Customer Reviews

Yamaha SLG100S Silent Steel Acoustic Electric Guitar

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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.

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!!).

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

This is a pretty decent guitar. the Built in preamp is fair, and the guitar plays great! Very portable and it is very ideal for gigs. Having a lot of fun with it.

The best travel guitar on the market for nylon, can't see why the steel would be any different