Yamaha FS5 II FS Red Label Series 6 String Concert-Style Acoustic Guitar

Available now at Granata Music Ottawa – local pickup & Canada/USA shipping!

Perfect for fingerpicking, the Yamaha FS5 II's solid Sitka spruce top and mahogany body deliver a bright, balanced tone.

The FS5 II concert-style acoustic guitar is a good fit for players who prefer a smaller body and slightly brighter sound to complement fingerpicking. Modern craftsmanship honors its 1960s aesthetics, and superior Yamaha build quality is showcased under a beautiful gloss finish.

Modern Inspiration and Timeless Design
The FG heritage extends back to the 1966 release of the FG180, the first production acoustic guitar by Yamaha. In the more than half-century since, we have balanced traditional guitar craft with a spirit of constant refinement, pursuing our vision of the ideal folk guitar.

Powerful Vintage Tone
A custom-treated, solid Sitka spruce top paired with solid mahogany back and sides deliver genuine aged-wood tone and sustain.

A scalloped bracing pattern offers louder, more balanced tone.

Classic V-Shaped Headstock
The guitar retains the original FG headstock shape, adorned with the iconic "tuning fork" logo. The traditional truss rod cover is emblazoned with "Since 1966" to mark the launch of the first FG models.

Solid Sitka Spruce Top
Commonly sourced from Canada and Alaska, solid Sitka spruce offers a rich midrange and low-frequency response. The sound is tight and focused, working particularly well for chordal strumming or rhythmic fingerstyle performance.

Solid Mahogany Back and Sides
Mahogany has a slower transient response than many other tonewoods, contributing to a warm and woody tone with strong midrange.

Bone Nut and Saddle
The made-in-Japan FG(X)5 and FS(X)5 instruments feature a bone nut and saddle. Bone is a harder material than urea, providing a more efficient transfer of energy from the strings to the neck and body.

The result is a louder and clearer sound.

Scalloped Bracing
In defining the sound of FG/FS Red Label, our intention was to offer a warm tone that would be ideal for modern folk music and singer-songwriters.

With careful measurement and experimentation, we made several refinements that would enhance low-frequency response without compromising durability. These changes are optimized for the natural characteristics of the tonewoods and each body silhouette.

Acoustic Resonance Enhancement (A.R.E.)
The exclusive Yamaha A.R.E. process utilizes heat, humidity and atmospheric pressure to accelerate the aging of the wood and gives the instrument a rich, vintage-quality tone as if you've been playing it for years.

Atmosfeel™ 3-Way Pickup and Preamp System
The Atmosfeel pickup and preamp system uses a piezo sensor in the bridge to capture low frequencies, a microphone for low and midrange, and our proprietary, thin synthetic sheet soundboard transducer for high frequencies. The result is a full, natural sound with simple controls that make it easy to get great plugged-in tone.

Simple and Intuitive Controls for Each Performance Style
Atmosfeel™ preamp controls let you blend the microphone sound into the premixed pickup sound. The microphone sound particularly complements solo performers and chordal players, while a lower blend may be preferred by fingerstyle players and guitarists who need to cut through a full band.

The bass knob controls a peaking EQ. The center frequency rises when boosting and lowers when attenuating, so that low frequencies, which could be problematic on stage, can be removed but never added.

Classic Style
Inspired by the iconic Yamaha "red label" guitars of the 1960s, FG/FS Red Label guitars feature high-quality components to deliver a beautiful, vintage aesthetic.

Atmosfeel™ Pickup and Preamp System
Yamaha's Atmosfeel three-way pickup system provides a remarkably natural plugged-in sound.

Features:

• Gloss finish on the body
• Scalloped bracing provides warm, powerful tone with deep lows and rich harmonics
• Acoustic Resonance Enhancement (A.R.E.) treatment imparts the sound and sustain of aged wood
• All-solid construction with a Sitka spruce top, mahogany back and sides
• Ebony fingerboard, bridge and bridge pins
• Bone nut and saddle
• Made in Japan
• Hardshell case included

Specifications:

• Body Shape: FS Concert Style
• Scale Length: 634 mm (25")
• Body Length: 497 mm (19 9/16")
• Total Length: 1022 mm (40 1/4")
• Body Width: 380 mm (14 15/16")
• Body Depth: 90-110 mm (3 9/16"- 4 5/16")
• Nut Width: 44 mm (1 3/4")
• String Spacing: 11 mm
• Top Material: Solid Sitka Spruce A.R.E.
• Back Material: Solid Mahogany
• Side Material: Solid Mahogany
• Neck Material: African Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material: Ebony
• Fingerboard Radius: R400 mm (15 3/4")
• Bridge Material: Ebony
• Nut Material: Bone
• Saddle Material: Bone
• Bridge Pins: Ebony
• Tuners: Open-Gear Chrome (Y1D)
• Body Binding: Black + White
• Soundhole Inlay: Black + White
• Pickguard: Wooden type
• Body Finish: Gloss
• Neck Finish: Satin
• Electronics: None
• Controls: None
• Connections: None
• Strings: Elixir NANOWEB 80/20 Bronze Light
• Accessories: Hex Wrench
  

Enjoy superior Yamaha build quality under a beautiful gloss finish, making the FS5 II as stunning to look at as it is to play.