I just bought one. Full disclosure, I am not a classical guitar player. I am not a professional. But I have been playing since the early ‘60s. When I stumbled across this guitar on line, I was immediately attracted to it l. It had the one voice I did not have. I listened to a lot of demos on line. They really sounded good. So I bought one. For many reasons. It’s an excellent practice guitar. It has lots of features. It’s light. It is an excellent travel guitar. The tone is great. A huge package for a reasonable price. I did take it to my luthier to get the action adjusted a bit. You can’t go wrong with this instrument. I don’t think anyone but the purists will be disappointed. Enjoy!
Thanks, good points. Actually only thing that irritates me a little bit is the highness of the strings but it can be adjusted. I may do same and visit my luthier to do some adjustments.
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial take it to a good luthier. The piezo pickup is just under the saddle. So be careful. The saddle can be ground down to adjust the action. But you do not want any “buzz.” If you go down too much, a new saddle has to be built. My luthier took it down by 1/32 of an inch. It did make a difference. The nylon strings vibrate more than steel strings. So if the action is too low you will get buzzing. Get everything just right and you will love this guitar. Good luck!
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial Scampal. Oh wow you havnt heard what scampal did? Simply put they introduced a new policy into their user agreement of a $2500 USD fine to any of its customers if they left a comment on any social media platform thay decided they didn't like. Yes that means they are monitoring all your social media accounts. That's a $2500 fine for each comment they deem offensive. Also they closed peoples accounts and kept their money with out notifying them. Scampal are NOT a banking system which means they are not legally obligated to protect or guarantee your finances, they can close accounts at any time and confiscate all funds, with out notification & without legal consequences. If they have red flagged you, good luck trying to acess your account or close it. I had to close my bank account linked to scampal so they didn't have access to it any more. But I still can't acess my scampal account to close it. An illegal action in Australia.. Millions around the world have been subjected to this BS. Scampal lost millions of $ on the stock market. They gave a statement saying it was a clerical error or something simular. Rolled back the $2500 fine. Then a few days latter they tried to secretly reinstate the $2500 back into their policy statement hoping no one would notice. So much for a clerical error. The scary part is, I haven't see one government from around the world condem scampal for their actions. Millions have now closed scampal accounts, or deleted bank accounts connected to scampal. Remember your $ is not guaranteed in their hands. Thats what you need to know. m.ua-cam.com/video/XMV67LMLjj0/v-deo.html m.ua-cam.com/video/zt8YonMWBN4/v-deo.html
For the record, there is only one pick-up in this guitar - the piezzo under the saddle. There is not another physical microphone as he says at 1:35. The other "mic" is a sampled sound that is contained within the electronics of the pre-amp.
notes at the end of the neck sound pretty warm and natural. the problem comes when you explore the higher frets. There´s is where it definitely loses brightness and crispness, when compared to a regular spanish/acoustic guitar. it's a guitar meant to practice and to bring a more jazzy-modern sound to the traditional guitars. it's not for everybody, that's for sure.
Yeah, I consider this as an individual instrument. If you are (like me) a nylon-string-acoustic-player, then you can't do all things with this BUT it gives other possibilities to color up for example an album, gigs etc. Interesting piece of gtr 🙂
With some delay pedals this could be fun... I wonder if there would ever be a situation to use distortion with nylon strings, because if there was, this guitar would be perfect for it. But the guitar seems really cool for pedalwork with a nylon string without having feedback problems
I brought the Yamaha SLG200S 4 days ago and today i brought the Yamaha Slg200n . I have the Yamaha APX10N and lot more of other good guitars but this silent guitar really is adictive to play ! With headphones in i can now feel kinda matrix
It's more or less ok. Not an amazing instrument but like I said in the video (if I remember right..) It has a very specific sound and feel, so I would say that it's not good as a main instrument but good support for the shows and music.
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial thank you for the fast response. Also I have to thank you for all your videos and tabs you are an amazing and inspirational player. I hoop to see more of your cool stuff 😉
@@jochemsievers8087 Thank you very much! I've been quite busy, so my channel hasn't been very active lately, but hopefully I manage to post some content in the near future.
Question: I like the wider neck on the nylon version of this guitar. Would it be possible to string the nylon version with steel strings (11-52)? What would happen if did this?
