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Guitarist sEPtEMBEr 2019

YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3

Travelling back into the mists of time,

Yamaha revisits its 1960s acoustic guitar

manufacturing heritage with a contemporary

take on the classic red label FG range

Class Of Red

Words David Mead Photography Neil Godwin

review

YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3

Guitarist sEPtEMBEr 2019

GIT450.rev_yamfg.indd 94 08/08/2019 14:26

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review YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 Class Of Red Travelling back into the mists of time, Yamaha revisits its 1960s acoustic guitar manufacturing heritage with a contemporary take on the classic red label FG range Words David Mead Photography Neil Godwin 94 Guitarist September SEPTEMBER 2019 GIT450.rev_yamfg.
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YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 review SEPTEMBER 2019 Guitarist september GIT450.rev_yamfg.
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review YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 £1,198 & £975 CONTACT Yamaha PHONE 01908 366700 WEB http://uk.yamaha.com What We Want To Know 1 What’s the significance of the red label, then? Yamaha’s initial range of FG acoustics was launched in 1966 and came with a red label inside the soundhole.
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Video Demo YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 2 3 1. Yamaha’s understated headstock bears only its pitchfork logo, the truss rod cover reminding us of the Red Label’s heritage 2. The Sitka tops of both guitars have both been ARE treated to enhance tone We played the FGX3 for far longer than necessary for this review out of sheer enjoyment review 3. Olde world stylised Gotoh open back tuners help ramp up the FG acoustics’ vintage vibe 4.
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review YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 We’ll take a look at which build features the FG5 and FGX3 share before we start exploring the subtle variances between them.
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Video demo YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 5. Yamaha’s Atmosfeel pickup system features a piezo sensor in the bridge, a microphone and a high-frequency sensor controlled via three rotaries on the upper bout review 6. The combination of a Sitka spruce top with mahogany back and sides is a tried-andtested formula for a great-sounding acoustic guitar – and the FGX3 certainly delivers 5 6 and bass, the former perhaps a little on the light side, but no cause for concern to our ears.
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review YAMAHA FG5 & FGX3 Video demo http://bit.ly/guitaristextra 7 8 7. The spec of both guitars is very similar, the principal difference between the two is that the FGX3 (pictured here) is made in China and its stablemate in Japan 8.