Yamaha FG-TA Trans Dreadnought - Brown Sunburst Review

Yamaha FG-TA Transacoustic

I didn't know about sweetwater, so I went to order this FG-TA from Guitar Center. They said they'd have to order it and it'd take a week or so to process, then a couple weeks to get in, so it would be 3-4 weeks. A FB friend said to look at Sweetwater. They had it in stock and I had it in less than a week. I am DONE with Guitar Center THANK YOU Sweetwater!!!

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Fantastic Guitar

I wanted to give an honest review of this guitar. I will start by saying that I have had Martins, Breedlove's, Ibanez's and I have a Taylor that I absolutely love. I would go to my local music store on the weekend and play all the guitars to get away from work/the family for a bit. I would play the other fine guitars, but for some reason I kept coming back to this one. Over a month… read more or 2 I noticed that every time I would end up with this guitar for the longest. It looks nice and I tried to capture both views (in the bright light and just normal light). The guitar has a more reddish tone in the sunlight which looks fantastic and in my office light it is more of a brown burst. I really noticed this when I took it home. The shop I got it from has good natural lighting and my office tends to be dark. The neck is great and it is more U'ish shaped versus my Taylor which is more C like. The neck is very comfy and fast, but has a slightly different profile than I was used too. I will say that I do like the neck a lot even though it is slightly different. I think Yamaha is under rated to a certain degree versus some of the other acoustic manufacturers, the value is amazing. Their red label series plays fantastic as well. The voice on this guitar is different than other acoustics I have. My other guitars are dreadnoughts and grand auditorium style guitars. It can take strumming for sure, but I don't feel like it likes it when I dig into it. This guitar seems to like the more articulate approach. By that I mean finger style stuff to more normal to light strumming. When I really pound on it I feel like the guitar responds, but it isn't as pretty of a sound. When I am playing it normal it really sings with a nice deep resonant voice. Another guitar of this series might sound different, but that's just what I have found my guitar really likes. It really is like a woman to a certain degree, if you are too rough it isn't happy, if you come at it with a more delicate/loving approach the response from the instrument is amazing. The electronics are something that I never thought I would use. I watched the videos and frankly didn't care about all the effects. I never plug in my acoustics so I was like whatever. With that being said after a few months I started playing with them and was really blown away. The effects that you can do straight out the sound holes are really fun. It s fun to play with and you can get some great tones. I hope this helps.. Happy playing

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Great Guitar

This guitar looks and sounds great!! Worth the price with the built in effects.

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Exceptional

This guitar is great! The effects are magic and sound great unplugged or plugged. The fit and finish are top quality---I did lower the action a bit, but that is all. A remarkable gigging guitar... I also want to acknowledge my sales guy--Geoff Allen. Sweetwater is the best.

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Yamaha fg-ta

The only thing I would change is offer a guitar with a cutout.This is one awsome sounding and playing guitar, it needs five stars all the way

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