Yamaha make excellent acoustic guitars, generally it’s agreed throughout the industry that like fine wine, they tend to get better with age. Well here’s a 12 string acoustic model for around the £200 price mark that has already established itself as a popular choice amongst acoustic players.
The dreadnought style body is crafted using a Sitka spruce top and Nato wood back and sides, the fret board and bridge are made from Rosewood and this guitar has 20 medium frets. The headstock uses a Rosewood overlay whilst the chrome die cast machine heads are positioned with six along each side of the headstock.
The strings are held in place using 12 nylon black bridge pins just below the compensated tusq saddle. Around the edge of the body is a discreet black and white pinstripe binding accompanied by a black rosette around the sound hole. The cosmetic design of the FG720S is completed by the tortoise shell pick guard and the Yamaha logo on the headstock …