does this guitar arrive with a low action?
1072462
Yes. It is not too low and not too high; another words, it is good and playable does not require too much pressure to sound notes. It also has a great sound.
1072463
Yes it does. I can easily play notes and complex chords at the uppermost fret with ease.
1072464
Hi action, low action, I don't know. But the tone is beautiful and it's very easy to play.
247745
When I got mine it was in the outer shipping box, had a plain brown triangular inside box. It had one piece of foam wrap around the guitar. There was no wrapping on the strings. I would say it was semi-tuned. However the advertisement of the guitar I bought said "slight cosmetic blemishes, consumer returns, and factory reburbished. Mine is nice, plays great, easy to tune and stays in tune well.
1300619
No, it is a right handed guitar. I have had this guitar for many years and it still plays as if it were new. All I have had to do is change the strings occasionally. My daughter likes it so much that I ended up giving it to her. It is the best classical guitar for the money in my opinion.
1252461
I find it very quiet - much lower acoustic output volume compared to playing a non amplified steel string solid body Electric guitar. I know what you mean about being told to "turn it down" at a hotel, and all I was doing was playing a non amplified Strat ;)
2234666
I'm very happy with the guitar. It has a very full sound and with it being a 12 string, the sound diminishes slower than a regular 6 string as the strings start to wear down, which makes for less times re-stringing the instrument. It is fairly light weight. I can play it standing up for long periods of time with no problem.
1451981
The action could be high on any new guitar, especially when you buy it online. However this is not a defect, the action can always be adjusted with sanding paper and nut slot files. You can goto frets.com to get information on how to do this. The exception is when the guitar has a neck ANGLE problem, and only the pro can fix this, at a cost of about 600 $
329745
Yes, it does. I don't know what kind, but I assume it's their own brand. Right out of the box I tuned it up and it sounded wonderful. The frets are well finished and feel good. It has an excellent sound and feel, just what you'd expect from a similar, vintage instrument. I've used my Jim Dandy on a number of recordings and it's a great sounding contrast to dreadnought and jumbo style guitars.
17928
As the others have said, there was no setup required. I just tuned it. I am not a left-handed player, so I have not actually "played" this guitar. However, it all seemed fine to me right out of the box. The action and intonation were good.
1091443
It does stay in tune well but it's hard to say if it will need an adjustment out of the box or not. Most guitars do need to be fine-tuned after having been transported, that is pretty much standard. But you might be able to get away with not having to do it. All depends on how it was handled during transit which is pretty much impossible to know.
651009
I like the action low, so I have both lowered and raised the action using the truss rod. it's easy and one can find instructions online. Lowering the saddle is more complicating but I have not needed to do that.
1675034
Well mine was Ok not perfect but good for the price,I had to do a little work setting it up but its the same with all guitars.I ordered mine from the UK amazon site and it came from Germany.It might be worth trying a different supplier as I guess they vary a bit from batch to batch.Overall I am please with mine and use it regularly.
1074367
I too was really concerned about the shipment of a new guitar, but when it finally came I was really suprised to find that it was EXTREAMLY well packed. It comes in two different boxes and inside the second box, the guitar was completely wrapped in bubble wrap. Although I wouldn't test this, but I'm sure you could drop it on the ground from a decent height, and it couldn't have a scratch. I've had the DR-100 slice Christmas, and I've only had to tune it like 3 times. It stays very well in tune. It's a great guitar for the price and it's well packed. You should totally guy one! Hope I helped.
856807
The comfortable action is somewhat a personal choice of the player. Moreover, even two guitars with the same model numbers might have a different feel. To my experience Yamaha guitars are quite consistent, and out of the factory they are adjusted with an optimum action for most players. Having bought two of these models myself for my students, I think the action is just right. If the action feels too high on the guitar you have, there might be a defect, the neck might be bent due to extreme weather conditions, or if the guitar is not brand new the saddle might have been replaced...
384318
Yeah it is. Or was, rather. Let me tell you, the design is a little sub-par. The head broke off in a matter of months. A combination of some rough-handling (not on my part, to be fair) and lack of proper support. You get what you pay for, certainly. It's a really good guitar, for sure. Just be a little extra careful with it.
1927245
can you tell if it is the string to low and hitting the fretts -- if so your guitar need set -up - you may adjust the back bridge some to raise the strings -- it can be also adj -with the neck trush-rod --ck on ''you tube'' it will show you how-- you have to find the noise then go from there
1119424
Yes. I have very large hands and short fat fingers, and this is one of the easiest and comfortable guitars to play, that I have ever owned, and I've owned quite a few. I highly recommend this one. A lot of guitar for the money.
1085761
not really--I had to screw around with mine quite a bit--even the bigsby tailpiece was crooked and I had to reset it --it was off by a whole 1/4 inch which in turn screwed up the intonation at thew bridge--took me awhile to figure out what was wrong but now it plays like a winner--mine came from- american music supply- so I don't know if any of the mail-order places actually set it up before it gets sent out--hope that helps