This guitar popped up as an ad on my Facebook and I had a look. Never been a Yamaha fan (am now, have 2). I found this review and it sold me. Gotta say, this guitar is possibly one of the smoothest playing guitars I've ever owned. I like a wide fretboard but with this you don't feel cramped at all. The sound is very crisp and full and surprisingly robust. It looks very nice, too. The bridge is very funky to look at. I bought some bone bridge pins with some abalone and it looks great. I have some very fine guitars of a high end and I still enjoy this one the most. It sounds great through an amp (even a bass amp). Currently I've ordered a Roland ac33 and hopefully it will sound great through it. I've tried pedals and they all sound fantastic. Doesn't seem to matter what I throw at the guitar - it exceeds all expectations. I have a very expensive parlour guitar from a notable brand that is fabulous in build, but this csf3m is louder and more fun to play. I have owned it for just iver a year and it is opening up even more.

This guitar is NOT MADE IN IRELAND ITS MADE IN NORTHERN IRELAND TWO DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Top tip..get a Washburn instead

What was the song you played at 2:58 this is so beautiful

I know I’m very late to this but just picked this up second hand for £110 after a clean up and new strings plays like a £1000 plus guitar in this economy great find if anyone has one nearby under £500 pick it up you won’t be disappointed

Hey, the song you played at the start sounds like it’s in drop d, wouldn’t mind learning it if you know where I can get the resources?

Tried one, very comfortable to play, for me. Sounds great. Purchased a used one, super stoked.

I bought one of these and am very happy with it and THIS video was large in part what convinced me.

how about that frett..its suitable for fat finger ?

Excellent review, very fair. I own a cheap Crafter classical with all laminate but an xlr pickup and Truss-rod... The tone was a bit "meh" when I got it but it really opened up and sounds spectacular when tuned to open-G and used for Paul Brady style folk

For a solo performer singing and playing and wants an fx loop for vocals and acoustic guitar, is this the only thing on the market that can do that? It’s quite a lot to spend, but it does replace a lot of separate pedals (less points of failure, less cables, one power source, always set up and ready to go). Right now I’m using hi-low z converters like the templo splyce, and a custom output box to give me a panel to plug guitar and xlr separately to the house board. Zoia), but I may add the new templo compressor to the vocal channel. I think the only other thing I wish I had was a dry signal outs so the house can blend the stage mix but I could use a signal splitter before the fx. So much to consider but it seems like it could be the exact thing I’ve been researching and trying to find for many years.

Are all of the A series models cut aways

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Many thanks for the review - much appreciated. This amp is much louder than described. I own one of these amps and you need to crank the physical volume knob on the unit. The master fader in the app only goes up to where the physical knob is set. It produces ear bleeding volumes when the physical knob is properly cranked up. Hope this helps! 😊

Reminds me of the old EKO we all played in the early 70s... They weighed a ton. I felt the pickup was bland, but the acoustic tone was ok

a very professinal clear video -excellent - the best

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Sounds utterly fabulous. And at that price point it's a steal!

I enjoy Ben's critiques, but I wish he would review guitars that are of a higher quality than this one. It makes sense to me to review guitars that minimally have solid wood tops.

Something about an acoustic guitar's body and an electric guitar's headstock looks so wrong to me... This is a beautiful looking guitar, apart from the headstock (which would look great on an electric guitar).

Very, very good review. But it was hard for me to hear your voice.

A LITTLE MORE TRANSPARENCY WOULDN'T WORTH AND THIS APPLIES TO TAYLOR MARTIN AND GIBSON AND COMPANY BEAUTIFUL!! We need to be more honest or at least more correct in saying that the back and sides are not solid wood but laminate!!!

What a clean and "Americana" sounding guitar. My only gripe is the spangly scratchplate!

I used to own an Art and Lutherie guitar for 20 years; it was the nicest acoustic I've ever owned. I love how you play it; this sounds incredible.

I’ve always been impressed with Godins value proposition in their guitars, especially being made in North America. Thanks for the review!

It's a beautiful guitar and I like Ur playing

only one criticism. Downpatrick is not in Ireland. its in northern ireland !

Thank you Ben for unbiased guitar review. Does the guitar have truss rod?

Of course it needs a setup. I’m surprised you don’t know that guitars are normally setup by the builder with slightly high action because some players want them that way and you can’t raise the action after you file the nut and the saddle. You can always lower but you need to buy a new nut/saddle to raise.

