Yamaha FG JR1 3/4 Size Acoustic Guitar with Gig Bag |  | Brand: Yamaha
List Price: $209.99
Buy New: $125.78
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Seller: Best Service Stores
Rating:  10 reviews
Country: USA
Color: Natural
Batteries Included: Yes
Size: 3/4
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.8
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: JR1
Model: JR1
UPC: 086792581910
EAN: 0086792581910
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
 | Built with the legendary quality and playability | | | 3/4 size for easy travel and comfortable playing | | | Ideal first guitar for a child | | | Guitar features a Spruce top, Indonesian Back and Sides, Nato Neck and a Javanese Rosewood fingerboa | | | Includes Gigbag |
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Product Description
Built with the legendary quality and playability the FG Series, Yamaha designed the JR1 for the younger player or anyone who is more comfortable with a smaller-bodied acoustic. Carefully selection of woods goes into the building of every single Yamaha guitar and the JR1 is no exception. Features include a spruce top, nato neck, rosewood fingerboard and meranti body for solid, bright tonality and great looks, and chrome hardware. Includes gig bag.JR1Great as a travel guitarFirst GuitarIdeal first guitar for a childEasyEasy and fun to play
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Good Value in a Smaller Guitar December 16, 2009
M. J. Keyes
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
One of the other reviewers complained that their guitar teacher called this a "1/4 sized guitar" and it appeared that they felt they had gotten a bad deal. No, it is a 3/4 sized guitar - this is based on scale length and not overall size of the guitar - but it is small. This guitar has a 21 1/4" scale (normal is about 26" but it varies), a 12 1/2" lower bout and a 9" upper bout. This places it in the parlor size category, more or less, and it fits a child well.
This is a fully functioning guitar with a solid spruce top, decent craftsmanship, and an adjustable truss rod. The action is acceptable (although it needs setup at the nut) and the tone is, well, there. You are never going to confuse the Yamaha FG JR1 for a $3000 Taylor. It is a $120 guitar. The main virtues are its size, playability, and price. For that $120 you get a well made, well designed small guitar suitable for all ages with enough tone and volume to hold its own in a small group. You can take it aboard any plane and place it in the overhead rack. If you are sitting around the campfire and have to fight off a bear with it, you are only out $120 and it is sturdy enough to tolerate at least one swing.
The adjustable truss rod lets you change the relief of the neck in all sorts of conditions (assuming you are brave enough to do so) and a little filing on the nut by your luthier (don't try this at home unless you have some experience) will make it very playable for both finger style and pick.
So it is not the top of the line, it works well for what it was intended to be. It sure beats the heck out of the so-called travel guitars which all sound like they are made from cardboard and look like the set designer of Avatar or LOTR produced them for orcs. If you are looking for a quality small guitar but are too cheap to pay for one, give the Yamaha FG JR1 a look.
 Great guitar April 18, 2008
J. Smith
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I purchased this guitar for my young sons taking lessons but this guitar is just as playable for an adult as for a child. Their guitar teacher was very impressed by the sound and construction of the guitar and the kit bag was actually a pretty good little bag.
Great beginner's Guitar October 25, 2008
J. Minton Hughes (Los Alamos, NM USA)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Great beginner's guitar, good tonality, easy to tune, holds tune well. Great size for my 9 year old daughter.
Good quality starter guitar for a child! March 14, 2009
Dr Bob ZzZ (SLC, UT USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I purchased this guitar for my 8 year old son as a starter guitar.
The craftsmanship of the guitar was quite good compared to 2 Rogue accoustic guitars which I also purchased for my sons (see my review of the Rogue Starter accoustic guitar, and the Rogue RA-100D Dreadnought guitar Rogue RA-100D Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar, Black for a description of sub-standard craftsmanship on those products).
The sound was reasonably bright with good intonation. Better than many of the starter guitars in the $100-$120 range.
I would recommend this guitar at a price of $120 or less.
Wonderful Children's Guitar January 23, 2010
washbear (Apex, NC USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm very satisfied with this guitar, which I bought for my 8-year old son. The tone is good and the guitar stays in tune. It feels well-made in the hands. We had a Mark II M2G-30SB 1/2-size guitar which we'd used for a year before this, and it didn't stay in tune (and it always had one sour string that never would get in tune, even with the help of an electronic tuner. Changing the strings didn't help). So I'm very pleased with the Yamaha. It's great quality at an affordable price. We purchased the guitar through the Guitar Center website, which had free shipping. It comes with a soft case. The only criticism I have, and it's a minor one, is that I wish the case had at least one pocket on it for picks and such. But it's a well-made case otherwise. Thank you, Yamaha, for making a good product!
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