Klein, aber Kraftvoll! Die FS 850 präsentiert eindrucksvoll die neuesten Kreationen aus Yamahas Guitar R&D-Team. Das nun standardmäßig verwendete verjüngte Deckenverstrebungsprinzip und die Verwendung dünnerer Lackschichten auf den Instrumenten sorgen auch in der FS 850 für ein überzeugendes Klangbild, während eine solide Mahagonidecke im Zusammenspiel mit einem Mahagonikorpus für den mittig warmen Klangcharakter sorgt.
Solide Stimmechaniken, nachhaltige und sorgfältige Verarbeitung sowie ein Klangbild zum Verlieben machen die FS 850 zum heißen Favoriten fürs heimische Sofa!
Features:
The guitar is with very good quality finish, very beautiful color and sound. It is the FS model, which means that the body is "grand concert" size, but actually it is perfect. I am 187cm tall and this body is extremely comfortable for 1-2h practicing/playing rounds. I think having a bigger body would've made it problematic. As I already own an electric Yamaha, it might be that I got used to the thinner body.
From some reviews online, being a mahogany top, it was mentioned that the high and low sounds are not so loud, maybe if compared to some other types of guitars, but for this one I find this not true. The full spectrum sounds excellent! Yes, the bass is not so hard, but it sounds amazing and even. As I live in an apartment having a "controlled" and even sound spectrum actually is an advantage and makes late night playing possible, yet is quite loud when I play it harder or with a thicker pick.
Only thing I noticed as a change for the week I have this guitar, is the small increase in the action on the higher frets, from what I measured now is ~3mm on 6th string (which some can consider as high action). As I read this is ok and normal as the tuned strings put more strain and the neck gets a little more bent.
All in all the guitar is very playable, looks great and sounds amazing! For the price is an extremely good guitar!