Yamaha FG850 Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar - Natural Reviews
There's nothing quite like the warm tone of an all-mahogany dreadnought, and the Yamaha FG850 delivers that prized sound at a stellar price. Strum this great-sounding acoustic guitar and experience mahogany's characteristic thick, present midrange and meaty overtones. Beyond that, a Standard-shaped neck, topped by an easy-playing rosewood fingerboard, provides excellent feel and playability. Eye-catching mahogany binding completes the look of this superb instrument. Both beginners looking for a quality first guitar and longtime players searching for a top-notch backup will find much to love about the FG850.
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Highest Rated Reviews
Beautiful in appearance and tone
How does Yamaha make such a stunning guitar at this price? Fantastic craftsmanship, lovely appointments -- wood binding, dark fretboard with understated dot markers, bound fretboard, and classy headstock. Warm all-mahogany sound with pleasant action. Can't go wrong.
Great guitar
I've owned this guitar since September of 2021 and I love it. I am just learning how to play and it is forgiving, sounds great and projects a big, rich sound. I honestly have nothing negative to say about it. It is a great guitar to learn on and it looks gorgeous.
Great playing and sounding guitar
Pleasantly surprised on the looks the playability and sound of my new F850 Yamaha Acoustic guitar. Not to mention the price, a definite keeper.
Absolutely love this guitar!!!
I already knew that Yamaha makes very good instruments regardless of the price point. This is my second Yamaha acoustic guitar with my other being a FS 800. Which is my first guitar I learned on. I've now bee. Playing for around 9 months and I feel as I am progressing every day.
With that being said, I ordered my FG 850 in February and unfortunately it was on back order till June. I hesitantly ordered it anyway Nd I am VERY glad I did! My sales engineer from day 1 as been Simon and he has stayed in touch keeping me updated, also along with all the other stuff my girlfriend has fussed me for buying. I finally received this beautiful instrument yesterday afternoon and have been in love with it since I picked it up!!
Fresh out of the box, my FG barely needed any tuning and only a slight adjustment on the truss rod to my liking. I now know what people are meaning by saying a "warmer" and "fuller" tone! This Dreadnought sounds absolutely amazing to my ear! A far as playability, it is almost unbelievable to me how easily it is to play yo me. Even with my limited amount of guitar experience and abilities. Barre chords which I've only really started working on in the past month at best is much easier to play to me. Maybe it is a little bit of me actually getting better, but I definitely to believe that's it is the guitar that is most of it. From the moment I picked it up, it has been nearly impossible to put down! I 100% suggest this guitar for so much more than just a first or beginners guitar. This thing would fo great for your #1 go to acoustic for anyone of any skill level, gigging or recording needs!
Nice Guitar
Nice sounding, comfortable guitar to play. Mahogany top sounds different from spruce tops. I've heard it described as "warmer". That said, it is a well made guitar that sounds incredible and the price point is a bonus.
Great alternative to custom guitar
Great sound. Despite having a slightly different sound than Honduran Mahogany the guitar sounds great, and is a good alternative to a custom expensive guitar. I would play this instrument even if I were recording and playing more.
Pretty,nice sounding, questionable condition
This guitar is nice looking. Trim is pretty. For the money, I doubt you can buy a better sound. But Sweetwater sent me one with nicks and scrapes on the neck. They are so obvious they should have been found in an initial inspection. I bought a used one online and had to send it back. I'd send this one back too but I can fill and finish the damage and live with it. I'm 67 years old. This guitar is not for beauty contests. It's for being my friend. I'm just telling you Sweetwater has spots it will not care to own. Like I said, this thing is pretty with details you will not find on comparible priced guitars - finish, fit, feel are exceptional. The headstock is gorgeous along wirh a dressed soundhole. I tweaked the action and she can play nicely now. The neck lay is uniform. The lower end is where this guitar shines, the middle follows closely. The highs are not that far behind. I believe it comes with Adarrio's. I prefer lighter Exlixers. It has a Urea nut and saddle. I have bone waiing for a string change along with brass pins. I expect even better sound in a few weeks. When I was younger I played professionally. A move to a rural area has promoted a return to playing. I'm not feeding you crapo here - for the money, this guitar is worthy of strong consideration.
Beautiful sound
Love the big warm tones out of this guitar, whether from the mahogany or other factors. Big sustain.
One drawback is that it had a very intense odor of wood glue or fresh plywood coming out of the sound hole. Assumed it would mellow eventually, but after 8 months, still smelled toxic. Due to that and a few other things inherent to most dreadnoughts, ended up selling it.
