That’s awesome Darin. I saw your interview with David Benedict it was really good. Very inspiring!

Sounds so great and awesome playing. What mic are you using?

I never got the privilege to meet Paul but I am proud to say that I get to talk to his son,one of the finest men I know and would be the legend Bill Purk

IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR A LITTLE AUCTION ACTION! YEAH BABY!

I just bought an old beat up Yamaha for the stand it was on. Then I realized I had a 1965 or so FG180 Nippon Gakki. It's sounds so darn good, it compares to my expensive Taylor except the high end is a little harder. The mid & low end is quite remarkable. The action is a little higher because of very slight neck bend, due to age, I can adjust a little more if it worsens. I'm keeping it, $60 Canadian for a brilliant guitar with some signs of age.

The original Yamahas were next level as far as price playability construction and durability my original was stolen managed to find 2 71s fg75 and fg140 both stay out year round by my side

I built a ball buster for harp. I went with the 6Sj7 pre from the 5C1 Champ circuit and added a tone control. F&T and Sozo caps, Mercury XFMRS. It's fat! In essence, it's a Princeton that Leo never built.

Incredible story!👏👏👏👏👏👏

The rig Billy Gibbons said was his first. Wish he would go back and make a record with just that, no processing.

Great Video but they are made in Taiwan

Great tones and playing!

Sound delicious ❤

Holy smokes. Perfect sound 😎

Excellent 😊

Sounds reallly awesome. I would love to find one of these amps someday.

Flats!

I love the Gibson sound as I like that Stones period

6973s are my favorite output tubes..... I think that one could be a Valco ----- who knows?

some of the early solid state Kay amps with germaniums actually sound awesome

cool video.......... you actually know what you are talking about......... thanks!

I have a beautiful red label fg 150 for sell if anyone looking for a beautiful yamaha

Trying many amps hasn't quenched my dream of experiencing Univox. They're nearly impossible to find in France or Europe. I recently had a lot of fun with a Univox PHZ-1 phase shifter (relabelled BST LM-200 in France). If you'd like to give it a shot, my experimentations are on my channel.

Is this WITH a Virzi, or without? Just wondering.

how much cheddar did ya spend?

Absolutely captivating.

Incredible. A pearl of great price

Beautiful story and it sounds sooo good.

I still have my 1969 Univox Les Paul and it's still sweet! I installed a Brass nut and Brass saddles and it's had a fret job. You can see it in action on my page. I bought it in 1972

What a lovely guitar, right up my street.

Amazing...saving an old broke guitar and making it sing again!

I own one Yamaha Fg 152B Orange Label Acoustic Guitar made in Japan and I love it!❤❤

Great guitar. Grows on you. I have a 68 and it sounds amazing

I just snagged a well-kept 1972 FG-150 for $300. Sweeet.

We do not own fine instruments, we have stewardship. It’s our duty to enjoy them, share music through them, and someday “pass it forward.” I love my Monteleone mando, a am dedicated in seeing that future generations experience it. ❤

Just found an fg152 orange label 1971

Grailtone Brownface…. Excellent recordings

Thank you for loving YAMAHA so much. At that time, YAMAHA was durable, inexpensive, and had a concept for the masses. Of course, export was also considered. In fact, from this period until around the 90s, all YAMAHA models were pointed out to have weak necks. Now, you can see it by looking at the neck of the LL model. YAMAHA is always evolving, and the engineers have pride and passion. I think you can see it in the development of the ARE TOP, the new FG series, and the unique pickup system. And finally, FG produced the high-end model FG-9 in collaboration with American engineers. We hope you will continue to support YAMAHA acoustics. Thank you! from🇯🇵🙇‍♂️

the strap button on the headstock was popular in the 60's, similar to what they did with 6 string guitars. they used straps that were thin, and it was thought made life easier and prevented neck dive. These died out soon and people when to the wider modern straps and no hooking it to the headstock.

Hello i have a small channel focused on 1800s cooking. Could i use this as background? I will be sure to link to your channel and shout you out.

Fender didn’t use the 6sc7 tubes until the early 1950’s, ‘52-‘53 era. 1947 would have been a woody style. Yours is definitely not a prototype. Nice amp but I think it is probably a 1952- early 1953, when Fender went to the Wide Panel look. The serial number should be on the underside of the chassis, turn it upside down and you will see even with the back panels on.

Brown and blonde amps are the future.

I want to build one next winter. Vibrolux most likely.

I’m obsessed with MIJ guitars. I agree that 67-72 is a great window. I’d even narrow it down to 67-70. Never had a Yamaha fg- I have had a lot of Yamaha G series classicals, and imo the earlier the better. I have probably had about 14 MIJ guitars from 1967-1980- ironically the steel string acoustic I play now is a 1980 - Suzuki Three S W200. Thanks for the video! That’s a great sounding guitar and nice playing.

..so it was raining outside on a icey March evening and the only thing I could think of listening to to make me forget my "Flu" was Freddie Kings Hideaway LP. After it put me into "Positive" mode I got curious as to the amps he used and I was informed he used a Gibson GA40 like yours on that LP...and then your viddy popped up and it all became clear to me where that smoothe high mid came from. I know you got hooked as soon as you plucked the 1st Low E string. The best part is the amazing story of "Maggie" and her Sons warmth to you. From a rainy day in London " Thankyou" for sharing this very personal episode in your life.

Great demo, fine playing! What is the song? What strings are you using? The guitar sound fantastic! Well done sir.

Original leather I can send you pictures of g a 30

I got a 1948

Where did you get that headstock decal man? Love it

No I think that strap metal button was put on the headstock not to put the strap there , but as a spare button

Mr "Cool" Jones. 1 vol 1 tone is all you need. I can feel the "Zing".