FG180 anyone - Page 2

rumble · #16 03-10-2016, 10:32 PM

Here's a diamond from the past with a Yamaha FG180 dead center in the mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4BrZjY_Sg

nedsoldman · #17 03-11-2016, 09:13 AM

I have a 1971 Fg140 MIJ which is the same apart from the tuners. Great guitar.

Rmz76 · #18 03-11-2016, 09:20 AM

I know the new 50th anniversary FG180 is all solid wood, but weren't all Yamaha guitars produced in the 60s and 70s laminate back & sides?

trombone_player · #19 03-11-2016, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by rumble

Here's a diamond from the past with a Yamaha FG180 dead center in the mix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4BrZjY_Sg

nice! Thanks for sharing

CSG · #20 03-11-2016, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rmz76

I know the new 50th anniversary FG180 is all solid wood, but weren't all Yamaha guitars produced in the 60s and 70s laminate back & sides?

I believe the FG180 was all laminate, including the top. I sort of wonder why Yamaha is bringing this model back as a solid wood guitar; the original wasn't.

ewalling · #21 03-11-2016, 01:10 PM

A fairly battered '72 FG180 was my first serious acoustic guitar back in 1984. I enjoyed playing it, and it was even complimented by a professional session player I met in Madrid, a guy who had played many of the 'big boys.'

mds08 · #22 05-01-2016, 04:27 AM

I had a 68 FG180 and sold it all my other guitars to fund my 41 D28A. I picked up a mint all original 68 FG180. I'm back into one now. These old Yamahas are that good.

ALCO · #23 05-01-2016, 07:51 AM

I bought a red label Nippon Gakki fg180 recently. It has no age related problems and sounds really good. On the subject of age, the serial number appears to read
1237812 as only the 7812 are clear. Does anyone know what year it might have been made? It doesn't show up on the Yamaha dating site that I've seen.

mds08 · #24 05-01-2016, 08:52 AM

I would say its a 71. This is my second fg180 and both are from 68. I sold the first one to a friend and was gassing for another. I scored a beautiful one from the original owner yesterday. Serial number on mine is 8817xx. The six digit serial numbers from what I have seen were for the Japanese market and were not intended for US sales. I don't know because the org. owner bought it in the spring of 70 here in the US.

TaoMaas · #25 05-01-2016, 09:45 AM

I've got a red label FG-180. I always considered my 730S as the modern alternative, but every time I pull each of them out of their cases to play them, I'm struck by how much lighter the FG-180 is than the 730S. It could be age, but I think it's much more than that.

ALCO · #26 05-01-2016, 11:35 AM

Hi mds08,

Thanks for that information. If I understand correctly, there was a time when the serial numbers were applied to each guitar as it was completed, irrespective of the type. Maybe someone has a number closer to mine and knows when it was purchased, if not when it was manufactured.
I've only been playing my fg335 since I started learning a few months ago, but tomorrow I'll start playing the fg180 for a change.

Kind regards,

PHJim · #27 02-05-2019, 12:21 AM

What was the guitar that Country Joe played at Woodstock. I know that he was handed a guitar and told to entertain the audience for a bit. He said that he couldn't play without a strap, so they cut a rope off a tarp to make him a strap and the rest is history.
Was it an FG180?
https://www.banjohangout.org/photo/245879

phcorrigan · #28 02-05-2019, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by trombone_player

Are there any fellow members that have a Yamaha FG180?

I bought one used in about 1970 and sold it in 85 for $75. I wish I had kept it as a backup guitar.

stardot · #29 02-05-2019, 04:33 AM

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Originally Posted by PHJim

What was the guitar that Country Joe played at Woodstock. I know that he was handed a guitar and told to entertain the audience for a bit. He said that he couldn't play without a strap, so they cut a rope off a tarp to make him a strap and the rest is history.
Was it an FG180?
https://www.banjohangout.org/photo/245879

The FG that Country Joe played at Woodstock was an FG150. It’s a smaller cousin of the FG180. I have 5 FG180 guitars. Learned to do my own neck resets and it makes these old guitars play wonderfully.

AndrewG · #30 02-05-2019, 06:24 AM

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Originally Posted by PHJim

What was the guitar that Country Joe played at Woodstock. I know that he was handed a guitar and told to entertain the audience for a bit. He said that he couldn't play without a strap, so they cut a rope off a tarp to make him a strap and the rest is history.
Was it an FG180?
https://www.banjohangout.org/photo/245879

That was an FG150 according to 'The History of Yamaha Guitars'. Interesting book but not really much more than a bloated catalogue. My first decent acoustic was an FG180 I bought new in 1969. Cost then £40.90.