Name: ERG121
Brand: Yamaha
SKU: 9276
Rating: 4.3 (23 reviews)

David Staples

Still have it after 15 years.

Published on 03/25/19 at 20:44

This was my first guitar and I still love it.
I've been playing off and on (mostly off) for 15 years. I would never sell it. Not only because of nostalgia but because it's basically a great beginner's guitar. There are a lot of dents in the top and the side, and I'm not sure what kind of veneer they use but I've yet to see bare wood (I mean, 1-2mm deep dents).
I bought it from the local music store and they included a hard case.
Still in love with it.
Someone mentioned fret buzz, especially on the E string. Yeah, that's a problem but I think I fixed it by adjusting the neck tension, by letting it off ever so slightly.
A proper set up from your local music store might help.
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This was my first guitar and I still love it.
I've been playing off and on (mostly off) for 15 years. I would never sell it. Not only because of nostalgia but because it's basically a great beginner's guitar. There are a lot of dents in the top and the side, and I'm not sure what kind of veneer they use but I've yet to see bare wood (I mean, 1-2mm deep dents).
I bought it from the local music store and they included a hard case.
Still in love with it.
Someone mentioned fret buzz, especially on the E string. Yeah, that's a problem but I think I fixed it by adjusting the neck tension, by letting it off ever so slightly.
A proper set up from your local music store might help.

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MGR/Alexei

Yamaha ERG 121

Published on 11/23/10 at 15:00

i'd knew this gear for long time but i never thought i would have it as my second electric guitar. i left world of electric for 2 years and played Acoustic for that long.
i know what a good guitar means. and this guitar could be called so so

Well i got this Guitar second hand from a local dealer. no amp or bag included.
but price was freaky good. 120 $
i was short in money and in this price this guitar matched greatly.

well the quality of body is fine. neck and frets look good. its a good guitar for a beginner. worths more than what it seems. specially smoothness of frets which wont make the newbies get tired of this guitar.

sound of this guitar is not what it gotta be.
Fret's steel...…

i'd knew this gear for long time but i never thought i would have it as my second electric guitar. i left world of electric for 2 years and played Acoustic for that long.
i know what a good guitar means. and this guitar could be called so so

Well i got this Guitar second hand from a local dealer. no amp or bag included.
but price was freaky good. 120 $
i was short in money and in this price this guitar matched greatly.

well the quality of body is fine. neck and frets look good. its a good guitar for a beginner. worths more than what it seems. specially smoothness of frets which wont make the newbies get tired of this guitar.

sound of this guitar is not what it gotta be.
Fret's steel are too high so you can not low the action too much. this is general problem of all cheap guitars. so you stat between a high action or a noisy sound out of fretboard.
you can modify the guitar frets which makes your guitar your soul bound means you cant sell it after that.

body quality is higher than similar guitars in this class. fretboard is a decent Rosewood. pickups are not good at all.

this is a good guitar for people with no money. but i recommend to buy a standard Fender for 400 $ instead. if you don't have that much. this one is a good one for beginning.

This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

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MGR/Phillitalian

Yamaha ERG 121C

Published on 01/14/07 at 15:00

Ive been playing guitar for maybe 4-5 months, but thats on my own time which is basically all the time when im home. When im at school i play the euphonium (you-fone-ee-umm) which is like a small tuba =P. I dont know why i chose it, but i think it has to do with me wanting to sit in the back of the class. Anyways to my guitar. I picked up my erg 121c for 250 bucks canadian(130 pounds,194 euro) at costco. Came with 16 watt amp, strap, picks, extra strings, gig bag... basically all a beginner needs.

I got this guitar for 250 bucks at costco. Came with 16 watt amp,strap, gig bag, picks and everything you need for a beginner guitar.

Basically everything. Rosewood neck,strat-style solid...…

Ive been playing guitar for maybe 4-5 months, but thats on my own time which is basically all the time when im home. When im at school i play the euphonium (you-fone-ee-umm) which is like a small tuba =P. I dont know why i chose it, but i think it has to do with me wanting to sit in the back of the class. Anyways to my guitar. I picked up my erg 121c for 250 bucks canadian(130 pounds,194 euro) at costco. Came with 16 watt amp, strap, picks, extra strings, gig bag... basically all a beginner needs.

I got this guitar for 250 bucks at costco. Came with 16 watt amp,strap, gig bag, picks and everything you need for a beginner guitar.

Basically everything. Rosewood neck,strat-style solid body, 2 humbucker and 1 single coil pickup, 1 tone and 1 volume control, 5 pickup selector switch, stays in tune very nicely, comes with a tremolo/whammy bar, pretty light and its black.

Maybe the only thing i dont like about thus guitar is the paint is maybe 2.5-3mm thick and i chipped it in the first few weeks, but i think that might have been my fault because i dropped it...(Whoops)

i pretty much already described it

I love this guitar mainly because its my first, feels beautiful and overall is a perfect beginner guitar. Any other questions? just ask Phillitalian@hotmail.com

This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

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MGR/Dan Youd

Yamaha ERG 121C

Published on 04/17/06 at 15:00

I bought this guitar as my first ever guitar from Woolworths for only £150 with a GA-10 Practice AMP, Audio Lead and Gig Bag. I think it is an excellent price for a beginner/entry level guitar though I would advise getting it from somewhere else as it took over a month for them to send it.

I like almost everything about this guitar specialy for the price I payed. Its a strat style guitar with a solid maple body. The colour of the body is fully black which in my opinion is a great colour for a guitar. It has 2 humbucker pickups and 1 single coil pickup which in my opinion is excellent as I have used a Fender Squire with 3 single coils and another guitar with 2 humbuckers and to me the...…

I bought this guitar as my first ever guitar from Woolworths for only £150 with a GA-10 Practice AMP, Audio Lead and Gig Bag. I think it is an excellent price for a beginner/entry level guitar though I would advise getting it from somewhere else as it took over a month for them to send it.

I like almost everything about this guitar specialy for the price I payed. Its a strat style guitar with a solid maple body. The colour of the body is fully black which in my opinion is a great colour for a guitar. It has 2 humbucker pickups and 1 single coil pickup which in my opinion is excellent as I have used a Fender Squire with 3 single coils and another guitar with 2 humbuckers and to me the pickup setup on this guitar beat both of them easy and made much heavyer sounds than the other two guitars. The guitar is also very easy to tune and stays in tune for quite long which is great.

The Low E string on this guitar does have a bit of fretbuzz which can b anoying but I'm sure I could get it sorted out. One thing that can get anoying with it being totaly black is that it marks very easy and you only have to look at it to get a finger print on it but that doesnt bother me to much. Other than that id say that theres nothing really bad about it.

I have had the guitar for about 8 months now and nothing has broke on it yet. It is very solid and well built as can be expected by a make like Yamaha and is deffinately the best quality you could get for £150.

On the whole this guitar is excellent and you would have a hard time finding a beginner or entry level guitar that is as good quality as this for a price as good as this.

This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com

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