Customer reviews about Yamaha GL1

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The perfect practice guitar

Anonymous 18.01.2017

I keep raving about this one. When I started playing the guitar, I got a dreadnought, nothing too expensive. It was great! It's pretty loud and slightly unwieldy though, so I noticed I only played the thing for an hour on a Friday when no one was home.

I made some progress, but it was slow.

At this price, the Yamaha GL1 seemed like quite the bargain so I thought: Heh, why not just pick it up?

Boy am I glad I did. This thing just lays around the house, and I seem to pick it up whenever I have a few minutes. Playing the guitar became PLAYING the guitar.

Now, by the time I play something on the dreadnought, I've probably already played it 20 times on this thing. It plays wonderful, resonates like crazy and truly is an instrument, not a toy.

Sure, some people would classify this as a travel guitar. Not me though. To me, this is the perfect practice guitar.

It's been so good, that right now, I'm eyeing the Cordoba Mini Series. A different price class, but the form factor is really ideal for anyone looking to gain some practice.

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Every home should have one.

Anonymous 26.01.2016

I bought two of these for my grandchildren. Everyone who tried them (the guitar, not the grandchildren) could hardly put them down. It's just a really well made instrument to have fun with and sounds very sweet indeed.
Bearing in mind the quality of these tiny instruments, they are an absolute bargain!

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Why do I have this only now?

Wllm 25.03.2020

It's just a lot of fun to play, it has it's own tone characteristic being all solid wood and I could even record sounding pretty decent. Since it's so small it turns out to be the one which is picked up all the time and played on the most.

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Bought this for my son, use it more myself

Shanshocked 08.03.2021

This is a really nice little guitar to play around with. I really can't fault it.

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Just fantastic.

Roy Mcavoy 09.06.2018

It's hard to understand how an instrument like this can be sold at the price. This is not a toy, it's an actual real instrument. Bought it for my kid but I play it once in a while and love it. Buy it for your kid, to travel with, or just tinker around for fun once in a while. You can't go wrong with this one.

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Bought the Guitalele as a sailboat guitar.

Viacheslav 07.12.2018

Great travel guitar with deep and lovely sound that you do not expect from the instrument of her size!
Good quality/price ratio.
At first i thought it will be impossible to take chords with my wurst-like fingers but surprisingly i got used to it very fast.
Before buying you need to take into account that her standard tune is 2.5 tone higher than 6-string guitar' tune. (A-D-G-C-E-A versus E-A-D-G-B-E). Just put capo on the 5th fret of your 6-string guitar and you will get close to what Guitalele is.
Anyway she is really lovely and the most compact guitar I ever had. Definitely worth the asking money.

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Definitely NOT a Toy

Anonymous 15.01.2016

I initially bought this as a novelty instrument but quickly realised it is a real and very useable instrument. It sounds great and is very loud for such a small instrument. I would definitely recommend the Yamaha GL1!

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Good Value

Francis O. 20.05.2013

I purchased the GL 1 just for fun. A tiny guitar for trying out chords while sitting at the TV! I knew that the quality would be good, coming with the Yamaha brand. The fretboard is a bit cramped, but it does have it's own distinctive sound, not the instrument to launch a career, but at this price point, great value for money. Definitely would benefit from a a string upgrade though. Overall very good value.

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fun and easy

Vigdis 04.05.2024

super fun little instrument. chords just like on a guitar - but transposed - so easier than a ukulele if you're used to a guitar. but so much lighter and smaller, so super nice to take with you on a holiday.

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Durable little guitar

Mikko7391 27.02.2014

I bought this guitarlele as a travel guitar for me and as a fooling around guitar for my small children. In ukulele style strumming the sound is nice but in classical guitar style the sound is a bit dry because of the small size of the guitar and the fact that it is all laminate.

Guitar is well made and finished and playability was good straight out of the box. The guitar is ultra durable, the kids have stander on top of it banged it all around. There are multiple dings all over the guitar but no serious damages.

This guitar is not a toy but still it lasts even in the hands of small future guitarists and the sound is far better than the plastic guitar/ukuleles. In addition it is nice coach/travel guitar that also allows you to practise ukulele stuff.

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