You must be careful when purchasing your first guitar. The features you must have on your first guitar are the very same features found on expensive guitars. These features are:

1. Strings must be close to the frets so that the guitar is easy to play
2. The frets must be dressed properly so you don't scratch or cut your fingers
3. The guitar must have well made tuning machines
4. The neck must be straight to keep down string buzz and to keep out dead spots
5. The neck and bridge must be reinforced so, along with the tuning machines, the guitar is easy to tune and stays in tune. There is NOTHING MORE FRUSTRATING to the beginning guitar player than to have a guitar that keeps going out of tune. And in many cases, low priced acoustic guitars, those sold for around $100, simply DO NOT stay in tune. Unfortunately, the beginning guitar player has no way to really know if the guitar is capable of staying in tune simply because it takes quite some time to develop the ability to judge if the guitar holds its tuning well.

The heritage of Yamaha guitars begins with the FG line of acoustic guitars. This is a great entry level to advance acoustic guitar with deluxe features including die-cast tuners, solid sitka spruce top, and a rosewood fingerboard. This guitar is perfect to learn on since it contains many of the features found on expensive guitars. This is an easy to play guitar that stays in tune, making learning guitar as easy as it gets! Do yourself or the person you're purchasing a guitar for a very personal favor and buy the Yamaha FG700s. A fine guitar that will take you to a level of guitar playing that you can be proud of.