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Hi David. Here is my story. 25 years on my Takamine and I woke up one day and thought time for a new guitar. Nothing wrong with the Takamine. A very fine guitar. But, I thought I would treat myself. Been a long time. I looked at the Gibsons, Taylors, Guild, and all the other usual suspects. Then I stumbled upon the Yamaha. Played it and thought oh my goodness this is a beautiful guitar. How much? Half the price of the others. No brainer so I bought one. An absolute joy to play both in tonal quality, resonance, and that neck. Love everything about it. Oh yes, and its understated looks are real class also. Perhaps the Takamine will not see the light of day for a wee while.

I hear complaints when it comes to finger picking.

Nicely done, really informative. Thanks Dave.

Just stumbled across your video and I appreciate it a lot. I traveled across 3 states to purchase one. I wanted it badly. All the way from NC, through SC, Atlanta GA, to Alabama. About a year later, I sent it my good friend Joe Glaser who installed a G/Bender and gave it a good setup. The only thing I found lacking in the guitar were the pickups. The guitar plays well, almost 4 years later, the nitro looks a little aged (which is welcome) and I installed Seymour Duncan La Brea pickups. Makes a massive difference. Thanks for the video.

Great review David! I just got one w/o electronics, love the clarity and punch Take care and thank you brother!

Just purchase good quality in the first place, the stupidity of buying cheap and having to replace most things is just that, STUPID !

Great audio recording on your videos. It makes a hugh different in reproducing the amp's true tone. Some videos, I like but can't rely on accurate tonal qualities, making buying decisions difficult.

Greetings from the uk David. Enjoyed the review. I just bought one of these as i play keyboards in a reggae band. The musicians have there own amps with line outs in to the mixing desk and main PA. I was looking for something that our singers could use to monitor their vocals though and this little speaker is ideal. I'll be using the auxiliary sends on our main mixing desk to send the vocals to the Behringer and then the main mix will go to the bigger pa system. Would be great to hear your music David. Although i play reggae i like other music like folk and country too. Have subscribed. Great channel. No hype , just good solid information from someone who knows their stuff. 👍

Hi - have younever used a distortion or wah pedal with the Cube EX?

You should take care of yourself as much as you do for your guitars. You got your priorities wrong.

Thank you - good presentstion!!!

Wish the 5 series had the gloss pick guard like the 3 series, matt finish looks cheap.

I just got my third one yesterday. I love them.

Nice video ! Do you’prefer the fg5 or the fs5?

Been looking at one of these, yours sounds great. Thanks for the review.

The one added features that I wish this guitar had is a radius fret board.

I've ouned mine for 20years. This video did this guitar justice. I walk into a guitar shop twenty years ago . Took this guitar up. Strum it. And walked out of the store in fifteen minutes. I oun other and better guitars, but this guitar is very comfortable to play. B

It sounds great here! I began looking at the open pore black finish model as well

Hi, great demo. I have only one question. I've watched a lot of videos about this guitar and they all sound like it doesn't have enough bass. What do you think? Is there anything true or am I wrong?

Great amp. I had my tech install the Fromel Supreme Mod kit and changed the speaker to a Jensen P12R, which sounds way more like a vintage Fender. I really disliked the C-Rex speaker.

How would you compare this to other cutaway classical crossover guitars like the Ibanez & Cordoba?

Good review. Thanks. The clean on ch2 has adjustable gain while on ch1 is fixed. With so many combinations, 16x16 equals 256, plus the adjustable bass, treble, gain and effects levels it's impossible not to find the "tone" you are looking for. Switching guitars do have a strong impact of course. One of my xd is always connected to my Stratocaster and the other one to my Acoustic guitar. Of course having two equal amplifiers is great to find great sounds between two friends working as a team and also to play stereo with a single guitar or a stereo keyboard. I got the optional pedal switches to be able to use ch1 or ch2 and effects off and on, 4 sounds in all, ready available at your foot. Your amp sounds similar to my two superchamp xd units. Although I do believe that the older xd model has even better chosen voices and effects but your x2 has the tempo light and the agility of building your own sound with the Fender software and load it through the usb connector. I wonder why Fender decided to replace xd with x2. One good reason might be that the sounds samples on xd might had some kind of legal issues since some brands like Marshall and others do register their sounds from amplifiers and cabinets as propietary. I found my second xd used because it was discontinued and I didn't like the new x2 as much. But x2 is also great in my opinion. For sound, size and weight I love my superchamp amplifiers. Nothing comes close even at higher prices.

This guitar is a category killer at the price it sells for. The pickup rivals the best in the industry and is better than an LR Baggs Anthem.

Anyone know about the Bill Lawrence Trigger-II ?

