Yamaha FG820 Dreadnought Spruce/Mahogany Acoustic Guitar

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FG820 Dreadnought Spruce/Mahogany Acoustic Guitar

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One of the best selling lines of acoustic guitars in the world now looks and sounds even better! For over 40 years, millions of musicians have used the Yamaha FG as the perfect tool to express their music. FGs gained the respect due to thet quality, dependability, playability and value.

Featuring superb projection and volume with a warm, rich tone, the FG820 makes a great full size acoustic guitar both for those starting out and those upgrading from smaller beginner models.

Features:

• Traditional western body
• Solid spruce top
• Mahogany back & sides
• Newly developed scalloped bracing
• Warm and strong sound
• New scalloped bracing produces louder and stronger sound in the low- to mid-ranges

Specifications:

Body Shape: Traditional Western
Scale Length: 650mm (25 9/16")
Body Length: 505mm (19 7/8")
Total Length: 1038mm (40 7/8")
Body Width: 412mm (16 1/4")
Body Depth: 100-118mm (3 15/16"- 4 5/8")
Nut Width: 43mm (1 11/16")
String Spacing: 11.0mm
Top Material: Solid Spruce
Back Material: Mahogany
Side Material: Mahogany
Neck Material: Nato
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: R400mm (15 3/4")
Bridge Material: Rosewood
Nut Material: Urea
Saddle Material: Urea
Bridge Pins: Black ABS with White Dot
Tuners: Die-cast Chrome(TM29T)
Body Binding: Cream
Soundhole Inlay: Black + White
Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern (Black for the BL and SB colour variation)
Body Finish: Gloss
Neck Finish: Matt
Electronics: None
Controls: None
Connections: None
Strings: .012/.016/.025(or.024)/.032/.042/.052(or.053)
Colour: Natural
Accessories: Hex Wrench
Case: None

Specifications


Acoustic Pickup Type: None
Back & Sides: Mahogany
Back/Sides Finish: Gloss
Binding: Cream
Body Colour: Natural
Body Finish: Gloss
Body Shape: Dreadnought
Bracing: X Bracing - Scalloped
Bridge Material: Rosewood or Walnut
Bridge Style: Modern Belly
Case/Gigbag: Purchased Separately
Country of Origin: Info Unavailable
Cutaway: No
Fingerboard: Rosewood or Walnut
Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
Fret Profile: Info Unavailable
Fretboard Radius: 15.75" / 400 mm
Included: Hex Wrench
Instrument Size: Full
Neck Body Join: Hand-fitted Modified Dovetail
Neck Body Join-Fret: 14th Fret
Neck Material: Nato
Neck Shape: Info Unavailable
Number of Frets: 20
Number of Strings: 6
Nut Material: Urea
Nut Width: 1.6875" / 42.86 mm
Orientation: Right
Pickguard: Yes
Pickup/Preamp: No
Preamp EQ: No
Scale Length: 25.56" / 650 mm
String Gauge: 0.12-0.52
String Type: Steel
Top Material: Solid Spruce
Tuner: No
Tuning Machines: Die-cast Chrome TM29T

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How does Yamaha do this? 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Orleans, Ontario
The overall quality, playability, rich sound, projection, fit & finish and level of appointment of this guitar is just incredible, regardless of price point. Such an offering in big american brands would set you back several thousands of dollars. I walked-in to buy a digital piano for my kids and decided to enter the guitar salon just to "see". I have been longing for a Taylor Guitar for a long while and would have been prepared to pay what it costs. Then I picked-up this Yamaha, and once I started strumming and playing arpeggios, I was stunned. I could not believe the sound that was coming out of it, and how comfortable and pleasant it felt to play. The neck is perfect! Sound-wise: Extremely articulated highs, huge mid-range, and fantastic bass response altogether. Solid spruce top, gorgeous mahogany laminate on back & sides, flawless finish, flawless & gorgeous binding on both the front & back body contours as well as on the neck, gorgeous pearloid logo. Even the fretwork is shockingly great at this price point. I was so stunned that I could then not justify spending 2K$ on anything else. There was a second one on the wall and I picked it up as well, just to see if the one I was playing was just "one of a kind'', and it felt exactly the same. Well done Yamaha. Highly recommended.
Posted by Pat on Dec 21, 2022
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An excellent acoustic for any level of player. 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Halifax, Nova Scotia
While these guitars are made to be affordable, they don't cut costs where it counts. A solid top, bound neck, bound body, and a beautiful finish (for the same cost as natural).
Features: 5/5.
The instruments sound quality (due to factory building) can vary, I would say average sound is 8/10. You can find 9/10's, and you can find 7/10's, and maybe even the odd 6/10 for every 9/10 out there.
Quality 4/5 - more to do with sound consistency!
Value: 5/5. Unbeatable value.
Fun fact: I now have an L.R. Baggs Anthem system (more expensive than the guitar itself after installation) in my FG-820, and it sounds incredible. 10/10.
Posted by Matt Houlihan on Sep 18, 2022
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one of the best beginner guitars 2 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Belleville, Ontario
Posted by anonymous on Mar 3, 2021
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Yamaha FG820 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Oshawa, Ontario
Great beginner (and better) guitar of a great quality. Quite shocked of the quality of its sound.
Posted by Fred on Jan 20, 2021
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mieux que Norman 1 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Montréal, Quebec
Dans le confort total malgré les grandes dimensions, cette guitare est presque aussi facile a jouer qu'une électrique! Beaucoup plus confortable qu'une Norman B20 dans mon cas a moi, je suis super content d'avoir trouvé cette guitare sur mon chemin!
Posted by olivier on Oct 31, 2020
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confort total 0 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Montréal, Quebec
J'adore cette guitare que j'estime de Yamaha un excellent produit car la conception est confortable, mieux comparativement a une Norman B20 car elle a les mêmes dimensions, sans les options électroniques ou la ceinture mais tout est dans la jouabilité améliorée et plus facile donc agréable.
Posted by Oliver on Oct 31, 2020
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Great guitar! 12 of 12 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Winnipeg (Pembina), Manitoba
I played about 15 or so acoustics, this guitar held its own against guitars twice the price from big brands. Yamaha, seriously under appreciated acoustics. This guitar is loud, full of bass, and smooth to play. Often I feel like I have to fight an acoustic to play it - not this one. Very happy I picked this guitar up.
Posted by David on Jan 15, 2020
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Strings too close together 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Moncton, New Brunswick
The guitar sounds very nice and it looks great but the strings are too close together because the neck isn't wide enough. I have only realized this after trying different guitars. But other than that, it's a great guitar for someone that prefers closer strings and it's not that pricey either, it's a great starter guitar!
Posted by Kevin Martin-Savoie on Jan 9, 2020
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'Holds it's own' against much higher priced guitars, such as Gibson & Martin. 6 of 6 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   New Minas, Nova Scotia
Comfortable to play; I'm an 'old time strummer' who grew up listening to the singing & guitar sound of Wilf Carter & Hank Snow. In that mode, the FG 820 feels and sounds very close to either my Gibson or Martin. A well built guitar, great value.
Posted by GEORGE FANCEY on Mar 26, 2018
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Yamaha fg820 8 of 10 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Seriously nice sounding guitar. I did a setup on it and it plays like butter. Sounds great, looks great. Great value for the money. The fg line are great guitars.
Posted by Stephen on Sep 24, 2016
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