Pics of my " down on its luck" FG 230

String it up and you'll find out! You've got nothing to lose.

I have a few FG-230's, bought for the necks. And one that I did a neck reset on, the first 12 string I had done. I bought it from the original owner who bought it new in college.  Oddly, I can't find that I posted about it in this forum, but I found it in another one.  This was only my 5th vintage Yamaha FG neck reset, I've completed 36 now.  acousticguitarcabin.boards.net/thread/764/ngd-1969-yamaha-fg-230

Unfortunately, the problem is the neck angle is bad. Lighter tension strings won't help much. I'll bet without strings the neck projects well below the top of the bridge like most do.

Have you tried these?  santacruzguitar.com/santa-cruz-parabolic-tension-strings/

I've been tempted. Maybe when I actually play 1 guitar more than a couple minutes per day.