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hi, I’ve been looking into buying a Yamaha cg 182 sf Flamenco guitar, I previously owned a Raimundo 125. I just wanted to know if anyone here played it and can tell me if the body and neck are as thin as usual flamenco guitars as well as the low action. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thank you :)
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RE: Yamaha CG 182 SF Flamenco Guitar (in reply to Steven Campoli)
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ORIGINAL: Steven Campoli
hi, I’ve been looking into buying a Yamaha cg 182 sf Flamenco guitar, I previously owned a Raimundo 125. I just wanted to know if anyone here played it and can tell me if the body and neck are as thin as usual flamenco guitars as well as the low action. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated, thank you :)
I owned one years ago. I think I bought it for like 300 Euros at that time. It is a good guitar for the price. Good thing about Yamaha is quality control consistency. They don't f around with that, even with cheaper stuff. The action was ok but I replaced with bone and sanded it a bit lower than the original. It improved. However I don't know if you will have a significant improvement over the Raimundo you had (don't know that guitar). It might be just similar. These are all beginner guitars with laminated woods.
I would also consider this model from Prudencio Saez in that price range. It is white ebony, extremely light weight and responsive and sounds muy flamenco (for laminated that is ) and plays good. https://guisama.com/en/producto/model-3-fl-37/
RE: Yamaha CG 182 SF Flamenco Guitar (in reply to Steven Campoli)
I got one recently and sold it - I had purchased it for a project that never manifested LOL but it was pretty decent sounding, a bit subdued, but reasonable. The action was a bit too high for me at 3 mm low E and 2.5 mm high E, so I brought it down to 2.75 mm low E and 2.25 mm high E and that helped. But yeah, the guitar intonated really well, and the tuning machines are nice and smooth. A reliable instrument, for sure.
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