Red Label: The Studio Musician's Choice!

For those in the know, the Yamaha FG3 is roughly equivalent to a Martin D-28, but without the bloated price and (admittedly) the prestige. Studio musicians love this guitar cause it hits like a cannon! You can take these guitars to any headcutting session and blow the Taylors and Gretschs away with ease.

Condition: Mint/Unused

Backstory: I bought this for a project that never materialized. I have too many guitars and this one just isn't getting used. So, it's time to clear out the extras. My loss is your gain!

Why I love it:

• Solid Mahogany sides and back (if you're an acoustic guy/gal, you'll know why this is critical).
• Solid Sitka Spruce top.
• Real ebony fingerboard.
• Incredibly tuning stability! This is one of those tune it once and forget about it axes!
• Incredible bass rivaled only by a D-28. Even then, it's a close call.
• VOLUME: this thing will blow most any other acoustic out of the water with ease.
• Handles low action well. Very straight neck. I don't like my action too low. But, if that's your thing, it can take it!
• Every fret position is clean, no buzzing, no dead frets.
• Sounds very similar to a D-28.
• "Structured" soft-shell case is the best softshell I've ever seen. Half-way between a softshell and a hardshell.

The only reasons why people don't rave about this guitar:

• Yamaha electrics are bland, so people assume that will be true of Yamaha acoustics. They're dead wrong.
• It's Japanese. And acoustic people can be, um, shall we say, "nationalistic".

Take this sucker to a headcutting session and drown the Martin and Taylor players, then smile down your nose at them because you paid a fraction of the price for a guitar that does the same thing their hand-me-down D-28 does!

Think I'm bluffing? Don't take my word for it. Watch the linked video and hear (the legendary) Driftwood Guitars raving about this acoustic.