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navarrox
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Joined: 19 Feb 2008
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:32 am    Post subject: NEED YOUR HELP - FENDER ACOUSTIC??? Reply with quote
Ok guys i've got the question for you.But i need really,really good answer!!!
One of my guitars is Yamaha CPX 5 acoustic guitar. It features a spruce top, nato back and sides, rosewood fingerboard, a body depth of, and diecast chrome tuners and cutway. The electronics include 3-band EQ, and a mid-shape switch .A friend of mine offered me to trade it for his Fender F-65 acoustic guitar,made in 1977 with solid top cause he needs wired guitar .It looks like martin D-28.It sounds really good ,better then my Yamaha.It's also very good looking,like a new one.I don't know a lot about Fender acoustic guitars so if anyone here knows something it would be great.And,would you do this trade if you were in my situation???What do you think,are these guitar comparable?
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ksdaddy
Ferret



Joined: 17 Oct 2003

Posts: 106

Location: Caribou, Maine
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I can't advise whether to swap or not, at least not based on value, as I don't know what either is worth. The F-65 would have been made in Japan, as were all Fender acoustics from 1970 to the early 80s (then Korea came into play as well). Fender acoustics before 1970 were US made but they weren't.... um.... how can I say this nicely... they weren't very good. I should know, I have three.

If you truly like the sound and feel of the F-65, by all means trade, because you can always pick up another newer Yamaha later on.
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navarrox
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PostPosted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yamaha is made of nato back and sides and there is a spruce top.F-65 is made of rosewood back and sides and solid top.So comparing those guitars while playing is bit impossible cause fender really sounds better.Yamaha has got cutway and electronics inside ,fender doesn't.I could put fishman rare earth humbucker on it so sound will be better for sure.Guy who is selling this guitar doesn't think that.The only difference is in cutway , cause i 've another acoustic epiphone witouth cutway.Yamaha is more useful but i don't play acoustic guitar on stage a lot.I've got my Les Paul+Marshall.That's sprit of rock n roll.I don't know if it's made in Japan.I know that Fender's factory burned during 70's so they moved their factory to Japan.It's also interesting that first Squiers made in Japan were great guitars i mean ,better than most of Fender standard strats today.Interesting thing about this topic is that Yamaha will lose it's price in next couple of years but Fender will not.This one is good piece of wood.I'M NOT A FENDER FAN ACTUALLY I DON'T LIKE FENDER AT ALL.EXCEPT OLD TELECASTERS.BUT I'M NOT SO PASSIONED WHEN IT COMES TO ACOUSTIC GUITARS.SO...
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Ignatius
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Joined: 10 Feb 2007

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Location: Just outside Chicago
PostPosted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Interesting thing about this topic is that Yamaha will lose it's price in next couple of years but Fender will not.This one is good piece of wood.

Hey navarrox--

I'm not sure I would agree with the statement above. Depending on the model, Yamahas can rise in value, but I really don't know anyone who considers the Fender acoustics to be anything other than student guitars. I don't recall that Fender acoustics retain any value beyond the typical student models available on the market. I am more than willing to be proven wrong, though.

How much money are you talking for the value of these guitars on the used market? Have you done research into value? To me, it sounds like you like the Fender and want validation that it's a good choice. I would say you need to listen to some really good acoustics first: as ksdaddy said about the pre-1970 Fenders, the chances that a '70s Fender acoustic is a good guitar are pretty slim. In contrast, Yamahas at times can be pretty good little acoustics, but you can do better.

In fact, if I were in your shoes and thinking about a rock-friendly acoustic, I would think about trading in both the Yamaha and the Epiphone and getting either a second-tier Martin (American made) or a Larrivee (Canadian made) acoustic. These will be high quality instruments that will only continue to improve with age. You probably could get a basic used 03 model Larrivee for less than $600 because they start at only about $900 new. The same would go for the Smartwood Martins or their satin-finish line. Don't like satin finishes? The Martin and Larrivee satin finishes buff out to a nice semigloss.

Just my two cents. I can tell you: you will become passionate about acoustic sound once you hear what good acoustic guitars sound like, and the Martins and Larrivees will give you a taste of that good sound, especially if they've been played in a good deal.

Ignatius
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