Terrible recording of the output of the LR Baggs Anthem system. I think there is an issue with your recording equipment…. Maybe user error.

too bright

Hey Ben, the quality and honesty of your reviews is First Class. Thank you keep up the great work

10 points for your actual thoughts on this, which strike me as well-balanced and objective, albeit straining a bit towards keeping the amp in a positive light despite its obvious drawbacks. Large and hefty, and yet underpowered, with compromised phantom power voltage and too little tweakability of the effects? There are other, much better options out there. Why the market needs yet another such amp that shows no real progress escapes me. For me, acoustic amps have long since ceased being my go-to solution for solo playing and singing. Instead, a powered PA speaker (e.g. an EV Everse 8) with built-in effects gets me a lot farther, with less bulk and pretentiousness, and far greater flexibility (also due to app control for those who wish to use it). Add a small pedalboard or something like the TC Helicon VoiceLive 3 Extreme, and you‘re good to go. I used to own an AER 60-watt, but it was also compromised, also in terms of bass response (especially notable for my baritonish vocals). Side note: On future demos, how about not only playing in drop D? No offense intended, but for me, that droning D muddies the acoustic waters when trying to judge overall frequency response. Heaps of reviewers seem to love to demo stuff (especially guitars) in drop D, but same story, there. Just a thought…

Man this is well presented info, and I appreciate your review. Just subscribed as well. Thanks for putting in the effort!

I like mine a lot. Easier to play than a big dreadnought. Since I usually play electrics (SG, strat, tele) the neck feels pretty normal. Big headache is the battery pack. You have to loosen strings to get at the cheap velcro bag. Thinking about reposistioning the battery pack to the edge of the lateral sound port to faciliate battery changes. Has anyone has tried this?

Hi very quick question. It’s regarding the Yamaha THR30IIA the question it is about the battery so how do I know the battery is low or fully charged ? Many thanks

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Hello Ben have you played thru the ACUS with the 8 inch speaker wondering if theres a noticable difference in sound. Thank you for pointing out the bad features

Does anyone know the music Ben played at the beginning of the video ? It’s so beautiful!

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Do you feel the V helps you brace your thumb better for barr chords, for instance?

That's a sweet guitar!

I would love to put hands on one of these and actually play it. But until they start becoming available, I can't see dropping over a grand on a guitar, just out of faith... If you'll forgive the pun.

I bought one. And dpa core. But I’m feeling overwhelmed by the complixity of all options & setting. The 19 page manual, left me more confused after reading it…

Thanks for the test drives! I am planning an extended cruise adventure to Antarctica, next year, and cannot imagine several days at sea without something to play.... Most of my playing is bluegrass in group settings, but being a converted folkie, I think that the Puddle Jumper can be a tolerable solo or duo instrument, if my flat-picking is not too aggressive.... I wish I could find one locally to test drive, or hear a strong flat-picker playing in a video. I love my dreads, but flying to Argentina, and back from Chile, I will need to compromise, a bit!

ya lo compre y esta es mi experiencia: si lo vas a usar para cantar con guitarra le doy un 9 si lo usas para karaoke en lugar cerrado o abierto para menos de 40 personas un 9 tambien si lo quieres para un grupo musical o banda pequeña un 7 para escuchar musica un 7 para conectarlo a la tv o videojuegos o videos y peliculas un 6.5 ahi les va!! se escucha como el tipico sonido de bose, no tiene bajo profundo, el bajo esta mas balanceado para la voz por eso pienso que este equipo es mas para cantantes y no tanto para musica, lo que mas me gusto es que es muy practico y super facil de conectar y muy facil de usar y configurar, no es pesado y lo puedes llevar a donde sea con el minimo esfuerzo pienso que este es mas su punto fuerte, pero si lo quieres para escuchar musica esta muy normal, el sonido es fino y sin distorciones pero normal, me recuerdan a los componentes que vendian en copel alla por el año 2005 marca LG o Sony, que estaban bien ecualizaditos pero con el bajo muy normalito, se escuchan muy fuertes pero le falta ese plus de un bajo con confianza, espero me entiendan jejejej, tambien note la diferencia en la linea array, yo casi siempre pongo las mismas canciones en un equipo casero que tengo y pues las conozco muy bien y ahora que puse las mismas canciones con el bose se nota mucho la diferencia en un equipo estereo con bocinas en la izquierda y en la derecha que con una linea array, le voy mas al equipo estereo, los segundas voces me gustan mas los efectos me gustan mas cuando los tenia en es modo estereo, esto es a mi gusta cada quien tiene sus preferencias y se respeta, por ultimo el precio $1,500 usd con un sonido que yo he podido reproducir igual o mejor con puros equipos viejos y de la pulga y aparatos ya abandonados. en resumen le doy un 8 calificacion general.

The sound without pickup amazing!

Surely that pickup can be eq’d better than that?

that looks more like a dreadnought model.?? !