Garage Sale Special - Yamaha FG-75
Hi:
My Brother in law has been wanting a guitar for a while. The other day he asked me to come a look at a guitar at a yard sale.
It looked ok, and he just wanted something to start with. So they gave it to him for $60.
So does anyone know much about older Yamaha Guitars?
It's a Yamaha FG-75, which I would describe as a 3/4 size steel string acoustic guitar with open gear tuning machines. It has a reddish orange label inside that doesn't state the country of manufacture. The serial number is T0133832 is stamped on the neck heel inside the body.
It's playable, but the neck has a fair amount of bow. I tried tweaking the truss rod a bit, but it is fairly tight so I mostly left it alone.
Would it be worth letting a decent shop tech having a look at it?
Bry
Hi:
My Brother in law has been wanting a guitar for a while. The other day he asked me to come a look at a guitar at a yard sale.
It looked ok, and he just wanted something to start with. So they gave it to him for $60.
So does anyone know much about older Yamaha Guitars?
It's a Yamaha FG-75, which I would describe as a 3/4 size steel string acoustic guitar with open gear tuning machines. It has a reddish orange label inside that doesn't state the country of manufacture. The serial number is T0133832 is stamped on the neck heel inside the body.
It's playable, but the neck has a fair amount of bow. I tried tweaking the truss rod a bit, but it is fairly tight so I mostly left it alone.
Would it be worth letting a decent shop tech having a look at it?
Bry