voice. Nato was chosen for the FG650 for its cost effectiveness and the way that it compliments the solid Sitka Spruce top. The result is tone normally expected a guitar costing much more.
The use of Rosewood for the Fingerboard and Bridge is also special. The CITES restrictions on the use of Rosewood are biting hard and its great to see it used on a guitar at this price – but then again, it is a Yamaha.
Our PRO-SCM setup finishes off what is a great guitar that should serve you well for many years to come.
YAMAHA FG650 SPECIFICATIONS:
- Top Material: Bookmatched Solid Sitka Spruce
- Back and Sides Material: Nato – Eastern Mahogany
- Neck Material: Nato – Eastern Mahogany
- Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
- Bridge Material: Rosewood
- Scale Length: 25-9/16″
- Nut Width: 1-11/16″
- Nut and Saddle Material: Urea
- Frets: 20 Nickel Silver Frets
- Body Binding: 3ply Black/White/Black Binding
- Tuners: Covered Chrome Tuners
- Pickguard: Black FG
- Finish: Satin Natural Lacquer
- Setup: PRO-SCM
- Warranty: Five Years
Who plays Yamaha Acoustic Guitars?
So, who plays Yamaha Acoustic Guitars you may well ask? Get ready for a few surprises. The most expensive Yamaha Acoustic Guitar ever built was created after a request from John Lennon. John Lennon became interested in Yamaha acoustics after playing a custom acoustic which had been built for Paul Simon.
The celebrated American singer-songwriter is a longtime fan of Yamaha acoustics, which the company custom-makes for him with slightly smaller bodies to fit the artist’s compact frame. But Simon was hardly alone. Yamaha acoustics became high visibility items during the Seventies.
John Denver, James Taylor and David Lindley played them. Bruce Springsteen relied heavily on a Yamaha Acoustic Guitar during the fertile Eighties phase of his career and Yamaha FG Acoustic Guitars also featured on the Stage at Woodstock.
Jimmy Page played Yamaha acoustics during Led Zeppelin’s 1975 world tour and would later make Yamaha his acoustics of choice for the Page/Plant Unleaded tour in the Nineties. Whenever Jimmy flies around the World his baggage usually includes a Yamaha Acoustic Guitar.
Look today and you’ll see musical heavyweights such as Billy Corgan, Joe Bonamassa, Lior, Brandon Lewis, Jimi Hocking, Daniel Ho, Mark Lizotte (Diesel) and more with a Yamaha Acoustic Guitar in their hands.
A Yamaha guitar is more than just a great guitar at a great price – it is an investment in your musical future.
