and once more another pawn shop find.... and this time it's true gem

Keira-WitherKay

hi ya all...and yes my pawn shop trawling continues........ but again thanks to yet another tip off from attilla from the site who sent me a mail re a yamaha G series in a local pawn shop

and yes i basically collect yamaha G series classical guitars . and constantly seek out more of em...... but this recent find of a G230 is a gem..... it's loud ..very loud compared to any classicals i have played and it has the most amazing tone .... complex and full by far my best find and i already own a 40 yr old G120 / a 30 yr old G 225 and now this 30 yr old G230 and the 230 is just head and shoulders over the other two and the other two impressed me sufficiently ........

so i'm continuing my collection of G series....... and not by choice i'm NOT a collector but these guitars are so full of character and such excellent value for money i can't refuse buying em when i find them....... and the tone of this latest find will see me using it as my main gig guitar very soon .......

i also can't believe people let these guitars go....... but then i maybe shouldn't complain as they then become available to me........ ?

seems it's a good time to buy ... at pawn shops...... at that same visit for the g230 i also bought a strat copy and a 10 W amp which came as a package...but thats beside the point right now i'm more interested in the nylon string G230 ..... as an incredible find

i know squonk also has one .... i would like to A/B them and see if the tone is consistantly good and they all are so loud?

Conrad

I can confirm that, that pawn shop guitar is one of the richest sounding nylon string guitars I have played in a long time.

FatBoy

Nice one! Seems you are picking up lots of gems, Attilla should start charging a finders fee!

Keira-WitherKay

Fritz Brand wrote: Nice one! Seems you are picking up lots of gems, Attilla should start charging a finders fee!

]

? yeah attilla has given me the heads up for both the G225 and the G 230 .......... and joel also sent me a mail re the cg171s i bought ..... so the forum members are helping with my finds...... and i do appreciate this help....... and so far i have bought 4 classicals in pawn shops over last 9 months for myself and 2 more for students..... and an electric and various effects and an amp........ all at give away prices and all instruments that really sound awesome.......

if you watched the doccie..."it might get loud" i'm starting to identify with jack white and all his vintage pawn shop guitar finds and also believe as he does one can get great tone without spending money on boutique guitars ...... and the real scary thing is it's really true one can find gems out there ( sure after lots of looking) that might not look pretty but sure can be used on pro music circuit

Conrad wrote: I can confirm that, that pawn shop guitar is one of the richest sounding nylon string guitars I have played in a long time.

yeah you shoulda seen the amazement on conrads face when he strummed the G230 and that sound leapt out at him......it's loud real loud and with rich tone .......he was never expecting that tone from the guitar ...... and when i said it wasn't even a solid top he had to look at the laminate in soundhole before believing me.....

so yes finding guitars like this in pawn shops really makes my day ....... ?