Yamaha SLG100S Silent Steel Acoustic Electric Guitar

by Yamaha

Product Features

• Maple body
• Mahogany neck
• Rosewood fretboard
• Matte finish

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 43 x 18 x 4.5 inches ; 11 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 12 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B0002H0DIU
• Item model number: SLG100S
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #42,776 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Yamaha silent steel string guitar fuses traditional and ultra-modern influence that are great for both practice and performance. This unique guitar has a detachable frame and comes with a special gigbag for easy transport.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great guitar, November 19, 2009

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Justin Fowler - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha SLG100S Silent Steel Acoustic Electric Guitar (Electronics)

This guitar is great in every application you could use it for.

It plays great, has almost zero dead spots, great factory setup, very little fret buzz for all playing styles, solos like an electric but sounds like an acoustic.

Produces amazing tone and sound quality through almost any set up, isn't hard on your back when standing (obviously), GREAT for recording. Plays jazz guitar the best.

Only drawback: must use expensive batteries; it drains the cheap ones really quickly. Or just use phantom power.

Would definitely pay list price for this model.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great practice and travel guitar, February 7, 2010

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Mr. D (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha SLG100S Silent Steel Acoustic Electric Guitar (Electronics)

I'm an advanced beginner-intermediate level guitar player who is exploring and learning different musical styles. I had to travel halfway across the world to asia and was looking around for a travel friendly guitar. The Yamaha silent guitar offered a reasonable priced option coupled with an artistic appearance. Aesthetically, this guitar is like a work of art. I love the minimalist look of the guitar and the build quality and finish of the guitar was excellent. But does it play well?

I got to test the guitar at a local music store and ended buying it from them. I really like the playability of the guitar, but I had to set it up a little first before it was acceptable to me. The frets were a little short beyond the 12th fret, making it a little difficult to press barre chords from the 12th fret and beyond. Also, the pickup is rather limited in terms of produceable sounds limiting it to mostly acoustic playing. The guitar has a volume, bass and treble adjustment. There's also a switch to control the amount of reverb. The reverb options sound really good but it does drains the 9V battery faster. There's also a jack with volume control that enables the guitarist to listen to a song while playing the guitar by plugging in an external music player using the included earphones, a feature I found very useful for practicing. Overall, the guitar plays and sounds like a good electric acoustic guitar.

When not plugged in, the guitar still produces clearly audible sounds that's still sufficient for practicing if one doesn't mind the softer sound. As expected, the unplugged guitar sounds just like an electric guitar that's not plugged in.

The guitar has a detachable segment that effectively halfs the width of the guitar. The guitar fits in the overhead bin (larger ones) of a Boeing 737, 747 and 777. The guitar does come with a carrying case and I gave the guitar further protection by wrapping a piece of cloth around the headstock of the guitar before putting it in the airplane's overhead compartment. There were basically no complaints from any of the airline personnel. The guitar survived perfectly the entire 24 hour (per direction) roundtrip which included a good amount of walking around and taking various forms of public transport. The case has several compartments for one to keep accessories and books. However during my travel, one of the handles almost tore off, I'm guessing its really due to me putting too many books into the bag (I had 4, ~100 pg. guitar books in it! too many!!).

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!!, February 4, 2010

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Mauricio Ibanez "MIG 50" (Bogota, Colombia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha SLG100S Silent Steel Acoustic Electric Guitar (Electronics)

This is one of the best guitars I've purchased so far. I love its sound and the versatility of the connecting options. As per the purchasing process and shipment, you guys did an excellent job, taking into account that christmas time must be very difficult for your logistics. Congratulations and thanks.
Mauricio