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Yamaha FG830

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User ratings:
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3.5 out of 5
98 user ratings
5 stars
22 %
4 stars
28 %
3 stars
27 %
2 stars
19 %
1 stars
2 %
Editorial reviews:
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Pros

  • looks
  • finish and tone and price
  • quality guitar with great price

Cons

  • it the body is quite large
  • the action seems to be pretty high
  • the strings are too far away from the fretboard

Key specs

  • 21
  • 6
  • Right
  • no
  • Fire/sunburst, Wood
  • yes
  • no
  • Steel

Yamaha FG830 - Pros & Cons

Yamaha FG830

Pros

  • looks
  • finish and tone and price
  • quality guitar with great price
  • easy to play and the sound projection is near perfect
  • FG830 is full
  • impressive and decently balanced
  • this guitar is quite standard and comfortable
  • it is sturdily built to last long
  • The profile looks smooth and flat
  • mid-range combines lots of heft with palatable highs
  • excellent quality and great value for money

Cons

  • it the body is quite large
  • the action seems to be pretty high
  • the strings are too far away from the fretboard
  • sound quality is riddled with subjectivity
  • and the black ABS bridge pins are flimsy at best
  • FG830 is not tinny or strident
  • it s not a warm or dark sound
  • it s a paltry reason to disregard a guitar
  • frets do not have flashy inlays
  • thousands of guitar models and to somebody new to the craft
  • built-in preamp or a place to hook up your cables

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Yamaha FG830 - Full Specifications

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General
Number of frets21
Number of strings6
Right / left-handedRight
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Dimensions
Neck width1.69 in
Scale length25.59 in
SizeDreadnought
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Materials
Kind of wood (back)Rosewood
Kind of wood (fingerboard)Rosewood
Kind of wood (neck)Nato
Kind of wood (sides)Rosewood
Kind of wood (top)Spruce
Type of stringsSteel
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Design
Colour of product
  • Brown
  • Red
  • Wood
  • Brown
Cutawayno
Pattern
  • Fire/sunburst
  • Wood
Pickguardyes
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Features
Built-in pickupno

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