Top Budget Acoustic Guitars
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Yamaha FG800 | Ibanez AW54 OPN
Yamaha FG800
$374 (USD)
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At a glance
Typical review comments for the Yamaha FG800:
- Sound: Sweet, rich, full-bodied, plenty of volume, warm, rounded, balanced, bright but lacking some shimmer/sizzle, good sustain, spectacular
- Appearance: Low key design, well executed contemporary look, nice looking
- Build Quality: Solid, excellent, impressive, no fret or tuner issues, no blemishes
- Playability: Smooth neck, comfortable, reliable, responsive, light action, perhaps not for very small players, fun
- Value: Tremendous, excellent, best in its price range, unbelievable deal
Specs
- Body Shape: Traditional Western
- Scale Length: 650 mm (25 9/16”)
- Body Length: 505 mm (19 7/8″)
- Total Length: 1038 mm (40 7/8″)
- Body Width: 412 mm (16 1/4″)
- Body Depth: 100-118 mm (3 15/16”- 4 5/8”)
- Nut Width: 43 mm (1 11/16”)
- String Spacing: 11 mm
- Top Material: Solid Spruce
- Back Material: Nato/Okoume
- Side Material: Nato/Okoume
- Bracing: Scalloped
- Neck Material: Nato
- Fingerboard Material: Walnut
- Fingerboard Radius: R400 mm (15 3/4″)
- Bridge Material: Walnut
- Nut Material: Urea
- Saddle Material: Urea
- Bridge Pins: Black ABS with White Dot
- Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome (TM29T)
- Body Binding: Black
- Sound Hole Inlay: Black + White
- Pickguard: Tortoise Pattern (Black for BL color variation)
- Body Finish: Gloss
- Neck Finish: Matte
- Electronics: None
- Controls: None
- Connections: None
- Strings: Yamaha FS50BT or D’Addario XT
- Accessories: Hex Wrench
- Case: None
Artists
Sorry, we didn’t find any references for the FG800 specifically. Some artists known to have played other Yamaha FG series guitars are:
- James Taylor
- Paul Simon
- John Denver
Note: Some may have played older versions or variants of this model.
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Ibanez AW54 OPN
$230 (USD)
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At a glance
Typical review comments for the Ibanez AW54 OPN:
- Sound: Beautiful, gorgeous, lovely, rich, amazing, classic tone, decent low end, bright, great sustain, no buzzing
- Appearance: Gorgeous, pretty, amazing, stunning, rustic, natural, minimalist
- Build Quality: Very well made, superb
- Playability: Flawless, great feel, great/low action, awesome, lightweight, comfortable, plays like butter, stays in tune
- Value: Incredible for the price, deal of the century
Specs
General
- Body Shape: Dreadnought
- Top: Solid Okoume
- Back & Sides: Okoume
- Neck: AW / Nyatoh neck
- Fretboard: Laurel
- Bridge: Laurel
- Inlay: White dot inlay
- Soundhole Rosette: Black & White multi
- Tuning Machine: Chrome Die-cast tuners (18:1 gear ratio)
- Number of Frets: 20
- Bridge Pins: Ibanez Advantage™
- Strings: D’Addario® XTAPB1253
- String Gauge: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053
- String Space: 11mm
- Factory Tuning: 1E,2B,3G,4D,5A,6E
- Electronics: N/A
- Case: N/A
Neck Dimensions
- Scale : 648mm/25.5″
- Width of the neck at the nut: 43mm
- Width of the neck at 14th fret position: 54.33mm
- Thickness of the neck at the first fret: 21mm
- Thickness of the neck at the 7th fret position: 22mm
- Radius of the fingerboard: 400mm
Body Dimensions
- Length of the body: 20 1/8″:
- Maximum width of the body: 15 3/4″
- Maximum depth of the body: 5″
Artists
Sorry, we didn’t find any references for the Ibanez AW54 OPN specifically. Some artists known to have played other Ibanez AW series guitars are:
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Note: Some may have played older versions or variants of this model.
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