I just paid half down on a '74 handmade Yamaha GC10D classical guitar. I saw it in a music store in Reykjavik over the weekend.
I'm paying around $1000 for it. $500 now, and the rest next month.
It's very well taken care of considering its age and such. Has alot of cool features like a real bone nut, and the rest is your standard classical affair. Cedar top, rosewood sides and back if I remember correctly, and ebony fingerboard. Seemed to have good tuners and such aswell.
Sounds pretty good, probably even better when I get it home, since I've only played it in a store so far, but it played wonderfully.
It's got some scratches and stuff you'd attribute to a played instruments, but no real dings or such. Only blemish is that it's been fitted with a jack, but no piezo yet. I might get some Fishman electronics into it later on, but I'm not really sure about amplified classicals.
I've heard good stuff about Yamaha classicals, including this piece Guitarist magazine did about nylon stringed guitars. Even if it seems weird buying a classical guitar made in Japan, I'm not too hung up on it.
