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NGD: Vintage Yamaha CJ818
So my new Yamaha CJ818 that I got off of eBay arrived today! My first impressions are very favorable it has a really nice sound I wouldn't have even known it was laminate. I was also doing some strumming and fingerstyle blues (Sligo River Blues) and picked blues and felt that it really shined here. It is apparently from the early 80s but I haven't figured out an exact year. So the previous seller sent along a box of extra lights and imirrationally guessing that's what's on their now, will I hurt anything to change it to lights? It plays smoothly in fsct the action may be just a hair too low.
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Trying to figure out how to upload images currently
Edit: I figured out how to do it through tapatalk
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Changing up or down one gauge usually won’t affect your setup.
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Good to see you got the pictures up - great looking guitar too.
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Congrats on that new beauty. I recently became the proud owner of a CJ-838S built in 1979. Main difference about the 838S is that it's solid wood construction.
Since this is a jumbo bodied guitar, and if your fingers can tolerate it, a set of mediums might bring out the full bodied sound that jumbo's tend to deliver. Light gauge are fine too though........ Enjoy your new one!!
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Thanks all! I changed to lights and it sounds even better I may eventually try mediums again but last time i changed them I found them a little hard to play, but granted back then I was a beginner. So far I am incredibly impressed with this guitar, it has an unbelievable tone for a laminate imo, but maybe I have been coming down too hard on laminate. My only concern is that it seems to lose tune fairly quickly. Is their anything I can do about this or does it come with the territory of an older Yamaha guitar?
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I've a Shadow Burst 1983 CJ818 and yup it has changed my mind about all Laminate guitars...
My tuners were loose so when I had it setup he tightened them...A screw is under each cover on the tuners |
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Yeah it was doing that before I changed the strings too unfortunately, but those seemed fairly old so hopefully it goes away as the new strings settle.
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Don't get stuck thinking you need .013's the get the most out of your guitar.
I have an Epiphone EJ-200 jumbo and thought that way until recently when I tried a set of DR Sunbeam Medium 13-56 and just found them too uncomfortable. By sheer chance I happened to have a set of DR Sunbeam Light 12-54 and the difference is unbelievable - easy to play and fantastic volume and tone. You just might like them too - but be aware .. they are round core strings and need a little care when installing. (don't cut them until they are up to tension)
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