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Topic: Yamaha FG-411S CE

Hello All,

I am new to this forum.  I recently picked up a Yamaha FG-411S CE.  It is what, in my opinion, all Yamaha acoustics tend to be.  Beautiful sound, decent action (needs a slight adjustment) and feels like butter.  Paid $160.  Pretty sure that's a great price, but, the question is regarding the manufacture date.   

http://www.yamaha.com/apps/guitararchiv … wizard.asp says it was made on November 16th, which makes sense, however, they also indicate the serial numbers are recycled every ten years.  Is there a way to determine which decade?  Logic dictates it is not 1986.  So, is it 1996 or 2006?  Or am I completely misguided?

Please and thank you,

Any assistance is greatly appreciated.

Bruce

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Re: Yamaha FG-411S CE

Hi Bruce, and welcome to Chordie!

Sounds like you got a heck of a deal on a decent guitar ... congratulations. I'm assuming you keyed the guitar's Serial No. into the provided space, but didn't get clear info back.  Beyond that, I don't know how else the actual year of manufacture could be determined. Here's another resource that may be useful:

http://www.guitardaterproject.org/yamaha.aspx

Again, a hearty welcome, and we hope to see / read you often in the forums. When you get time, perhaps you wouldn't mind sharing a brief bio with us, your musical tastes, etc. We have a very eclectic bunch here, but everyone's very supportive and we've all improved from each others' help.

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Re: Yamaha FG-411S CE

I would pick whichever one suits your fancy and go with that.

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Re: Yamaha FG-411S CE

Thank you for the welcome, Tenement Funster.  I did get clear info but the info, wasn't specific on the year.  It was multiple choice, 66, 76, 86, 96, or 06.  It was also a different search engine which I can't seem to find now.  Meh...

Thank you for the quick response :-)

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Re: Yamaha FG-411S CE

If you are happy with the  Yamaha FG-411S CE  does it really matter when it was built.  Hope you enjoy it for many years.

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Re: Yamaha FG-411S CE

Classical Guitar wrote:

If you are happy with the  Yamaha FG-411S CE  does it really matter when it was built.  Hope you enjoy it for many years.

I agree, I have a fg acoustic 401 and it is a great guitar. They are well made . Yes they do recycle the serial numbers.

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