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Hi - I have an FG-140 bought new by me in 1971. It is pretty much as new and hasn't been touched for 50 years. I am looking to sell it along with a NO. G-160 classical style guitar in similar condition. I looked up the serial number of the FG-140 on here www.guitarinsite.nl/serienummers-yamaha_eng.php and it told me it dates from April 1970 which would seem correct as I bought it around April 71. The G-160 was dated as November 69 and again was bought by me new in 1971. I think that these guitars must be among the best examples of their type left so an opportunity for someone here. I'd really like them to go to a good home. I'm not sure what sort of premium they carry over a run of the mill example so I am looking for offers. I am in Sussex BN8 4HJ.

Hi all, I’d been on the lookout for a back up acoustic guitar to my well gigged Crafter GE-7 which has been my only gig-worthy acoustic for the last 20 years (fingers crossed it hasn’t let me down yet). Wasn't looking to spend big bucks on a spare. But spotted this rather lovely guitar for sale locally for £40 including a stand! It’s a 2006 Yamaha FG512SJ - from what I can tell these were made in Taiwan for the Japanese market. It needed a bit of TLC (a loose machine head and missing it’s endpin, a replacement for which is in the post at the moment) and benefited from a good clean and a restring but wow it’s great! Like a good Yamaha acoustic, it’s loud, bright and very easy to play. I’m on the lookout for a sound hole pickup now to make it giggable and very much looking forward to how it sounds onstage (I had a fairly basic Fishman pickup many years ago which I suspect got sold with its host guitar at the time. Bummer. Will keep looking.) I love a good instrument even more when it’s something cheap and cheerful that punches above its weight!

Great score. Yamaha don’t make a bad instrument at any price point IMO.

Welcome back. BC is a problem because it’s so busy, it’s easy to forget that GC is here too. Fortunately, this has led to a more laid back, slow burn vibe here, but does mean less traffic.

Not been on Guitarchat since 2018 it seems! Crikey. Well much of my introduction is still true, tho some of the gear has changed! I’ve been mainly working as a bassist over the last couple of years (my original instrument) but still finding time to slot in a few solo acoustic / singing gigs along the way.

And I cannot lie,, All you other brothers can’t deny, Etc… From the up coming single, Brian May Got Back.

Leo Kottke is probably #1 for me esp before his hand injury when he'd play fingerstyle with fingerpicks on a 12-string. Had a really muscular but clear tone. Tommy Emmanuel very close behind though LK edges him because I prefer his material. TE is most definitely best experienced live as he has great stage banter as well as fantastic skills. Two other brilliant fingerstyle players are Scottish celtic folk specialist Tony McManus and the late Pete Huttlinger who used to play with John Denver Electric wise I lean heavily towards inventive and distinctive post punk players like John McGeogh (Magazine and Siouxsie & the Banshees), Terry Bickers (House of Love), Keith Levene (PiL), Andy Gill (Gang of Four) and Geordie Walker (Killing Joke). Hard to separate out these five.

I see no Segovia listed.

Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead...) Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane...) Richard Thomson (Fairport Convention...) ... and many more, but those three set me off, back then.

Cheltenham's lost its two main guitar-led music shops. Soundhouse closed down its branch here in the early 00s to focus on its Gloucester store. Aroundaboutsound on the Lower High Street died a slow death, finally succumbing to the impact of Covid. Two other music instrument stores, both on the same street, also disappeared several years ago; Millennium Music and one mainly specialising in pianos and acoustic instruments. Then again Chelt's been one of the worst hit towns in the UK viz shop closures. Across the rest of Gloucestershire we've got 4 guitar shops left but it remains to be seen if they can survive the current energy crisis.