YAMAHA FG420A

  • Yamaha FG420A acoustic guitar
    Yamaha FG420A

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  • acoustic guitars

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1989 to 1994

The FG420A was a budget dreadnought shaped acoustic available between 1989 and 1995, but with some nice touches like an abalone rosette, bound fingerboard and the usual Yamaha build quality. The suggested retail price was $379. The top was spruce with black pick guard. The sides back and neck were made from nato and the fingerboard was bubinga with pearl dots. Both neck and body were bound. Tuners were chrome.

Specifications (20)

General

Finish colorsnatural finish
Made inTaiwan
Binding3-stripe body-binding
Number of strings6 strings

Body

Body back materialnato body back
Body sides materialnato body sides
Body styledreadnought-size body
Body top materialspruce body top
Pickguard materialblack pickguard
Soundhole rosetteabalone rosette
Soundholeround soundhole

Neck

Body fretNeck joins body at 14th fret
Neck jointset neck
Number of frets20 fret
Tuner layoutthree-each-side

Hardware

Bridge pinspearl dot pins
Bridgerosewood bridge

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialpearl fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialbubinga fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersdot fingerboard position markers

Prices (21)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
2013€220worn
1992$379worn
1992$379new
1988£2493newChris
1987$360new
1995£5worn
1995$200new
1989$380excellent
2018£99good
2010€250good
2001$250excellent
2007$100goodDRF
1987$350new
1987kr200worn
2017kr2000good
2017£75excellent
2000$0excellent
1997$169new
1992¥16000new
2018$270goodShire TigerSolid Great Sounding Guitar
2017kr1600goodThe only reason i didn't pay more for this excellent sounding guitar was because of the fact, that the owner had inherited the guitar from his late father. The guitar is in mint condition, with great road tear

Reviews (3)

YAMAHA FG420A reviewed by Zeta

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
i've bought this FG-420A last year for about $130 and became my main guitar ever since. this guitar is absolutely fantastic. beautiful sound, great playability, even better than my previous yamaha guitar.

YAMAHA FG420 A reviewed by Rick Weber

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
~~my name is Ricky Lee, I've been playing Yamaha guitars a very long time now, I've owned many of 'em over the course of my life, and for me, they're the best affordable acoustic guitar for your money, I've had the 12 string and 6 stringers, the one I have now, is a FG 420 model, made in Taiwan, which makes it, an English Occupied Manufactured Instrument made in the late 80's, it's aged very well, and sounds just as loud, dare say, as a Marten, sacrilege right Marten fans, but, what can I say, this 420 is my go to instrument for learning new songs, and penning others, it's loud enough to play on street corners and busy coffee shoppes, and I've played both..It has tone and warmth, and very nice sustain..so after saying all this, you can get one for around a couple hundred bucks at most music shoppes, from my experience, I think the Indonesian ones are the one's to purchase, they have more Spirit in them, than say the Chinese ones do..

YAMAHA FG420 A reviewed by Anonymous

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)
Perfect guitar, very nice sound! Not very easy to play!

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