Yamaha JR1 3/4-size Dreadnought Review

Simply Perfect

Yamaha always nails it and this is the sweetest sounding acoustic I've played in a long time. Always stays in tune in between sessions which in itself is pretty remarkable. Money well spent. Sweetwater is an exceptional company no matter what I purchase from them and Connor Smith is the greatest sales engineer in the history of ever THANKS Connor!!

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Small Guitar BIG Sound

Got this guitar as a knock around go to the beach type guitar. Unbelievable sound for 3/4 size. High level quality considering the low cost. Very usable for little kids. Being an adult, the scale length is a little short for me to perform "shredding tricks" with it but still it's a blast

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What were your honest expectations?

I got this for my 6 year old daughter for Christmas. First she wanted an electric guitar, but then she saw a singer at a party and wanted a 'Cowgirl Guitar.' For some reason she loves country music. This was the best thing I found for a guitar of its size. I looked at some small body guitars like an Epiphone OO and a Gretsch Jim Dandy. But those were just smaller full sized… read more adult guitars. This one had a small body and a short scale neck. It is still big for a 6 year old, but she loves it. She loves to hold it and sing and pose and 'play' it in her cowgirl boots and pink paisley strap. I figure this is a part of the learning process - developing an affection for your instrument and understanding that music is fun. From my perspective as an adult with lots of acoustic guitars at various price points - it is a pretty good little guitar. It is well made for the price, sounds pretty big for the size, and holds tuning pretty well. In fact, it has cool vintage button head tuners (my fav) and not cheapo tuners like you might expect. A small guitar is only ever going to sound so big (I like dreadnoughts and jumbos), but I don't hear a real meaningful difference between this Yamaha and my father in law's old Baby Taylor. And those cost three times the price. If my daughter doesn't take to it - this can be a little travel guitar for me, and if she does take to it, when she grows out of it, it can be our travel guitar. Is a nice little guitar at a nice little price, and it comes with a decent soft case. It's a good buy. I have a 19 year old Yamaha Classical I got for a song in college and I always thought it sounded like it cost three times the price. All the major brands have had to up their game lately, but I always thought Yamaha's punched WAY above their weight class. The pic is her on Christmas morning. She is wearing half Christmas pajamas and weird black bell bottoms her Gi-Gi got her for Christmas. We are a motley crew of old hippies and eccentric weirdos.

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Perfect size for my 9 year old

I have a 9 year old who is on the smaller side and he is just learning guitar. His teacher recommended this specific one for him and this store. We are very happy with this guitar. It's much easier for him to handle and makes nice sound. Sweetwater shipped immediately and we received it a couple days. Great customer service. Highly recommend this guitar for a small beginner and… read more from this store.

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Chevyman 409

FIRST TIME USER VERY SIMP;E JUST GREAT

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