Yamaha SLG200N Nylon-String Silent Acoustic-Electric Guitar Dark Red Burst

The narrow body pieces no not allow the use of guitar supports so you can avoid use of a foot stool. On my traditional classical I use a support that allows me to hold the guitar in the traditional classical position and I avoid having to use a foot stool. With the Yamaha Silent Guitar I work around this by using a rolled up towel to raise the guita. To provide more secure support, I can add use of the foot stool set to its lowest height.

Two design flaws: The strap buttons screw in and out to attach the top of the "body." They loosen over time as the strap moves making it easy for them to fall out and the guitar to fall on the floor. Also the upper part of the "body" is very "sharp" and digs into my forearm much more than any other guitar leaving a lot of red creases. Aside from these flaws the quality is good but I just don't enjoy playing it possibly due to the action or the lack of tone/authentic feel. I also dislike it when I see people perform with this guitar. People should play real guitars in performance IMO.

I use for practice so not to bother rest of household.

Easy to sey up the action to my playability. Shaved nut and saddle. The Truss rod is a real asset. Very well constructed. My problems with this guitar is that it never inspires me to play. My other hollow body nylon acoustic electrics do. I can record them live in my studio and keep the true acoustic beauty. The SLG is easy to record live, has no feedback issues. However...no magic. Just sounds electric or weird. Useful for those recordings only. I have a Fishman Aura Spectrum, a Fishman Tonedeq, MXR Reverb, MXR Carboc Copy, Fishman Loudbox 100. Nothing makes it sound like my nylon acoustic electric guitars. The SLG wins in only one category...No Feedback!!!

Bought this mainly as a travel guitar. My go too guitars are a Taylor 12en and a Córdoba orchestra CE nylons along with a selection of steel stringed instruments. Compared to all those guitars the Yamaha is a disappointment and it serves me right for buying a guitar on line I'd never played. The action is high, even for a nylon, and makes playing tiring. Try to lower the action and there is buzz from the D string. The sound, either through quality headphones or an acoustasonic amplifier is really "synthetic". It is difficult to really pick out the ring of individual strings when playing relatively fast. So it doesn't help much during practice - the sound is just too "blurred". The much talked about STR electronics are not very useful in improving the sound. I'm debating taking it back to guitar center and trading it in. But it has its uses when I need to be quiet like in a hotel while traveling. But that's all it will be used for, because I never enjoy the sound it makes compared to a real nylon acoustic. It's really expensive too, worth $300 at best.

I travel a lot and I've been focusing on classical guitar style. The fret board is very accurate, no string buzzing due to the imperfections that some guitars have, some buzz due to my other fingers. I like playing with headphones. So far that is where I've gotten the best sound. I use a Fishman amp and I'm trying to get a comparable sound from the amp. Neck is very similar to my 2" nut Romero. I read a lot about the action being too high at the nut, so far, it's not an issue. This is a high quality instrument for a modest price. I put it on the screening belt at a TSA checkpoint. The case provides great protection, it's light and the guitar was still in tune when I got to my destination.