Finally bought my first guitar

Put your hands on it everyday. When they’re sore still put your hands on it. Unless you’re a guitar idiot savant it’s going to take time to see any results. Be patient. And put your hands on your guitar everyday.

You got a heck of a deal on that. I didn't know that Yamaha was putting anything out like that.
I am definitely going to check those out, and may have to do some trading.

What have you been playing?

Take it and get it set-up as well as you can. If you live close to Baton Rouge, be sure and take it to Fret Shack.

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It was only played by a little old lady from Pasadena in a Heart tribute act

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They only toured on Sunday, right?

On an acoustic, it's mainly about the height of the strings from the fretboard. That's called "The Action". You want your strings close to your fretboard, to make them easy to chord, all the way up the neck, but you don't want it so close that your strings buzz on any frets.
It may already be fine. Since it's a used guitar, there's no way to know, what the original buyer had done to it. I doubt it will need more than just a bit of tweaking. It won't cost much, I'm sure, and you may like it the way it is.

Very cool.


I'll try to figure out how to post pics when it gets in. Expected delivery date: 4/20. No surprise there. I work in the commercial industry. Nice little gift

Have you checked out that particular Yamaha Model? They took the Tonewood acoustic amplifier and installed it inside the guitar so it has built if effects, without plugging into an amp. It has chorus and delay and reverb, just playing like an acoustic.

It's pretty bad arse.

If you don't like it, you let me know.
I think you will like it fine.

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Have you checked out that particular Yamaha Model?

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No.

Yamaha acquired Line 6 in 2013, so...

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They took the Tonewood acoustic amplifier and installed it inside the guitar so it has built if effects, without plugging into an amp.

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...doesn't surprise me at all.

Yamaha is one of the great musical instrument companies of all time, and probably underrated.

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Will do! I'm eager for it to get here. I happen to work with a few guys in a well known bluegrass band around these parts (Head for the Hills) and am interested in hearing what they have to say when it gets in. Shipped it to work, so they will prob play it before I do lol

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Word of caution about those bluegrass pickers, they tend to like their action, to be set higher than most other people. They might tell you the opposite of what anybody else would.

I checked out a couple of their videos on youtube. They are a very good band.