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Originally Posted by yazhound
Yamaha known for motorcycles mostly, but their symbol is tuning forks...
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Yamaha has been a builder of quality instruments (pianos, etc.) for quite a while, hence the tuning forks. Motorized vehicles came later.
I have a Yamaha FG 580 which was purchased in the early '70s by a fellow who played dances. It was basically played hard for twenty years before I got it. It was a semi handmade copy of a Martin with a few tweaks. Mine was the bottom of the line of the semi-custom series and has no fancy inlays, but I love the sound of the old thing. I keep it strung with D'Addario extra light strings and it is my go to guitar. If I need more volume, I stick the Markley pick up in the sound hole.
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Les