I gave it 3 stars, only because I’ve been comparing to other brands acoustics that I currently own or have owned. I’m in my early 40s now, started playing around my 13th birthday, and during all those years of playing, I’ve had the pleasure of playing some of the best in the world. I’ve never owned a Yamaha before until I happened upon this particular one by chance. I wouldn’t put it in the same class as Martin, Taylor, or Gibson, but it’s definitely not the bottom of the barrel, First-Act Walmart special either. It had sat for sometime when I bought it. A couple of that milky white color on some of the clear coat, but there’s no cracks. The neck is straight and the action is alright. It’s definitely not hard enough to make me question myself on why I’m even playing it. All in all, it’s a decent little guitar for the price I paid. One thing that has been leaving me confused is the serial number system Yamaha uses. I cannot figure out how to accurately decipher them every single time. Is there anyway someone could help me with that? OO303353

The Yamaha fg432s is quality instrument, I’ve had this guitar for almost 20years and played it most days in that time, it plays even better after all this time, the solid spruce top has toned down in colour to a lovely dark hue, I use Martin bronze wound strings, I find a very light string like 10s give a very bright sound, a heavier string will give a more bass sound, the action is very low, and with light gauge strings bending a string is easy for blues players, for the record I payed £330 1999 that was with a £30 discount, All in all this was a 5 star purchase, I can’t rate high enough.