A Great Starter Guitar

There’s already enough to love about the Yamaha FG series. Based on the popular FG800, the FG800J offers a brand-new folk body shape and a lovely solid spruce top, yielding a more balanced and lively sonic palette that’s perfect for live and recording applications. Its back and sides are made from laminated nato and mahogany, imbuing the FG800J with a warm, full-bodied tone and striking good looks. Meanwhile, the satin-finished nato neck gives it comfortable playability. The entry-level Yamaha FG800 rocked the guitar-building world with its craftsmanship and smart use of tonewoods. The FG800J takes this design further, with a comfortable tapered neck with a rosewood fingerboard. Acoustic players have been fans of the Yamaha FG series for years, and for the price, consider it one of the better values on the market, especially for a beginner.

Solid Spruce Top and Folk Body Style

An all-new folk body shape makes the FG800J even more balanced on top of its warm mahogany palette. This gives the solid spruce top — a feature normally reserved for professional instruments — a softer foundation and expressive dynamic range for punchy chords, sweet-sounding leads, and lively riffing.

Features:

• A value-packed acoustic with pro looks and features
• Comfortable folk body shape provides an extremely balanced sonic range
• Solid spruce top is full and balanced
• Nato/mahogany back and sides deliver a warm tone with great looks
• Fast satin-finished neck with rosewood fingerboard glides through the hand
• Stable die-cast tuners

Specs

• String Type: Steel
• Number of Strings: 6
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Body Shape: Folk
• Back & Sides Wood: Nato
• Top Wood: Spruce
• Top Finish: Gloss
• Color: Natural
• Binding: Black Plastic
• Neck Wood: Nato
• Radius: 15.75"
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
• Number of Frets: 20
• Scale Length: 25"
• Nut Width: 1.6875"
• Nut/Saddle Material: Plastic/Plastic
• Bridge Material: Rosewood
• Tuning Machines: Chrome Die-cast
• Electronics: None
• Strings: .012-.053
• Case/Gig Bag: Sold Separately
• Manufacturer Part Number: FG800J NT