C40II

I am absolutely thrilled with my Yamaha C40//02! The build quality is excellent, and the thin gloss finish gives it a sleek, natural look. The combination of nylon and metal strings provides a great balance between warmth and brightness, making it perfect for both beginners and experienced players. The playability is smooth, and the tone is rich and well-balanced. It stays in tune well, and the craftsmanship is impressive for the price. Whether you’re just starting out or looking for a reliable classical guitar, this is a fantastic choice. Highly recommended

I have already done my ABRSM gradings to grade 8 and have played professionally in restaurants. I gave up six years ago owing to family commitments. I decided to dip my toe back into classical playing with a budget guitar and WOW ! Straight out of the box this is grrrrreat ! Lovely tone, volume, balance and looks. Despite what others say here I have found that the strings and the set up are absolutely fine (a classical guitar is meant to have a high action.) Of course, back and sides are laminate but several guitars have caused me to notice that tone woods aren't what count - correct dimensions, fan bracing and scalloping are and the internals of this guitar are way beyond its budget with those things included. The intonation is spot on all the way up the neck, the back of which has a satin feel to it. The frets are well aligned and there are no sharp edges that you would expect to find on a cheap guitar. I've even read someone complain that it has no truss rod but classical guitars never do have them. This is an accurate feature. I LOVE this Indonesian guitar and it is a good guitar at ANY price and is a joy to play. Don't hesitate to get one.

I've played guitar, mostly electric for over 50 years. This C40 is good value, but obviously for the money not perfect- what would you expect? The finish is acceptable looking at the top, but the neck and heel shaping is a bit rough, but this doesn't impair playability. A large area of cost on all guitars is in the finishing so you get what you pay for and undoubtedly if you had purchased a similar model a few years ago the finish would have been better, but for £100 you can barely buy a few groceries these days so... The neck and fret board are good and yes the frets could do with polishing, but you can do that yourself- google how to do it. The action is within standard settings, but for electric guitarists probably a bit high, but of course there is less tension in the strings than the average electric so not that hard to get used to. I will probably shave my bridge piece down about 1.5mm (from the bass side only) leaving the treble height as it is. I found after a day and constant tuning the strings began to settle and be more reliably in tune for longer periods- best to use a headstock mounted electronic tuner so its handy all the time. The sound when the guitar is in tune is pretty good to my ear and also quite loud. I find the lack of fret board markers a bit awkward and so I will most likely put some guides on myself with white paint. Another thing the intonation is sufficiently good and I've found playing chords all up and down the board sound right- often on cheap guitars nothing sounds right and is often the result of inaccurate fretting, misplaced bridge etc etc. All in all a good buy. I've given it five stars for value. Yamaha make very good value guitars especially at the cheap electric end, but some of their more expensive electro acoustics suffer from severe mis placement of the neck in terms of angle to the body- a fault virtually impossible to rectify.

Very pleased with this instrument - it looks and sounds good even in my beginners hands. Having owned Yamaha brass instruments in the past this is just what I expected. As others have noted once you inspect it closely it just lacks the extra attention to detail on the finish that would have earned it 5 stars. The ends of the fret wires are a little rough - and the end of the fretboard where it meets the sound hole needs some attention to get rid of the rough edge that has been left by the machine used to profile it. Both jobs will be tackled when I restring the guitar later on. Still - at this price I guess that's a job I won't mind doing. I originally ordered a used example of this guitar from Amazon which hadn't been packed properly (most likely by the original customer who returned it) and it was scuffed where it had rubbed against the cardboard box it came in. An email complaint was answered within 30 minutes but strangely offered me a partial refund so I could buy a UK plug to put on it. Pressing the button to say it hadn't solved my problem and entering my phone number got me a call from customer services almost immediately and on hearing my tale of woe the guy (David) was amazing. I had an immediate refund and was told to order a brand new guitar (no more used ones in stock) and had a partial refund to bring the price down to the same as I paid for the used one. It arrived a day early and was in pristine condition. I can't praise them enough for the way they sorted this out for me - I'm a happy customer

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La chitarra è davvero molto bella e di ottima qualità. Perfetta per chi vuole iniziare a imparare a suonare. Arrivata nei tempi previsti..... ottimo imballaggio .. Ottimo rapporto qualità prezzo. La consiglio.

