Yamaha FG800 Folk Acoustic Guitar Sand Burst

I love this guitar, it's pretty large as a person who is short and petite (5 foot 1), but the sound quality is beautiful and I'm really excited to learn to play on it. The person helping me at Guitar Center was great as well, helping me think through options for a new learner and showing me what accessories were needed.

I will add to the accolades for the Yamaha FG800—this is a legitimately good guitar! It's lightly built, and the sound is lively and resonant with good volume and clarity for both picking and strumming. It just looks, feels, and sounds "good." It's a way better instrument than I was expecting at this price, and frankly it's better than many guitars that cost a lot more. No, it's not at the level of my high-end Martin, Collings or Santa Cruz acoustics. But it's no slouch, and it's literally 1/20 the price of those other guitars! My only minor criticisms are slightly sharp frets and no strap button. Bottom line: it's straight up fun to play. It's perfect as a starter guitar, a travel guitar, or as a guitar to leave out in the TV room or keep in DADGAD. I highly recommend it.

Just purchases FG800 to practice fingerprinting and flat picking. The Martin's and Taylor's too much for the budget. I wanted something with quality and didn't have to plug in.

I got it as a gift. As thoughtful as it was it wasn't a good one. Sounds decent. Finish for price not bad. Tuners are terrible. The action higher than cheech and chong and is literally a pain to play. To many other guitars in this range or a little more to buy this.

You can't touch a guitar at this price that sounds and plays anywhere near the quality of the FG800. I have been playing guitar now for 57 years and in my opinion you can't find a better acoustic guitar as much as $400 -$500 that even comes close to this. Best value on the market.

I tried several guitars and kept coming back to this one. I just couldn't see myself spending 600 to 500 for something that didn't even sound as good as this. I had read up on this guitar and everything was pretty much true. It sounds awesome and for the price you can't beat it. I ended up using the rest of the money I was going to spend on a guitar getting a case and other things and still spent less than buying a 600 to 500 guitar that didn't sound as good.