Yamaha · Electric guitar
Pacifica PAC611HFM
Translucent Black
Seymour Duncans, Grover locking tuners and Graph Tech hardware, on an alder Pacifica
9.0/104.2 (36)
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Yamaha
Relentless quality control across every price point. Yamaha's Pacifica and FG lines are the default recommendation when consistency matters most.
Yamaha · Electric guitar
Revstar Element RSE20
Swift Blue
A chambered mahogany double-cut with the smartest coil-split circuit at the price
8.8/104.7 (55)
Yamaha · Electric bass
BB734A
Dark Coffee Sunburst
The BB434's engineering, plus the active EQ that makes it a stage bass
8.7/104.4 (19)
Yamaha · Electric guitar
Pacifica PAC112J
Black
The beginner guitar teachers actually recommend, and an alder body at Squier money
8.5/105.0 (1)
Yamaha · Electric bass
BB234
Yellow Natural Satin
The workhorse BB formula at its entry point, and a genuinely narrow neck
8.3/104.3 (66)
Yamaha · Acoustic-electric guitar
FSX800C
Natural
The same guitar as the FGX800C, in the body that suits fingerpicking and smaller hands
8.3/104.6 (116)
Yamaha · Acoustic-electric guitar
FGX800C
Natural
The FG800 with a cutaway and a proper pickup system bolted on
8.3/104.7 (273)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FG830
Autumn Burst
The same rosewood-backed FG830, in a warmer burst
8.2/104.7 (530)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FG830
Tobacco Sunburst
Rosewood back and sides, for about a hundred dollars more
8.2/104.7 (530)
Yamaha · Electric bass
BB434
Black
The working bass that quietly outbuilds everything near its price
8.2/104.5 (36)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FS800J
Natural, Concert
The FG800J in the smaller body, and the easier guitar to actually hold
8.0/104.3 (25)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
FG800J
Natural
The safest recommendation in budget acoustics, and it has been for years
7.8/104.6 (368)
Yamaha · Thinline acoustic-electric guitar
APX600
Black
The same stage acoustic, in the finish that disappears behind you
7.8/104.5 (1,226)
Yamaha · Thinline acoustic-electric guitar
APX600
Vintage White
The acoustic for electric players, in the finish that gets it noticed
7.8/104.5 (1,226)
Yamaha · Acoustic guitar
JR1 FG Junior
Natural, 3/4 size
The 3/4 guitar that keeps getting recommended, twenty years on
6.7/104.4 (1,119)