yamaha fg-160 acoustic guitar model history

The Yam truss rod is rattling on certain notes, which is a drag. It is on the whole more masculine, while the Yamaha is delicate, feminine sounding. The sound is objectively better on the Suzuki On the Suzuki, the rosewood on those 2 parts is more porous, sign of a lesser quality wood. The rosewood on the Yamaha shows a better quality grain (bridge and the neck). shows the plies (I think that 'peeling' is original, looks cheap, ugly), but the Yam is still good looking from the front. Undoubtedly the Suzuki shows a better building quality, the back of my Yamaha e.g. Like comparing a nice 60’s Italian car and a 70’s Volvo 244. Quite a neck diver, not too much though.Īesthetically, I still prefer the Yamaha.

The Suzuki XII is twice the weight as the Yamaha 260. When I sing, with the Yamaha, I can just sing at a normal speech volume With the Suzuki, I need to raise my voice close to shouting. And the XII ThreeS follows the rule: it has a very loud, powerful, rich sound. When I jam on my Parlor 0021 copy with friend, that tiny guitar is punchy, louder that all the others together. I've already own for 15 years a parlor 0021 Martin copy, that sounds so good (all massive top and back! sides I don’t know), so I bought without hesitation that XII ThreeS. The ThreeS's are close to perfect Martin copies from the 70's. Now, in 2019, March I bought another XII, a cheap (200€) ThreeS Suzuki, also slotted head. But as a XII, it sounds good, for some mysterious reason. I was quite disappointed, it really sounded cheap. I once played it with only with 6 strings like a regular guitar, just to have an idea of the general quality of it. Low end is limited, but the sound is overall well balanced. The sound is not very powerful, but it is very airy, full of chime that gives it a really unique nice tone.

Slotted, viper head with sparrow bout cut. When I bought it in the 90's, I confess it was because it was cheap, and I loved the look of it and I didn't have a XII. I've had my FG260 for +20 years I must say I don't play it a lot, only at home. First of all, kudos for those nice pics on the snow!

Yamaha fg-160 acoustic guitar model history