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Friday, Jan 23
Style: Guitalele
Color: Natural
Features
- A unique mini 6-string nylon guitar that is sized like a baritone ukulele (17" scale) and plays like a guitar
- The guitalele's tuning is pitched up to "A" (or up to a 4th) at A/D/G/C/E/A.
- Nylon Strings
- Comes with a soft case bag
Description
Introducing the Yamaha GL1 Guitalele, now officially available for the first time in the USA! Half guitar, half ukulele…100% fun. A unique mini 6-string nylon guitar that is sized like a baritone ukulele (17" scale) and plays like a standard tune guitar. The guitalele's tuning is pitched up to "A" (or up a 4th) at A/D/G/C/E/A.
Brand: Yamaha
Size: Tenor
Color: Natural
Item dimensions L x W x H: 27.95 x 9.06 x 3.15 inches
Top Material Type: Spruce
Back Material Type: Meranti
String Material Type: Nylon
Finish Type: Unfinished
Instrument: ukulele\nguitar
Item Weight: 0.01 Kilograms
Item Weight: 0.352 ounces
Product Dimensions: 27.95 x 9.06 x 3.15 inches
Country of Origin: Indonesia
Item model number: GL1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: May 2, 2008
Back Material: Meranti
Body Material: Meranti
Color Name: Natural
Guitar Pickup Configuration: S
Scale Length: 17.0
String Material: Nylon
Top Material: Spruce
Number of Strings: 6
Guitar Bridge System: Fixed
Material Type: meranti
Instrument Key: c
Size: Tenor
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Style: Guitalele
Color: Natural
69 year old guitar hack here. Played electric, and some acoustic guitar in three bands way back in the 1970's. Played acoustic at a wedding. My neighbor bought a Yamaha GL-1 "guitalele" A few years ago, and told me recently that he loves it! A GL-1 is basically a very compact 6 string classical guitar, but, instead of being tuned Eadgbe, it is tuned 5 frets up on each string, so the low and high e's become a's. This means that all the chord shapes I know on a regular guitar can be played in the same positions, but the name of the chord will be different. Example, an e major chord shape on a guitar, will really be an a major on the Yamaha. If I am just playing by myself for myself, there is no problem. If I was to play along with a regular guitar, we would have to work out what key to play in. Also, if I sing and play, then depending on what key I play in, I would have to sing in higher notes. This thing came quicky to me in Hawaii, and it is in perfect condition! Since it had nylon/classical type strings, it is going to take much longer for the strings to settle down and stop sretching. Way longer than my steel stringers. So, don't write a review after a few days complaining about this. All classical style nylon string guitars do this! Pick it up,tune it, play it, and keep tuning it. The tuners on mine seem just fine. It is a total blast for me to play. It sounds great, especially for the small body size. It has very good volume and sustain too. A bit stingy on the fret markers, both on the fingerboard and side of the neck. If you have big fingers, some chording might be a bit crowded. It doesn't have a truss rod. But, many classical guitars and many other guitaleles don't have them either. I have yet to read a review, or watch a video review, where the owner had a neck warp. In short, I should have bought one of these long ago. Update after more than a year now. I still love this little 6 stringer! I have been selling some of my amps and ukes etc. I had considered selling my Yamaha, but cannot do it! It is just such a great insrument. Mine is still perfect. Drawbacks? Few. The 17" scale is a bit tight for me. One string started unravelling after not too much playing. I was able to buy the one string and replaced it. I read a review somewhere where the writer returned his due to various flaws. Looking at mine it's hard to believe. I think Yamaha should make an option of the GL-1 that would come with an under saddle pickup with tuner and volume/tone controls. Great price, great instrument, great FUN!!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2023 by Jon
Style: Guitalele
Color: Natural
The media could not be loaded. I got this on Amazon about one month ago. It was on sale for under $100. How could I go wrong?!?!? I had never even heard of the Guitalele instrument until I just happened across it while looking at ukelele’s on Amazon. What a fortuitous find!!! I seriously love this thing! It’s tuned just like a normal sized guitar…if you then capoed that guitar at the 4th fret. The strings are ADGCEA. (From 6-1). It does not have a lot of bass in it, but that’s to be expected with an instrument of this size. That being said, it freaking plays like a dream and sounds fantastic! There are several makers of Guitalele’s out there, some at least twice as much, or more. I wanted to try the instrument after watching some YouTube videos of them being played but didn’t want to waste a lot of money if it turned out I didn’t like it. That’s why when this Yamaha Guitalele dropped under $100 (well, if I’m being accurate here, I bought it the same day I saw it on here so as far as I knew the “sale” price of under $100 was the actual price. But it does go for about $20-$30 more depending on the fluctuating pricing on Amazon) I jumped on it! It really does sound great! I also (after Christmas last year) bought a Kala Baritone Ukulele on here (LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT INSTRUMENT!!!!) and so I am familiar with KALA’s build quality and sound a bit more than I am with any musical instrument produced by Yamaha, so I toyed with the idea of splurging the $250 for the KALA version of the Guitalele, but in the end, user recommendations and price drove me to this one. I am absolutely happy with this and glad I chose it! You will be too! Here’s a little improv of some blues I did today. Give you a good idea of the sound. But also check out other YouTube videos of this instrument to be sure you like it before you buy it.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2023 by Olaf the Giant
Style: Guitalele
Color: Natural
It's so tiny yet an adult can play it. It's a fantastic travel guitar. It goes out of tune, this first day, but not the way a toy guitar does and I believe it will stay in tune after the strings stretch for awhile. In a few weeks, I'll update you as to weather or not it stays in tune. It's the cutest guitar in the world with a lovely zippered case. It's smaller than I thought, it really is just like a baritone Ukelele, I have one of those too. But, this is better because you can make more interesting sounding music with the 2 extra strings, especially if you like to "pick" your accompaniment. If you "pick" your accompaniment on the ukelele, it gets dull really fast because strings are missing so to speak. I could not say enough about how cute this guitar is and so perfect for taking with you anywhere so others can suffer hearing you while you are learning. It's better for learning bar chords because the neck is more narrow than that of the normal sized guitar. The sound is not a Martin, but it sounds just fine. I just adore it, for the money, wow! anything by Yamaha for around 100 is amazing! yayie!!!!! By the way, I'm a female, size medium and the size is fine for playing, not too small for my fingers.If you are very overweight, though, the strings could feel too close together, but if you're thin to ave. it's fine.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2016 by Pom Lover