Yamaha Guitar Factory Tour, Hangzhou China 

I agree, the FG series are incredible for the price.

Where did you see hand making? You concider machines handling as a hand work? Do you even know how good guitars are made. This video shows how a low level cheap guitars are made. Educate yourself ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R5AaECtDwWg.html

Just bought my very first guitar yesterday, the FG800, cost me 240 Euros. And I love it! ;-)

It's called global capitalism, or exploitation if you wish, Japanese brought their factories to China simply because our salary was significantly lower, as China developing then they will bring factories to cheaper place like Vietnam ,Thailand and India, some of them already did, after Asia is developed they will bring manufacturing to Africa, it's impossible to bring manufacturing industry back to a developed country like states, especially many of them have very high minimum wage, it's just how capitalism works.

@@ChenLinYu323 well, it depends. Once the technology like AI is better developed and salaries in developing countries get to high, they will consider relocating the factories back to developed countries.

It is

Its need be making in Japan, but the price rising and that you Americans Will not buy It too cheap, China Slavery

Yeah thats sad. Made in USA used to mean something of high quality. But its just difficult for companies to profit off a white man's labor fee. Seems exuberant

China was producing instruments when the romans came to Gaule

in China no work no eat in China nobody gives 2 s***

Realy? Can you explain please

Do i really need to explain the difference between night and day. Look at the construction and finish more closely.

nadiminti krishnarao , Now the Yamaha is made in Indonesia, my F310 is made in Indonesia, the action is way too high and I need to lower it to 3mm at the 12th fret, the sound quality is not as good as my very old model F210.

It is but a tree transformed into an musical artistic expression grasshopper.

I dont think guitars are to blame haha

ordered my apx 600 cant wait to see it

excelent logic thinking, Wulf, is exactly as you say, "Xio" is better than "John" shaping guitar necks, that is the real thing, for the same work i can have a good and cheap guitar made it by Xio instead pay a fortune to the good but expensive Jhon, industries like Gibson of some others abuse of the trust of customers selling an idea of quality that is very expensive, i prefer the chinese idea, for a couple of bucks i can have the same product, whatever a purist can say about the "superior build" of Gibson and other companies

Jeff Wulf while I have a few Yamaha guitars including one made at this factory, I can't say I totally agree anymore. I used to think exactly the same way, but then I started getting into Lutherie, the art of building instruments. I have discovered that none of my Yamahas have perfectly spaced or completely even frets, and as a consequence none of them have perfect intonation. The nuts are plastic and often poorly fitted. While overall fit and finish is really good it's not on par with what you could expect from a Luthier who takes his craft seriously and takes the time to carve the nut, fit frets, level and shape them, etc. to near perfection.There is a lot more that goes into building a quality neck than shaping it.While I feel $8000 is excessive for nearly any instrument, like the saying goes you get what you pay for. Just some food for thought.

I have a yamaha with an aweful, baseball bat neck... played the 5th guitar made by a beginner luthier... Perfect neck

@@austinknowlton1783 doesn't take much to get a bone nut fitted same with the saddle. I haven't seen bad fretwork recently....most just need a polish job out of the box

I’m 3 years late, but yes, the wood makes a difference. The strings, through the saddle and the bridge, cause the top to vibrate which produces the sound. Those sound waves also reflect off of, and vibrate, the back and sides which produce sound. Some vibration is transferred to the neck through both that and the nut. This adds to the sound, creating more vibration to the body. The top is the most important, though (thus called the sound board). Different woods have different vibrational tendencies. Sitka spruce, which is getting harder and harder to get in quantity, is the gold standard for brightness. I prefer cedar for its balance of brightness and warmth. There’s also Mahogany, Koa, myrtle, and now even eucalyptus among others. A solid top (as opposed to plywood laminate) produces the best sound. Solid back and sides provide more depth (as opposed to laminate).

Umm it's a job. And they are so proficient they can do it with their eyes closed. Why spend 100 hrs building one just to get the same results that u can in a fraction of the time? ....workers could pretend to care....but it's a job and it's communist china.. These guitars are great for the money. Time is money. they could slow down and double check every detail but i imagine that its much more efficient for them to not slow down and just have a solid quality control guy culling any flawed guitars. The top end yamahas shame martins that cost 4 times more. how do i know?....I own both....and the yamaha is built better. Ps.....Martin and gibson factory workers are just as fast. Trust me after u work in a factory on the line for years....its just a job. No matter if you love guitars and it was your dream job to build them. When u work on a line...you become a robot. 20 years ago Chinese guitars were spotty quality and sometimes junk Especially China made acoustics. Not any more. Buy an all solid wood China made guitar for 600 to 1k$ (top end). a entry level Martin cost what 600$ thoseguitars aren't even in the same league as a 600$ yamaha. I try to buy American when possible...but the prices make it difficult to afford when it comes to American guitars. If u want "love" built into a guitar....at a great price go with a Yari or a Japaneeeeeze made Takamine....those guitars are a step up in attn to detail...but they cost two or three times as much.

