Guitalele Yamaha GL1 BL Black
The Yamaha GL1-BL guitalele is a 6-string nylon mini guitar, with the dimensions of a baritone ukulele. This model has a black finish. Tuning in A/D/G/C/E/A.
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Half guitar, half ukulele, the Yamaha GL1-BL guitar is 100% fun. With black finish. This nylon six- string mini guitar has the dimensions of a baritone ukulele and plays like a standard guitar with the familiar chord positions as it is tuned a fourth higher than the traditional guitar tuning: A - D - G - C - E - A. In other words, it's like playing a normally tuned guitar but with a transposer on the fifth fret.
Yamaha ensured that, despite its reduced dimensions, the Yamaha GL1-BL guitar had the sound of a large instrument, using very affordable materials and the best construction techniques. For the top he chose spruce (fir) and meranti for the back and sides, a wood similar to mahogany. This guarantees the Yamaha GL1-BL not only structural integrity but also good sonic definition and sustain.
The neck is in nato, a hard and resistant wood, with a fretboard in rosewood, the same material the bridge is made of. Despite the frets being closer together than on a full-size guitar, the Yamaha GL1-BL guitar is very comfortable and fun to play whatever the size of your hands, whatever your level.
It is an ideal instrument both to introduce youngsters to the six strings, to take on a trip, to have on hand at a festival tent or to practice and develop the technique of more advanced musicians. And, as it is in a different tuning, it can be an interesting complement for creating new sounds in your music, solo or together with traditional guitars.
Yamaha is one of the largest manufacturers of musical instruments and one of the most recognized brands by musicians and the industry for its high quality products. The Yamaha GL1-BL guitalele is the result of knowledge transmitted through generations, under the supervision of master builders in the manufacture and in the transmission of skills to the brand's workers, who apply their knowledge in the manufacture of stringed instruments every day, in all stages of the process.
The Yamaha GL1-BL guitar is the perfect instrument for guitarists of all sizes who want to have the full potential of a guitar's six strings at their disposal in a small and portable ukulele format, with all the fun that these unique features can provide. to supply.
Specifications:
- Model: GL1-BL
- Black color
- Top: spruce
- Back: meranti
- Sides: meranti
- Neck: natural
- Fingerboard: rosewood
- Bridge: rosewood
- Accessories included: bag
- Body depth: 70mm
- Fingerboard width: 48mm