YAMAHACG122MCH Solid Cedar Top Classical Guitar

I'm so pleased with the quality of this guitar. Everything looks perfect. The Finish is fantastic, feels so nice to hold and touch. The timber definitely more mellow. I've tuned it several times now and the new strings are holding up well, should settle in after a few weeks of playing. This actually feel lighter than my C40. My first Yamaha, the C40, I got 25 years ago when I first took up guitar. This is my second and I'm glad I went with a Yamaha again, this time with a solid cedar top for better sound. Love that it arrived without damage or any blemish...it's literally perfect and beautiful. Will be a gift for my daughter.

Couldn’t be happier. She looks good, sounds good. No adjustments needed. Arrived 1 day early. Bought as acceptable. Surely they meant exceptional. 6 stars . Highly recommend

Beautiful item. Came in perfect condition. Fast shipping!

Very good for the price,full size,quality build is good for entry level.Perfect for beginners or professional player.

Great guitar. Love it so much. Had a hole in the box from seemingly blunt force trauma but luckily no guitar damage! Something largely hand built like this you would expect some reasonable variances and you hope to get that perfect one...or at least not a defective one! Just a couple little flaws on mine but not bad enough to return and overall I really appreciate this work of art. Nice wood, design and craftsmanship. I wish I could thank the builder personally.This is my first classical guitar. I've owned a 6 and a 12 string acoustic guitar for many years but haven't played​ much the last few years. Hit a plateau and got bored. Then every time I'd pick it up again it was short lived since my fingers weren't used to the steel string abuse! I figured this would be easier on my fingers to get back into it. Also I've been really enjoying listening to finger picking style acoustic music lately. Some incredible stuff out there in this genre.This guitar has caused me to love playing again. It has opened up my creativity and had really given me some calm and peaceful joy. I'm learning more, having more fun and improving faster thanks to this beauty. And it is a beauty. Looks good, smells good and sound good. I love that it is natural with no thick urethane type clear coat. My Ibanez 6 string acoustic has a thick clear coat on top of the wood and while it is shiny and gives more durability I hate the skin sticking feel of it! I actually like the wood with minimal treatment like this Yamaha instead of that sticky clear coat. As you can tell I'm very impressed with this guitar and glad I followed my impulse to buy it. Thanks Yamaha.

Definitely not enough padding for shipping, only original box with the guitar in a plastic foam bag in the box. Item was put over a six foot fence without a plastic bag over it and it drizzled overnight. Soggy box but the guitar has a crack on its solid spruce top. No idea on which leg of its journey it got the crack, could have come from the factory like that, I'll never know. Aside from that I must say the finish is really lacking, unfilled pores and grain on bridge and neck , dust speck in the finish on back. It sounds great but I think I'll buy something I can inspect first, and carry it home!! I will not attempt to buy a musical instrument through the mail again

Update 2/21/2021:This guitar has been serving very well for me for a while, but started seen an issue from a few months ago. The back of the bridge has pulled the soundboard up, warping the soundboard below the bridge. When looked from bottom, both the bridge and the soundboard has a curvature.I’ve been using high tension Savarez string for sometime now and wonder whether high tension strings are too much for this guitar. Just wanted to add this as an update.Original review:I’ve been learning and playing classical guitar on-and-off for sometime and owned two classical guitars before this, including Yamaha C40. I received this from Amazon today, with no damages to the packaging or guitar. Out of the box, it sounded better than both guitars I previously owned and after a little tuning, it sounded better.When it comes to the looks, it’s not glossy, but it looks pretty good. This is a student/pactice guitar, not a concert guitar, so looks should matter that much IMO. Anyways, it looks great, in case if someone is interested in looks. It plays very well, and the lower action is very much noticeable.Someone in one of the reviews mentioned that this has a sticker as the rosette, which is not the case. It has a plastic inlaid rosette and it looks great. If you’ve played a C40, you’d realize the quality upgrade of the sound and the playability. It’s also lightweight comapared to this Cort classical I owned.Overall, it’s a great sounding guitar with better playability (compared to my previous guitars) and I’m sure I’d be using this for a long time.

I've owned Yamaha classical guitars, made in Indonesia, which were inexpensive, sounded nice, and well made. This is made in China, inexpensive, had issues with fret buzz with the D string, and a slight neck hump near the nut. The hump could not be corrected as the guitar has no truss rod. I raised the bridge a bit, and put on high (hard) tension strings, but could not completely get rid of the buzz. I tried an identical model at a local music store, and it had exactly the same problem! The lesson -- try the guitar at a music store before buying.