I was reminded of this last year when Yamaha loaned me one of its new TransAcoustic guitars to sample. It was an FS-TA model, which is a "concert" size instrument, smaller than the familiar ...

The looper, for example, gave us hours of amusement, and working with the accompanying app expands things even further, transforming the instrument into a powerful performance tool. Yamaha’s Dan ...

So, while Yamaha is well-known for producing reliable, high-quality instruments that maybe don ... felt different to the usual sub-$500 acoustic guitars on the market. This is thanks to its ...