Yamaha CSF1M Vintage Natural

Great sounding parlour guitar. Was delivered just 2 days of ordering.

Parfait!

This is a good little guitar with a big sound, but the highs are extremely muted. But the feel and size make it a keeper even if the highs are muted. I actually like a guitar with somewhat muted highs, but this one is a little too much in my opinion. However I love the size. it's about 3 to 4 inches shorter than my Yamaha FS800. The body of this guitar is almost the same size as my FS800 which is a triple O size. Also the FS800 has more prominent highs, very similar to the Martin sound. This was more than twice the price of the FS800 and from what I can see they are identical guitars with the exception of the 3" shorter neck. Both high quality build. Yes they are Chinese made, but the Chinese are doing some darn fine work one these Yamaha guitars. If price is an issue, go with the FS800 because it's one of the best guitars I've played in the under $1000 price range, and it's only $200. Outstanding job Yamaha, & bravo for NOT gouging your customers. Yamaha is my new favorite guitar company. Martins are great, not overrated, but definitely overpriced! This smaller guitar is twice the price of the FS800, but is not overpriced in my opinion, because as a parlor guitar it's more of a specialty item, and I do want Yamaha to make a decent profit on some of their guitars since they are being so cool to their customers on many other very high quality, yet extremely fairly priced guitars. There are very few companies out there willing to be this fair to their customers these days. So again, Bravo Yamaha!!!

This is a great basic guitar. It has a rich loud sound and built quite well. It's perfect for your teenager when you don't want to break the bank and still want a quality product.

I have been playing for almost 62 years. I needed a smaller 00 size guitar because my right shoulder gives me pain after playing bigger guitar pass 20 minutes. I bought the Yamaha CSF1M. I gave it 4 stars because it needed to be set up. I had to take both the nut and the saddle down, adjust the neck and I also replaced the strings with Martin Extra Light bronze 80/20 strings. Now it plays much easier and the tone is much better with bronze strings. The tone is well balanced from highs to lows and with extra light strings it always creates a much tighter sound over all. This guitar sounds less boxy than others it's size, that is why I bought it. This guitar has a little more jingle jangle than others it's size and not so boxy sounding. It's a very comfortable guitar and lots of fun to play. I bought it on here but it came from Sweetwater and it took 10 days to be delivered. I would recommend this guitar to anybody as long as they get a set up done or do it yourself. It is playable out of the box but not like after a good set up. It has some punch but don't expect it to be as loud as a Dreadnought. Good for finger picking and flat picking as well. I hope this helps!