Along with the FG-140 and FG-180, the Yamaha FG-300 was one of the original "red label" six-string jumbo acoustics built in Japan starting in 1969. Specimens from 1972 - 1974 can be identified by a green label, while models between 1974 and 1977 had a black label. 

Years of Production: 1968 - 1976

Body Style: Dreadnaught

Wood Composition: Select Spruce top, Rosewood back, sides, fingerboard and bridge

Design Elements: Three-point tortoiseshell pickguard