I've watched that same documentary (which was marvelous) but you're comparing apples to oranges... Greenfield guitars are hand-made guitars built on *orders*. Yamaha guitars are factory made...and they still keeping the human touch. Props to Yamaha. Underrated and underappreciated. 🎯🏅

I bought an FG740 sfm from 2014 made in this factory. It is a beautiful guitar, great quality. You can see from the videos that the guitars are still handmade. The factory is tightly controlled by the craftsmen from JP.

They are good quality. Just because something is made in China it doesn't mean it low quality. China also has some really high quality items, but usually the US gets the cheap stuff, which makes people think everything Chinese is fake and or low quality.

happy543210 by quality

happy543210 When we start working for the same amount?

You can't. Get used to it.

@The Cats USA is McDonald's through and through, stop kidding yourself.

Musa Khan , to save cost.

Because it’s less likely to warp that way. Expensive brands also do it for the same reason.

stability. bookmatching gives a more stable guitar and better chance at even tonality on both sides.

La tavola viene fatta da un pezzo unico. Viene tagliato , e le due metà girate e incollate in questo modo si incrociano le venature e si ottiene piú stabilità e se vedi anche le Martin sono fatte cosí anche Taylor ecc ecc il 90%dei top builder male guitars in these way

3 person for $10usd per day.

the glue,the glue!!!!

If you think acoustic guitars are entirely made by hand by other manufacturers, you're kidding yourself. Items made in the US are much more likely to be machine made, as overheads and production costs are so much higher there.

name any guitar company that makes bridges by hand?? Hand crafted doesnt mean better anyway!! Just means no machines.

ValueOfNothing buy one. Now.

it looks practically the same as the factory tour of Godin in Quebec I watched .... I'm not seeing anything really different than that here as far as working environment goes.

@@BondJFK Yet many still think "it's the greatest country in the World". Those people should do themselves a favour and travel, it'd open their eyes.

@@deaddoll1361 In China it is clearly demonstrated that capitalism is the legitimate child of communism. Capitalism deals with economic affairs, communism deals with social facts. As absurd as it may sound, they are the exact same evil thing

You could just buy one like the rest of us!

loads available! You just wnt to a dodgy shop to save money! your loss and nothing to do with Yamaha

Hi

Then why are you here? 😂

bugger off to the Takamine videos then haha!

Stop by a guitar shop and look at a 500$ yamaha..it will be flawless and shame Taylor Martin and gibson In build quality. They have a qc guy. Doesn't mean the line has to slowdown. They cull flawed product.

you mean the others work too slow

I spent some time working in a factory. Each of us had a specific job. We all got really good at our specific jobs. We worked fast because of that. There was also QA (to which I was eventually promoted) on hand. They’d send back stuff that was missed.

You never worked in a Factory then?

Yes. As an apprentice to subsidise my income. Then later on as a carpenter. So I know that those noise conditions can be improved as they have been in the west under occupational safety and health laws. Have you worked in an industrial factory?

wow ，you might dont have enough money go to foreign country to see this beautiful world.

Your house must be pretty empty!! Where was the computer made that you used to comment on here haha

You know nothing about Yamaha guitars if you think they are low quality lol

@The Cats I'm not comparing any guitars. I just said that Yamaha guitars are not low quality.

@@ULOVEKYLE Crazy low quality I mean

I can tell you havent played one then. Either that or you are tone deaf? Millions of people disagree with you

@@paulneedham9885 I’ve played them and owned them and they are not great guitars if you want a Chinese guitar that competes with anything out there then try an Eastman e20d or a e40d or even a e10d they are on the same level as Marin’s for half the cost. It may all be subjective to some but also some don’t have the ear for great guitars

@@randyscott9034 Your opinion. My ears are fine and I would put my FG365SE up against most things out there. It was that guitar that made me look at the FG800 series and my FG840 sounds great but in 30 years will sound wonderful. Too many people buy with their eyes on the Headstock name and not with their ears. Martins are not the be all and end all. I like Martins but I also like Yamaha and I'm not bothered where its made, I want to play it, not chat with it.

@@paulneedham9885 as mentioned it’s all subjective there’s people who can’t tell the difference between a high dollar Santa Fe or huss and dalton or bougeois etc. and a 400 dollar guitar

You should not deserve one...that is clear

Why? where you expecting them to fashion a guitar from a block of wood with a penknife?

@@paulneedham9885 I expect them to make guitars, not furnitures. Apparently, you don't know how good guitars are made. Better educate your self before comenting because you sound stupid.

@@nellatrab No I don't deserve a garbage guitar. That is why I have a hand made Jose Ramirez A1 concert guitar. So get a grip, you're clueless.

@@fredricsuza2817😄😄 If people with little money followed your advice, no one would learn to play anymore. I'd be sitting around waiting for $4,000 to spend. Then you will find me sitting on a bench with white hair and wrinkles