A Brief History of Yamaha Guitars

In general, the Yamaha Corporation manufacturesThere guitar models include the Yamaha 12 String
a wide variety of products. Among these includemodel, the Yamaha F-310, the Yamaha FG 325,
Yamaha line of acoustic guitars. They have a lotthe Yamaha CJ 12, the Yamaha S70A, the
of experience and have been building instrumentsYamaha CPX8, and the Yamaha 20. However,
since the late 1800s. Today, people know Yamahathere are a lot of acoustic guitar styles available
as a Japanese company that is known for itsso you would have to visit your favorite music
products, including their instruments and acousticstore or the Yamaha website to learn about all of
guitars.them.
In 1887, the Yamaha Corporation began makingThere are also a lot of artists who love and play
instruments. In this case, it was an organ. TheYamaha acoustic guitars. These include Peter
company, however, got started in 1897. It wasHayes, Amy Abdou, Clayton Gibb, Peter Hayes,
called the Nippon Gakki Corporation with a manChris Henderson, Michael Herring, David Lvita,
named Tarakusu became the president. He wasSteve Wilkinson, Take 6, and Mark Oakley. For
the individual who make the organ in 1897.more information on the artists visit at
So, the organ was essentially their firstHere are some reviews written by satisfied
instrument. In 1900, they expanded theirYamaha Acoustic Guitar uses:
instrument line to the piano. They even startedAbout the Yamaha Dynamic Guitar
making furniture in 1903. But, they managed toThis guitar is great, it has great sound, and is
receive a good amount of recognition at theprobably one of the best looking guitars ever, it is
Worlds Fair in St. Louis when both the piano andperfect for just sitting down and playing anything
the organ one an honorary prize.genre of music you like. Another thing I liked
The dabbled in creating other products, such asabout this guitar is that it always stays in tune.
the harmonica and phonographs. They evenAbout the Yamaha CJ 12
started designing acoustics for concert halls. Finally,The build quality is superb- you would think that
in 1942, they debuted their first acoustic guitar.the guitar was more expensive as it really is
By then, the company had been in business forbeautifully made. Tonally, it is quite bright for a
almost fifty years, so they were already knownjumbo but sounds brilliant. I recorded a demo with
for their instruments and musical products.it and recorded it sounds great- a real Neil Young
Yamahas products line has since expanded. Atacoustic tone! Obviously the access to the higher
one point, they even had an archery productsfrets is problematic, but I believe that if you are
business and started manufacturing motorcycles.looking at a guitar like this then you are not
Many people may think that because Yamaha hasgetting to play above the 12th fret much anyway!
interests in a wide range of things, they do notOther than that, the string spacing is superb and
necessarily do any of them well. That simply isthe neck is much more reminiscent of an electric
not true. Yamaha acoustic guitars are high qualityguitar than an acoustic-it reminds me of the neck
and stand up to some of the best acousticon a Les Paul.
guitars in the world.