I'm a bit perplexed because on Yamaha's website the GC42S/C are listed with a MSRP of over $7,000. On Guitar Center's website the instrument goes for $4,300.
nvm bought it recently, it's made in China and everything is so flimsy, it already broke the tuning pegs, the bridge or whatsoever is called the white bone thing that rises the strings already fell off and I had to glue them back myself. Don't buy Yamaha guitars unless you're 100% guaranteed they're made in Japan.
Thanks for the comparison/review! The GC42 sounds almost fuller and deeper with more overtones. Do you know whether the soundboard bracing is identical or not on both of these models?
You can hear the treble in the LL-16D....if you're a singer songwriter don't get the LL-16 with rosewood....get the LL-16M....it's too hard to tame the treble in the LL-16...you need the mahogony version. Also I believe Yamaha's customer service now sucks....used to be the best. Not anymore. I have LL-16...I've tamed the treble somewhat with Elixir Polywebs for playing unplugged....you need a 10 band EQ to tame it plugged in.....the 16K slider will take out the glassy sound. The 8k slider does not take out enough....I use a fishman loud amp. Mine is a cannon.....if you're a bluegrass player it will be magnificent. It cuts through all the Martins like butter. I play a open jam where there are D-45's to D-18's and all martin's in between.....nothing can out do the LL-16...not even an 11k dollar D-45...my guitar has bass that's explosive....treble cuts like a knife through other guitars. It stands out through 10 other guitars. I play out by myself.....that's another issue.....most bars with hard floors and walls will make taming this beast really difficult.....use the 10 bad EQ...pull down the 16K slider and it will be workable....not the 8k slider. it's not enough.
It's my favorite sounding guitar for under $1000. I have small hands so now I'm sticking with crossovers and nylon electrics. My current guitar is a Cordoba Stage and it's very practical for me for a lot of reasons, but I prefer the sound of this little budget flamenco guitar
Great guitar demonstration. I am trying to move to the next level in my guitar journey and get a performance level guitar. I am stuck between buying two guitars The Yamaha GC42 and the Ramirez "Guitarra del Tiempo". Which one do you think I should get?
There are a lot of comparison videos where I'm hard pressed to hear the difference between the models they're comparing.....this is not one of those instances. Although both guitars sounded excellent....the GC42 sounded far better (in my own, subjective opinion, of course)....however the price differential between the two would allow me to overlook those differences...lol. So...I think the GC42 sounded better....but I would be far more likely to purchase the GC32.
