Editorial Product Review:Amazon.com Item Description: Beginners and young learners alike will appreciate the quality found in this Yamaha C series classical guitar. This quality instrument delivers outstanding cost performance with exceptional playability and tone. The C40 is a full-size nylon-string guitar.
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Stop searching! This is the real deal for entry level
I'm a beginner and I have owned previously another guitar of a different brand at aprox. the same price and it was not as nearly as good as this one.
You can trust Yamaha on this one, this worths every penny.
Maybe as in my case, you'll probably end up tired of practicing before this guitar wears out.
Once you(or the one that received it as a gift from you) have realised that playing guitar is so hard, you'll be glad to know that at least you didn't pay that much for the trying. And still you can re-sell it or keep it for the visits to play.
I'm very concern with the quality of the things I buy, and I consider this one of my best buys. I really recommend it.
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Good for learning.
This guitar is good for learning on has good tone and holds tune well after the new strings have been stretched or used for a while. The Nylon strings are good for breaking in a beginner before moving over to steel or for the steel player who want to try nylon in it's classical setting. The action is high, but that is the classical guitar for you. The strings are far apart...again the classical guitar for you. My advice is play it for a couple months and then form your opinion. Otherwise you are just frustrated because it is new.
I am just moving back to steel myself but keeping this one for the nylon sound. So I can switch back and forth at will.
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Biggest Bang for the Buck (Especially for the beginner)
I give it a 5 mainly because in this price range, I really don't know of a better sounding or higher quality guitar. I have owned several guitars, steel, nylon, 12-string and electric. While I overall prefer the mellow sound of the nylon string and the melodious sound of the 12, I like them all.
This guitar is not the best sounding guitar, but if you are looking at this price range you should not be expecting it to sound like a professional handmade guitar. It is great for a beginner or for someone who is on a budget and I recommend this one to anyone who asks me. The tone is clear and balanced throughout the fretboard. Many guitars in this price range sound more like a toy than a guitar. This one goes miles beyond that in comparison. I used to buy cheap guitars regular particularly for beginners and I have bought some decent ones made in Mexico in this price range (or slightly cheaper) but even they don't quite come close to the reliable tone and solid feel of this guitar. It has enough tone to play even after you have bought a more expensive and better sounding guitar. I would use it maybe for a different sound or to take somewhere you wouldn't dare tote your 5 or 10k+ (or even 1 or 2k) guitar to!
It's been said that you can go from playing the classical type of guitar to playing steel string and electric, but it's tougher to start on playing steel and electric and then playing this type of guitar. I started on this type and I can say that I can play steel and electric fine, but I can't speak much for the other way around. However, I did notice that some of the mediocre reviews were from primarily steel string guitarists who complained not so much on the sound but primarily of the playability of this guitar so maybe this statement is true. A guitar pick doesn't play as well on this guitar as it would on a typical steel or electric guitar. The strings are spaced farther apart with a slightly higher action than steel/electric for fingerstyle playing.
I've known many beginners who start on steel string quit because of the pain from pressing down on the harder, tighter strings. Some cheap steel string guitars have a high action as well which translates to more pain when you are building your finger strength (and numbness) to play clear notes on the guitar. The nylon strings are much softer and bend easier while under tension making the pain more tolerable for the beginner. This translates to longer play times as well while practicing which may in turn allow faster learning of the basics.
However, with all that said, if your joy is the steel string sound and if you really just don't like the sound of the nylon string, then by all means go for the steel string instead. I believe that for a steel string with comparable tone and quality, you may have to pay slightly more.
But otherwise this is the best bang for your buck in my book!
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quality guitar for the price
I bought this guitar for a friend of mine for her 16th birthday. I went around to several guitar shops around town playing various brands and such of classical guitars. The Yamaha C-40's sound stood out to me and I was amazed when I checked the price tag!
I have an Ibanez GA-3 and I personally like the C-40 better... bummer for me...
My method in trying out guitars is to play it before you look at the brand name tag or the price tag. This gives me an unbiased approach to the guitar. Y'know, if I pick up a guitar and look at the tag that says "C.F. Martin", I'm obviously going to like how it sounds and all. Works the same with the price tag...
Anyway, to sum it all up: quality guitar for beginner up to intermediate level players... don't be fooled into thinking it's a cheap-O guitar b/c of the price tag.
