I still have my father's G50A from 1966 that he bought when we arrived Down Under. An absolutely dependable and fine sounding instrument. Yes....I refurbished the tuners, after all I was gifted the instrument in '95, but folks from that generation smoked as they drank in the kitchen as the Missus ran the the stove. After 30 years of airborne grime the guitar needed TLC but is quite a respectable right to this day.
I started on a 255S around 1978, I had the neck modified (didn't like the square neck). It took me a long time to find a 255s-ll (cedar top). Much better neck on the cedar top. Recently I've bought a Cordoba GK pro negra, it just played and sounded right to me + it has a great microphone system built in. I'd love to get my hand on a YAMAHA concert guitar though... They don't show up often.
Very cool, thanks for sharing your story! I don’t know where you are located, but I might sell one or two of my Yamaha Grand Concert soon, as I will start building a guitar from scratch.
Good point! I will try to make another video doing that, but in the meantime, I have recorded another video before where I play some harmonics with the G255-S. Check out the experiment with the tornavoz video!
I have a G-250S which is a step down I guess, but I enjoy it. Mine has a very dark/black ebony fingerboard. The fingerboard in G-255S in this video appears much lighter in color.
The folks at Yamaha added a layer of paint or stain to it. Before the refret, my neck looked totally black and when I sanded it, I realised they did it. However, I liked the way it looked and left it that way. Enjoy your guitar!
I own the G-245S and noticed the same. At first deep cleaning, before applying some oil, some black came off in the process and I though maybe it was ebonized rosewood (using India ink etc); but looking at the grain more I came to the conclusion that it was also ebony stained in some form or fashion to appear more uniform in color.
@@trutututpiupiu yes, that is why I said Brazilian Rosewood. Some people call it Jacaranda, and that is how it is described in the Yamaha catalog, but most people refer to it as Brazilian Rosewood.
The GC-15 is hand made and by one luthier, the G255-S is factory made but still hand made in a way… there is not much that a machine can do other than cutting wood.
I still have my father's G50A from 1966 that he bought when we arrived Down Under. An absolutely dependable and fine sounding instrument. Yes....I refurbished the tuners, after all I was gifted the instrument in '95, but folks from that generation smoked as they drank in the kitchen as the Missus ran the the stove. After 30 years of airborne grime the guitar needed TLC but is quite a respectable right to this day.
I recently sold a G85A from 1970. Yamaha has always produced great quality instruments!
I started on a 255S around 1978, I had the neck modified (didn't like the square neck). It took me a long time to find a 255s-ll (cedar top). Much better neck on the cedar top.
Recently I've bought a Cordoba GK pro negra, it just played and sounded right to me + it has a great microphone system built in. I'd love to get my hand on a YAMAHA concert guitar though... They don't show up often.
Very cool, thanks for sharing your story! I don’t know where you are located, but I might sell one or two of my Yamaha Grand Concert soon, as I will start building a guitar from scratch.
Thanks for the detailed comparison. And by the way, wonderful playing!
@@GarySchiltz you’re too kind! Thank you for watching and commenting, cheers.
It would be nice to hear some harmonics played on the guitars also
Good point! I will try to make another video doing that, but in the meantime, I have recorded another video before where I play some harmonics with the G255-S. Check out the experiment with the tornavoz video!
I think the g255 sounds really good it age nice
Indeed!
Thanks for posting.
You're welcome!
Thé gc 15 is younger, nice playing thx 👍
Thank you too!
I have a G-250S which is a step down I guess, but I enjoy it. Mine has a very dark/black ebony fingerboard. The fingerboard in G-255S in this video appears much lighter in color.
The folks at Yamaha added a layer of paint or stain to it. Before the refret, my neck looked totally black and when I sanded it, I realised they did it. However, I liked the way it looked and left it that way. Enjoy your guitar!
I own the G-245S and noticed the same. At first deep cleaning, before applying some oil, some black came off in the process and I though maybe it was ebonized rosewood (using India ink etc); but looking at the grain more I came to the conclusion that it was also ebony stained in some form or fashion to appear more uniform in color.
@ exactly that! They left the fully black ebony to their Grand Concert models, but these guitars are excellent anyway.
Thatvis high level playing
Thanks so much!
Sides are Jacaranda
On which guitar?
Jacaranda=Brazilian rosewood @@doctor7music91
@@trutututpiupiu yes, that is why I said Brazilian Rosewood. Some people call it Jacaranda, and that is how it is described in the Yamaha catalog, but most people refer to it as Brazilian Rosewood.
For the price I would definitely take the g255 s over the GC 515
It’s a fantastic guitar, not even considering the price, but when you factor that in, is just silly how good it is.
I totally agree. I can hardly tell any difference. If anything, I prefer the G-255.
They not hand build total.
The GC-15 is hand made and by one luthier, the G255-S is factory made but still hand made in a way… there is not much that a machine can do other than cutting wood.