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ROSEWOOD EXQUISITE early '80s Yamaha G255Sii solid top Classical guitar REDUCED
Estimated price for orientation: 599 $
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Description Brand: Yamaha Dexterity: Right-Handed Model: G255Sii String Configuration: 6 String UPC: Does Not Apply
Up for your Consideration is a Used ROSEWOOD EXQUISITE early '80s Yamaha G255Sii solid top Classical guitarThis is in an excellent used Condition with minimal/Slight sign of Use, However case show minor age waer too.Early '80s Yamaha G25Sii solid top classical guitar in IMMACULATE condition, made during the Golden Era of Japanese luthiery, with deluxe archtop hardshell case (in perfect working order). This guitar sold for $375 in 1981--well over $1000 today and this is, indeed, a $1000 guitar, by which I mean that you'd have to spend at least that on a new guitar today to find anything even close. And that still wouldn't have the one thing this guitar has which you can't build into a guitar: the sound of age. It's generally agreed that, for a very brief period (1981- 85), Yamaha built 3 models (with variations) that are at least comparable to the GC (Grand Concert) line they have offered since: the G245, G250 and G255 (along with the ii iterations). These models were pretty much straight copies of the Ramirez 1A of that era--same bracing and long (664) scale. However, like the Ramirez guitars of that vintage, they were difficult to play, so Yamaha offered the ii alternatives, which had the standard 650 scale and a bit lower action (as this one still has--at 3mm on low E, it plays more like a flamenco). Read the reviews, listen to the samples: powerful, full-spectrum sound; good volume and sustain, very musical--and very Spanish. Stunning details throughout: Same Gotoh YTM-51-1 tuners used on Grand Concert line; bone nut and compensated bone saddle; intricate all-wood binding, rosette and tie block inlay; solid cedar top, EBONY fretboard, Indian Rosewood back and sides. (Note about the Yamaha Archive: As with other models, they've got this one half wrong: yes, this one has a cedar top but the same model also came in Spruce; yes, some had Rosewood fretboards but, some--like this one--had Ebony.) Excellent+ condition. A few buffable swirls can be seen in good light on treb side; frets are great; may be a minor or ding or two, but this is about as nice as you'll find any guitar of this vintage. Easy player, great looker, super sounder, nice archtop case: You will be hard put to find another classical guitar of comparable quality for this price--
Description
| Brand: | Yamaha | Dexterity: | Right-Handed |
| Model: | G255Sii | String Configuration: | 6 String |
| UPC: | Does Not Apply |
Up for your Consideration is a Used ROSEWOOD EXQUISITE early '80s Yamaha G255Sii solid top Classical guitar
This is in an excellent used Condition with minimal/Slight sign of Use, However case show minor age waer too.
Early '80s Yamaha G25Sii solid top classical guitar in IMMACULATE condition, made during the Golden Era of Japanese luthiery, with deluxe archtop hardshell case (in perfect working order). This guitar sold for $375 in 1981--well over $1000 today and this is, indeed, a $1000 guitar, by which I mean that you'd have to spend at least that on a new guitar today to find anything even close. And that still wouldn't have the one thing this guitar has which you can't build into a guitar: the sound of age.
It's generally agreed that, for a very brief period (1981- 85), Yamaha built 3 models (with variations) that are at least comparable to the GC (Grand Concert) line they have offered since: the G245, G250 and G255 (along with the ii iterations). These models were pretty much straight copies of the Ramirez 1A of that era--same bracing and long (664) scale. However, like the Ramirez guitars of that vintage, they were difficult to play, so Yamaha offered the ii alternatives, which had the standard 650 scale and a bit lower action (as this one still has--at 3mm on low E, it plays more like a flamenco). Read the reviews, listen to the samples: powerful, full-spectrum sound; good volume and sustain, very musical--and very Spanish. Stunning details throughout: Same Gotoh YTM-51-1 tuners used on Grand Concert line; bone nut and compensated bone saddle; intricate all-wood binding, rosette and tie block inlay; solid cedar top, EBONY fretboard, Indian Rosewood back and sides. (Note about the Yamaha Archive: As with other models, they've got this one half wrong: yes, this one has a cedar top but the same model also came in Spruce; yes, some had Rosewood fretboards but, some--like this one--had Ebony.) Excellent+ condition. A few buffable swirls can be seen in good light on treb side; frets are great; may be a minor or ding or two, but this is about as nice as you'll find any guitar of this vintage. Easy player, great looker, super sounder, nice archtop case: You will be hard put to find another classical guitar of comparable quality for this price--