Yamaha FG730S Acoustic Guitar, Tobacco Brown Sunburst

 (4 customer reviews)

I bought the Yamaha FG730S as a 'bedroom' guitar to noodle around on. Overall tone is well balanced with a slight emphasis towards warmth. Bass is deep and resonant with just a touch of boominess (to be expected from a dreadnought), treble is articulate and bright with a nice snap to it. Sustain is excellent and harmonics jump out effortlessly. The neck width at the nut is 1-11/16" which makes it comfortable for someone with small hands (me) to play. Initial setup straight out of the box was respectable requiring only minor adjustments. For reference I have the action set fairly low using Elixir light-medium (12-56) with no buzz. Playing soft or digging in, it sounds wonderful. Strumming chords or picking out a line, it's all there. You'll love the way it 'thrums' against your chest playing open chords. The only caveats I had when I first got it were the tuners and bridge pins, the stock tuners wouldn't stay in tune and I felt the cheapo plastic pins were just out of place compared to...Read more

I just bought this guitar for my wife. It sounds very balanced, crisp but warm.

I bought it with the second intention to use it in the studio,it sound better than the Fender Malibu.

The only step back i have found so far is that i ordered it in natural color and it arrived red sunburst 9which is not ugly,m but i've been having problems setting my mind to this color, since is not the one i wanted)

The guitar sound GREAT, not a bit less than that

I cannot possibly say anything about this guitar that hasn't already been said. It is probably THE most reviewed guitar (check it out at guitarcenter.com for example); and most of those reviews are very positive.

Yes, it's made in China, which arguably is a mental hurdle for many of us - but that's pretty much the only negative, and then, you could probably argue that such quality at this price cannot be made anywhere else, and you'd probably be right.

I love the color - it's deeper and darker that the pictures suggest. I had originally ordered the 'natural' (light) color, but much prefer this one.

Soundwise, I'm no expert, but it sounds very good to me, and I'm extremely satisfied with the purchase, and with Amazon shipping and return service which has never failed me.