Amita Guha answered:
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> > From: D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > That looks familiar, so it's probably a brand I know. It's
> > not Yamaha (at least it doesn't match mine). Who made it?
> Thanks! It is actually a Yamaha F335. Big fat dreadnought. I've had it
> for a year and I still can't really play yet. My hubby plays metal on an
> electric.
Huh. I'd expected more consistency. My circa-1980 Yamaha FG-331
has a thick black line at the outer edge of the soundboard with a
thinner black line just inside of that, and the ring around the
soundhole goes thick...thin-thick-thin...thick. My Yamaha FG-312
(12-string) of uncertain age is the same except that it has one more
thin line on the edge decoration. I had thought that they kept the
overall look similar from model to model as part of a "visual
signature", but I guess I was wrong. Out of curiosity, how old
is your FG335? (I'm pretty sure I've played one and liked it ...
which would explain the striping looking familiar. And yeah, I
could tell it was a dreadnaught from the shape of the waist. ;-) )
I've got a couple of friends with 100-series Yamahas. They still
feel like Yamahas, but it's a very different tone. Not as nice
for rythm, I think, but I might borrow one sometime for a lead track
that I don't want to play on electric.
Ahh, guitars ...
-- Glenn
