Awesome little guitar, my son is totally rocking it!

This guitar exceeded all my expectations, and then some. The workmanship is very good. Not one small defect after looking closely at this guitar. It even comes ready to play, with a nice low action. It is small and light, a perfect guitar for camping, etc. Why would you pay $400 for a travel guitar when you can pay a third of that and get a sturdy, good sounding instrument that is ready for the road. The included cloth case is terrible, but I fully expected that.

I have small hands. So a 3/4 guitar is a good fit. Sound is ok. Disappointed that it took ups almost two weeks to deliver. Nice looking. The back is made from a cheaper wood which may not produce real good sound for an acoustic guitar. Over happy with it.

I have a full size solid top dreadnaught, but didn't want to take it with me to deer camp, where it would be exposed to humidity and temperature changes. Fully laminated will be more durable. Also I am not concerned with scratching, dinging or even completely destroying it, since it's a "beater". But it sounds plenty decent for those purposes. I chose Yamaha because I also own a nicer 12-string solid top Yamaha FG and have owned Yamaha electric guitars and basses before. They tend to pay good attention to fretwork and overall quality, even on budget instruments. Fit and finish is nice for the money, burst looks nice and having both strap buttons installed is unusual and a nice surprise. A guitar this size you'll probably want to play it standing up more than a full size one. I've had it for about a year. Stock strings are trash, installed a budget set of Martins and it's much better. "Vintage style" tuners seem to work so far. They look flimsier than typical full size tuners, but hopefully will hold up. Overall it holds tune. Happy with it for the money.

I had a former guitar store owner look around for an instrument for a 7 year old and suggested this Yamaha. He wanted to take a look and tune it once it arrived which I did. He was impressed by the build quality and finish. He also said that at this price he was surprised at how nice and ready to play it was without any major adjustment. My grandson seemed very happy and I hope he doesn't use it to bash his older sister.

Guitarrón, la compré para mí hijo y estoy alucinando como con un simple cambio de cuerdas puede sonar tan bien. Parece un juguete pero no lo es. Como siempre Yamaha y si bien hacer.

La guitare est vraiment super mon fils de 6 ans l a adoré ! J avais peur qu’elle soit trop grande car il n’est pas très grand mais pas du tout !Les finitions sont très belles, le bois de qualité et la pochette de rangement est très correct.Il est très difficile de trouver des guitare folk de cette taille.

First impression was, it’s tiny! Here’s a pic beside a Martin D18 for scale. But it’s got a nice little top. Great vintage toner colour, put some oil on the fretboard as it was dry as a bone. Rosewood though, and nice! Sounds a little boxy but I’ve been playing it hard and it actually opened up a lot. Tuners work, frets are all level, doesn’t buzz, action at the nut is absolutely perfect btw. It comes filed right down to just clearing the first fret, not sure how they did that. It’s Indonesia made, not Japan. Fret ends a little sharp, I’ll give em a polish when I restring, not terrible though. Intonation isn’t perfect as I recall, but breaking it in. Not a compensated saddle. I’m keeping this in my work truck and I’m gonna love it. I’m sure it’ll open up more and I’m really impressed with the quality from the indonesian guitar makers and Yamaha, for this price. Very glad I bought this.

Good fit for my 8 year old son. I enjoy playing it as well since my hands aren’t large (wear a medium or size 7 in medical gloves). Good sound, Yamaha build quality which would be much better than the cheap stuff that comes in at less than $200

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Allow me to preface this with the fact that I know guitars. having played over 50 years and have a guitar collection many would covet. I did my due diligence before buying this JR2. and what arrived was nothing like I saw locally. My young grandson wants a guitar like his big brother who has an FG800 in natural which is an absolutely amazing guitar for the price. The only thing available locally was a JR2 in sunburst. It had a nice gloss finish, perfect neck and sounded great but a JR2 in natural was only Amazon had one in natural, in stock and ready to ship.The top had an acceptable gloss finish while the back and sides were satin and the back or the neck and head stock were stained but hadn't been sanded smooth. The sides of the frets were sharp and the fret board appeared to have never been treated and was dried out. Getting the thing in tune was time consuming and after playing a couple cords it was already out of tune. The the tone was tinny unlike the local store model in burst and it had a bad fret buzz on the E and A strings. The neck was okay and I probably could have adjusted it some but this thing needs a complete set up to get it even close to being playable it it's at all possible.

I am basically an advanced beginner, having started out about a year and a half ago on the Yamaha 3/4 Size Classcal Guitar (with nylon strings.) Also taking lessons. I recently purchased this Yamaha FG 3/4 Size Accoustic Guitar.In my opinion, it has good intonation, has a more than decent rich sound to it. It is definitely not a "toy" guitar. After about five tunings at the beginning, it has held its tune well--only very few tweaks. The action is low without buzzing, which is good for tender finger tips, and just plain, overall fretting. I have to agree with some of the reviewers who believe this to be smaller than a 3/4 size guitar. This one is pretty small. I don't think it's 3/4 size--more of a half-size. I am only 5 feet tall, female, with small frame and fingers, and I find the distance between the strings to be a bit of a tight squeeze. Distance in frets is okay for my stature.I was worried that going to a steel string accoustic guitar would be painful on the tips of my fretting fingers since I have nerve damage in my fingers--one of the reasons I started off on the Yamaha 3/4 size classical with nylon strings (which is a great nylon string guitar for beginners), but I don't realize any difficulty or pain with this steel string guitar. I have calluses by now, but even so, for one just starting out on a steel string, I don't think it's any more painful than starting out on nylon strings.A setup by a luthier, I don't think it is at all necessary unless you are at least an intermediate, at which point you probably own a $500+ guitar that has a louder sound (I think this one has more than average projection, and aginn, intonation). Besides a bit of a problem with the string-to-string closeness, the only other thing I can think of is the fretboard, compared to the overall size of the guitar, and the body, is more than average heavy--not a real biggie, but I thought I'd mention it.Because of its small size, if you are taller than five feet, or have average or large hands, I can't give it five stars. If you know enough about guitars and think you can handle a guitar this size, I would give it five stars, especially for a small child.All in all, if you are looking for a beginner steel string accoustic guitar, especially for a child just starting out, I don't think you could go wrong with this guitar. You get a real guitar at a very good price, that's pretty vibrant, while keeping in mind that it is on a small scale. Here, I would give it five stars.If I had a child who wanted to start playing a steel string accoustic guitar, I would not hesitate to purchase this guitar. If you are taller than five feet, or have large fingers, I do feel this good guitar would be a bit of a tight squeeze, and also possibly not as comfortable to hold. If, on the other hand, you want to purchase a very nice quality guitar without shelling out big bucks, especially for a beginner, I would highly recommend this guitar.