I use this guitar nearly exclusively since a few years, together with a good clean amp at home. I have adjusted it correctly and modified the armrest so I can play more precisely. I also invented a new artificial fingernail technique to play easy without plectrum. Although the fingernails are also useful for classical guitar, they help simplify playing on the silent guitar. As it is a little special guitar, you want to make adaptations as easy as possible. The main advantage is, that I can play at night and take it as hand luggage in airplanes for business trips 🤓😋🥰
It's good for sure, with a lot of effects and a good amp, but a handmade guitar will always be the better choice 🙃 Otherwise we loose the respect of such an old craft with all it's spirit🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yeah, like I said in the video, this is not like a luthier made guitar :-) It's a interesting instrument that you can do some interesting things with. Don't think it as an replacement for the normal guitar, it's like an independent instrument with its own nature. I see that's also a good thing.
Rik Emmett used on of the steel string Yamaha silent guitars on a entire tour and he can afford any guitar that’s made. So I think it’s a real instrument.
It’s a toy for rookies and absolute beginners, it’s a toy only for travel, not for real live gigs ! It’s a scam and Yamaha should be ashamed! Fuck this guitar , please forgive my language, I’m utterly pissed because Yamaha won’t give me my money back , do not buy it “ you’re warned ‘
Rough words. I know many professionals who have recorded with this gtr and I would say that there are definitely situations where you can use this instrument. I wouldn't judge this straight away.
Ive been lingering on pressing the button to buy this guitar, your test inspired me and persuaded me to buy it. Subscribed!
Cheers!
I just bought one. Full disclosure, I am not a classical guitar player. I am not a professional. But I have been playing since the early ‘60s. When I stumbled across this guitar on line, I was immediately attracted to it l. It had the one voice I did not have. I listened to a lot of demos on line. They really sounded good. So I bought one. For many reasons. It’s an excellent practice guitar. It has lots of features. It’s light. It is an excellent travel guitar. The tone is great. A huge package for a reasonable price. I did take it to my luthier to get the action adjusted a bit. You can’t go wrong with this instrument. I don’t think anyone but the purists will be disappointed. Enjoy!
Thanks, good points. Actually only thing that irritates me a little bit is the highness of the strings but it can be adjusted. I may do same and visit my luthier to do some adjustments.
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial take it to a good luthier. The piezo pickup is just under the saddle. So be careful. The saddle can be ground down to adjust the action. But you do not want any “buzz.” If you go down too much, a new saddle has to be built. My luthier took it down by 1/32 of an inch. It did make a difference. The nylon strings vibrate more than steel strings. So if the action is too low you will get buzzing. Get everything just right and you will love this guitar. Good luck!
Holy cow, I came for the review & fell in love with your musical style. Awesome. I don't suppose you teach this awesomeness.
Cheers! I teach sometimes but not regularly. If you want we can have a Zoom session. You can pay through PayPal.
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial nice idea, but I will never use scampal again after their money grab stunt. But thanks for the offer. Greatly appreciated.
@@thylacine1962 Oh, haven't heard. What "money grab stunt" you mean? And you mean Zoom organization right?
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial Scampal.
Oh wow you havnt heard what scampal did? Simply put they introduced a new policy into their user agreement of a $2500 USD fine to any of its customers if they left a comment on any social media platform thay decided they didn't like. Yes that means they are monitoring all your social media accounts. That's a $2500 fine for each comment they deem offensive. Also they closed peoples accounts and kept their money with out notifying them. Scampal are NOT a banking system which means they are not legally obligated to protect or guarantee your finances, they can close accounts at any time and confiscate all funds, with out notification & without legal consequences. If they have red flagged you, good luck trying to acess your account or close it. I had to close my bank account linked to scampal so they didn't have access to it any more. But I still can't acess my scampal account to close it. An illegal action in Australia.. Millions around the world have been subjected to this BS. Scampal lost millions of $ on the stock market. They gave a statement saying it was a clerical error or something simular. Rolled back the $2500 fine. Then a few days latter they tried to secretly reinstate the $2500 back into their policy statement hoping no one would notice. So much for a clerical error. The scary part is, I haven't see one government from around the world condem scampal for their actions. Millions have now closed scampal accounts, or deleted bank accounts connected to scampal. Remember your $ is not guaranteed in their hands. Thats what you need to know.
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Nice review and great playing man
Thanks!
For the record, there is only one pick-up in this guitar - the piezzo under the saddle. There is not another physical microphone as he says at 1:35. The other "mic" is a sampled sound that is contained within the electronics of the pre-amp.
Thank you for correcting the mistake.
Best for pros and beginners for learning and practicing .
Cheers!