Ich habe diese Gitarre für meine Freundin gekauft (in deren Auftrag ich auch die Rezension verfasse). Da sie nun mit dem Gitarrespiel beginnen möchte, suchten wir nach einer kostengünstigen Gitarre, die aber dennoch über einen ordentlichen Klang verfügt. Ich selbst spiele nun seit über 15 Jahren Gitarre und war anfangs eher skeptisch, ob ein Instrument in dieser Preisklasse überhaupt einen vernünftigen Klang erzeugen kann. Verarbeitung: Die Gitarre ist wirklich gut verarbeitet. Sowohl der Korpus, der Steg, das Griffbrett als auch die Bünde machen einen sehr soliden Eindruck. Die Bundreinheit habe ich mithilfe meiner eigenen (handgefertigten Konzertgitarre) überprüft. Auch hier lässt das Instrument keine Wünsche offen. Natürlich kann man für ca. 110 Euro keine edlen Hölzer erwarten, aber die Gitarre tut das, was sie soll, tadellos. Ein Hauptkritikpunkt bei billigen Gitarren sind oftmals die Wirbel zum Einstellen der Tonhöhe der einzelnen Saiten. Aber auch hier Entwarnung: Die Wirbelmechanik ist zugfest und hält die Tonhöhe. Dabei ist sie leichtgängig und gut gearbeitet. Klang: Bei der Klangqualität muss man sich natürlich im klaren sein: Was kann ich hier erwarten? Selbstredend kann hier der Klang nicht die Brillianz und Klarheit einer hochwertigen Gitarre für mehrere tausend Euro erzeugen. Dennoch ist es aber beachtlich, welches Tonvolumen das Instrument zu erzeugen vermag. Für eine Gitarre dieser Preisklasse sicherlich absolute Spitzenklasse. Ein motivierter Anfänger findet hier eine wirklich gute Begleiterin, da letztlich die Motivation, weiter ein Instrument zu spielen nicht zuletzt davon abhängt, wie dieses klingt. Billige Gitarren unter hundert Euro neigen gerne zum Scheppern und klingen sehr metallisch. Hier ist der Klang warm und klar. Dies liegt nicht zuletzt auch daran, dass die Saiten nicht zu nah am Griffbrett angebracht wurden und Platz zum Schwingen zu haben. Saiten: Nun noch ein Wort zu den Saiten, die standartmäßig aufgezogen sind. Wie für den Transport üblich, waren die Saiten nicht voll auf Zug gespannt. Anfänger sollten also beachten, dass das Instrument erstmal gestimmt werden muss. Da die Saiten zudem neu sind, müssen sie die ersten Tage immer wieder nachgestimmt werden. Das ist kein Fehler des Instruments, sondern ganz normal. Die Qualität der Saiten ist nicht überragend, aber für Anfänger ausreichend. Dabei sind die Nylonsaiten von einer relativ weichen Spannung, sodass gerade Anfänger keine allzu schmerzenden Fingerkuppen nach dem Üben verspühren sollten. Hier empfehle ich jedoch relativ bald auf hochwertigere Saiten zu wechseln, da sie den Klang doch enorm verbessern können und werden. Kritik und Fazit: Den meiner Meinung nach einzigen Kritikpunkt stellen die fehlenden Markierungen für den 5., 7. und 9. Bund dar. Viele Gitarren weisen an eben jenen Bünden entweder auf dem Griffbrett oder an der Saite des Halses Punktmarkierungen auf. Hier ist lediglich der 7. Bund an der Halsseite markiert. Zur Orientierung auf dem Griffbrett sind diese Markierungen für Anfänger durchaus hilfreich. Wer jedoch über dies hinwegsehen kann, erhält ein gut verarbeitetes, wohlklkingendes Instrument zum kleinen Preis.