Hello brother, I play about 2 or 3 hours a day, and my go-to is a 914ce v brace with a 814 blacktop builders addition to standby. Yesterday I was goofing at the guitar store and started looking at what looked like a bashful little fsx5. That is till I played it. I have never played a guitar that has that much confidence. She's home now sitting between two thorns..... right where she belongs

The bias on the amp has been known to be under. The bias should be at 40

If you were to choose between this and the FS5/FSX5 which would you prefer?

Thank you so much. This help me a lot. :)

Try a buzz stop and it would greatly enhance the ability to bend notes in the realm of a strat or Tele. Or better yet, the mastery briidge would be a great upgrade. I would take it and get it set up professionally and put one of those two items on it. Because Jazzmasters and Jaguars are notorious for having sub-par bridges.

this is great, thank you, do you know how to go about connecting a sub woofer thru the back connections please?

This is my next purchase. I've got the FGX5 and it's a dream to play.

Good review on a really good guitar! Bang for the buck it’s hard to beat!

Finally got my fsx5. I recently played a bunch of martins , including vintage and chose this over the rest. I’ll invest in a 00018 or 00028 when I’m rich. Speaking of rich, I’d also like the rich Robinson guitar . But 6000$ is almost a years rent .

Price went up. Still happy with it? As a tele player that neck looks mighty wide. I guess the brain just makes an adjustment.

Dang I didn't even know this guitar was around this long. I thought it was newly made lol. Never seen or heard of it. Walked into guitar center the other day to check out a different guitar, saw this one, played it, bought it. Its a great guitar. Definitely under the radiar kind of guitar. Worth buying for sure, if you are into the classical design, nylon strings, and slim line body. The pick up is amazing too. Compared it to some other plug in nylons in guitar center, and this one out did all of them. The videos dont do it justice either, when it comes to the look. It has a beautiful red wood kind of look. And the details in the sound hole inlay are great. Im not a fan of the unfinished neck though. Looks weird to gloss everything but the neck. Not sure why they did that. And the bridge is too glossy, but over all this guitar is great.

you can get nut, saddle and pins for 10.00....if you can make the nut and saddle. Wood pins are cheap. Play them both before you buy....or get one you can ship back and get a total refund....china made is a crap shoot....I have an LL16....been down that road. It sounds good! I have a FS800 that's a great guitar.....that guitar has more over tones. My FS800 has a perfect neck...better then any martin or taylor I've seen in 30 years. But!!!! I had to weed through a ton to find it. Typical chinese thing! I can capo up the neck without buzzes and there'a almost no relief in the neck.

Those are pretty nice amps for the price. I have a nineteen sixty five princeton. The reverb on it sounds much better. Seems like maybe you could put a lower output tube in the reverb driver. It might make it sound a little less harsh.

Hey man, nice video. I have this same amp but the GC version. 12"Jensen P12Q. Bought it brand new a few months ago. I love the amp and it's one for life but I've noticed the chassis gets hotter than any other tube amp I've owned. The area on the front with the knobs gets so hot that I can't touch it for more than a few seconds. Have you noticed anything like that with yours?

Informative thanks

I picked one up a couple months back. Sold my gorgeous and increasingly rare honeyburst Gibson B-25 for $2000 and then found an FSX5 for just $900 and am absolutely in love with my little Yammie. It sounds huge! I am a professional live sound engineer and this pickup system with the blended mic/piezo is the very best acoustic guitar amplification system I have ever heard, without a doubt. So natural. Very little need for fancy EQ maneuvering. Stunning for live use! Good idea with the feedback buster. I should pick one up. And, true; An auditorium Taylor is probably a close comparison - warm, woody sound. My Yammie also reminds me of some older Martin 000 models. The details are beautiful too. Don’t forget Yamaha’s proprietary A.R.E. (Acoustic Resonance Enhancement) process, which gives your guitar a broken-in and aged tone. This is fascinating. A brand new guitar that feels like a 50 year old instrument with the tone and resonance of an old standby that you simply can’t put down. No, I don’t work for Yamaha. I just love this guitar as much as the gentleman in this video. ✌️ ❤

It’s fairly common knowledge that any offset guitar will require a pretty extensive set up. The break angle is almost never sufficient out of the box. It’s a great vibrato provided you set it up correctly. The neck almost always needs to be shimmed to get the bridge and vibrato working properly as well as get the action where you want it. I love mine….now.

I got a used one for $250 and I love it!

I expect any $400 guitar to need to be set up and modded. To expect a $400 guitar to go on tour is nonsense

Sweet song David, I think I might buy this guitar. Need a nylon string with electronics for a couple songs I do in my show and this seems to fit. Thanks for doing this. It sure helped me, great playing also. :)

Good to hear this perspective from all the other reviews out there! Thanks.

Its 15 watts

Hello, is this monitor anygood for a digital piano?

Which would you say is better between the FS5 and FG5?

Not all tube amps overdrive well.😂