Post by wormsvsbirds on Dec 15, 2023 13:45:22 GMT -5
I got my FG-340 from the Goodwill Auction site, and from the pictures it looked pretty rough. When I got it, though, it wasn't too bad. Dusty and dirty, for sure, but otherwise in decent shape. I cleaned it up, adjusted the truss rod, polished the frets, cut some new string ramps to help out the reeeeally low saddle, and put some new strings on it, thinking I'd sell it.
The first time I strummed it, I knew it was going to be a keeper. The weekend before, I'd spent some time in a vintage guitar shop in Seattle strumming some vintage Martins, and the FG-340 reminded me so much of those. It's now by far my favorite guitar, and the best sounding one I've got.
Yamaha really knew what they were doing back then to make a fully plywood guitar sound this good.