That was beautiful thank you
Thanks!
notes at the end of the neck sound pretty warm and natural.
the problem comes when you explore the higher frets. There´s is where it definitely loses brightness and crispness, when compared to a regular spanish/acoustic guitar.
it's a guitar meant to practice and to bring a more jazzy-modern sound to the traditional guitars.
it's not for everybody, that's for sure.
Yeah, I consider this as an individual instrument. If you are (like me) a nylon-string-acoustic-player, then you can't do all things with this BUT it gives other possibilities to color up for example an album, gigs etc. Interesting piece of gtr 🙂
Your playing is very beautifull. Between Yamaha Silent and Godin Multiac, which do you recomend?
I cant' say, you have to test and choose your choice that suits you better.
With some delay pedals this could be fun... I wonder if there would ever be a situation to use distortion with nylon strings, because if there was, this guitar would be perfect for it.
But the guitar seems really cool for pedalwork with a nylon string without having feedback problems
I brought the Yamaha SLG200S 4 days ago and today i brought the Yamaha Slg200n . I have the Yamaha APX10N and lot more of other good guitars but this silent guitar really is adictive to play ! With headphones in i can now feel kinda matrix
Yeah, with headphones you can easily drop into your own world with no other things that disturbs :-)
Hallo Joonas how do you like this guitar after a year playing it ? Greetings from the Dutch Lowlands ✌🏽
It's more or less ok. Not an amazing instrument but like I said in the video (if I remember right..) It has a very specific sound and feel, so I would say that it's not good as a main instrument but good support for the shows and music.
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial thank you for the fast response. Also I have to thank you for all your videos and tabs you are an amazing and inspirational player. I hoop to see more of your cool stuff 😉
@@jochemsievers8087 Thank you very much! I've been quite busy, so my channel hasn't been very active lately, but hopefully I manage to post some content in the near future.
Been looking at this Yamaha for awhile, thanks for the demo . . . Did you get the 'Wide-Neck'?
I don't know is this wide neck, but it feels quite normal nylon string neck...compared to my other guitars.
SLG200NW
@@AMMS10 There is W behind the neck :-) Just figured out. Thanks!
what is that song you play at minuto 7:37 ? sounds like a soundtrack from a movie
It's not a song, I'm just improvising there.
@@JoonasWideniusOfficial amazing... what style is that ??
@ I'm a flamenco guitarist so it affects to my playing 🙂
Question: I like the wider neck on the nylon version of this guitar. Would it be possible to string the nylon version with steel strings (11-52)? What would happen if did this?
Usually you can't use metal strings with nylon string guitar and also other way round.
God how I love that weird phenomenon that makes a Finnish guitarist have such a cool Spanish vibe on guitar!
Thanks!
I use this guitar nearly exclusively since a few years, together with a good clean amp at home. I have adjusted it correctly and modified the armrest so I can play more precisely. I also invented a new artificial fingernail technique to play easy without plectrum. Although the fingernails are also useful for classical guitar, they help simplify playing on the silent guitar. As it is a little special guitar, you want to make adaptations as easy as possible. The main advantage is, that I can play at night and take it as hand luggage in airplanes for business trips 🤓😋🥰
can we use normal d'addario nylon strings?
Yup!
Tnqq ❤️
Sounds a little metalic or not?
Maybe...it depends on the eq a bit too I think.
It's good for sure, with a lot of effects and a good amp, but a handmade guitar will always be the better choice 🙃
Otherwise we loose the respect of such an old craft with all it's spirit🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yeah, like I said in the video, this is not like a luthier made guitar :-) It's a interesting instrument that you can do some interesting things with. Don't think it as an replacement for the normal guitar, it's like an independent instrument with its own nature. I see that's also a good thing.
It’s a toy , do not buy unless you want to lose your money due to ( 2 weeks money back policy ) and is a TOY !!!
Then this man is a magician in making this toy sound great.
@@billimbriale8535 buy it now ! Then talk ! Buy it now please! And see it for yourself !
I have it genius. Typical snob comment.
Rik Emmett used on of the steel string Yamaha silent guitars on a entire tour and he can afford any guitar that’s made. So I think it’s a real instrument.
It’s a toy for rookies and absolute beginners, it’s a toy only for travel, not for real live gigs ! It’s a scam and Yamaha should be ashamed! Fuck this guitar , please forgive my language, I’m utterly pissed because Yamaha won’t give me my money back , do not buy it “ you’re warned ‘
Rough words. I know many professionals who have recorded with this gtr and I would say that there are definitely situations where you can use this instrument. I wouldn't judge this straight away.
Your talking shit, ive heard this guitar played at live gigs, its sounds really good