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Yamaha FG830 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - Tobacco Brown Sunburst

6-string Acoustic Guitar with Sitka Spruce Top, Rosewood Back and Sides, Nato Neck, and Rosewood Fingerboard - Tobacco Brown Sunburst
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An Upgrade to the Best-selling Yamaha FG730

There's even more to love about this FG830, Yamaha's recent installment in their hugely popular FG series of acoustic guitars. Back is the comfortable dreadnought body style and solid spruce top that players loved in the FG730, but new scalloped bracing gives this acoustic an even bigger low end and better projection for live and recording applications. The body's back and sides are made from rosewood to give the FG830 its powerful tone and warmth. And the satin-finished slim neck with rounded fret edges gives the Yamaha FG830 smooth playability.

A direct upgrade to the Yamaha FG730

The Yamaha FG730 rocked the guitar-making world with its craftsmanship and smart use of tonewoods in an affordable package. The FG830 takes this design several steps further with scalloped bracing for a punchier tone with better stage projection. And it also boasts a slimmer, more comfortable tapered neck with gently rounded fingerboard edges. Sweetwater acoustic players have been fans of the Yamaha FG series since the beginning and consider it one of the better values on the market.

Classic tonewood complement

New scalloped bracing makes the FG830 sound even fatter and louder. This gives the solid spruce top — a feature normally reserved for higher-end instruments — an expressive dynamic range that is even across the frequency range. And its ideal stiffness-to-weight ratio gives it plenty of power for full chords, punchy single-note playing, and riffing that never gets muddy. The rosewood back and sides give the FG830 its low-end power. You'll be able to punch through acoustic mixes with plenty of articulation and detail.

Yamaha FG: the best-selling acoustic guitar series in the world

It's not hard to see why Yamaha's FG series is a world best seller. They were the first to offer full-sized dreadnought bodies, professional-grade tonewoods, and fast-playing necks on instruments that were affordable for beginners and pros alike. If you're just learning to play, you'll enjoy the comfort of the neck and body, the low string action, and the full sound. Seasoned players who need a quality backup will love the detail of tone, the acoustic power, and how effortlessly the guitar plays.

Yamaha FG830 Features:

  • A value acoustic with pro looks and features
  • The newest installment in the best-selling Yamaha FG series
  • Comfortable dreadnought body with tapered waist fits all players
  • Solid spruce top is full and balanced
  • Rosewood back and sides add power and clarity of tone
  • Scalloped bracing improves punch and projection
  • Slim, tapered neck with fast satin finish glides through the hand
  • Rosewood fingerboard with comfortable rounded edges
  • Stable die-cast tuners

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Tech Specs

  • String Type: Steel
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Body Shape: Dreadnought
  • Back & Sides Wood: Rosewood
  • Top Wood: Solid Spruce
  • Finish: Gloss
  • Color: Tobacco Brown Sunburst
  • Body Bracing: X-bracing
  • Binding: Cream
  • Neck Wood: Nato
  • Neck Shape: Standard
  • Radius: 15.75"
  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay: Dots
  • Number of Frets: 20
  • Scale Length: 25.56"
  • Nut Width: 1.6875"
  • Nut/Saddle Material: Urea/Urea
  • Bridge Material: Rosewood
  • Tuning Machines: Die-cast
  • Strings: D'Addario, .012-.053
  • Case Included: Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: FG830 TBS

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Rated 5/5

Yamaha FG830 Guitar

As a beginner this guitar is perfect for me. Very reasonably priced, has good tone & stays in tune for days. In addition to being very happy with the guitar, Sweetwater's customer service is truly the best I've ever experienced from a retailer (and I'm old so I've delt with a lot of retailers). Jonathan Pass has provided awesome assistance with the purchase of 3 different instruments!
Music background: Beginner, beginner
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Yamaha fg830

Arrived quickly in perfect condition! Sounds great and getting better as it acclimates!!!
Music background: Living room strummer
Rated 5/5

Excellent Value

I just purchased and received this guitar this week from Sweetwater. It's a truly excellent value. Great tone, playability, looks, fit and finish, and tuning stability for the money. I've owned a solid spruce/rosewood Martin in the past, which sounded superb, and this Yamaha FG830 approaches that level of sound quality in a much more affordable and very attractive package. I'm very pleased with this purchase. Goes to show that the Chinese can manufacture something worthwhile.
Music background: Hobby
Rated 4/5

Great Guitar for the Price.

Was looking for an outside campfire guitar for the fall. Didn't want the J45 Standard or the Martin out in the night air. My original purchase was the Epiphone Hummingbird in Trans Ebony Finish. It arrived and what a awsome looking guitar. It sounded like a childs toy guitar from the children's section at Walmart. Flat, no tone what so ever. Immediately contacted Aaron, my sales engineer. Emailed me a shipping label, no problem. Packaged it back up. Went straight to Fed Ex it was on the way back. Contacted Aaron, to give the tracking number and paid for this Stunningly Attractive Yamaha FG 830. $ cheaper. But blows the Epiphone out of the Water in sound. and was flawless in construction. Yamaha my opinion only can't be beat. Reason for chancing a cheaper priced guitar than the one I'd just sent back is my very first stater guitar was a Yamaha FG 800 and for $ was a superb guitar. So, honestly. The 800 or 830 will take care of that for you. Posting pictures of the 830 and in one photo the Martin D15M Streetmaster, Epiphone Hummingbird, And Gibson J45 Standard. All the Epiphone was good for is photos. That was it.
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