The first series of GC series flamenco guitars, and G series classical guitars were also first produced in Japan during this time. They also produced their first SA series hollow body electric guitars, the SA15 and SA50. The first Yamaha electric guitars were also produced in Japan, named the SG2 and SG3 models and were almost all sold in the Japanese market. Yamaha’s first true folk guitar, the FG180 was built in Japan, with this guitar series becoming known as Red label guitars and known for their high quality. The Production Custom Shop was opened at Hamamatsu, Japan in 1966 where Yamaha truly started making their own guitar designs not copied from overseas models.
These countries include Japan, Indonesia, China, and the most recent is India. Yamaha are presently making guitars in many different countries, and for the most part they maintain excellent quality controls. In the early days since 1946 Yamaha started making acoustic guitars in Japan at their Tenryu/Wada Factory.
Many guitar manufacturers go to great lengths to hide the countries and factories where their guitars are made, and Yamaha’s history of manufacturing plants isn’t so easy to track either.
Similar to many other guitar companies, Yamaha branched out to other countries as the years rolled by to produce affordable guitars that anyone could buy.įactories in some countries are intended to serve the local market, as is the case with India who have a population rivaling China – and where guitars are becoming increasingly popular. Back in the 1960’s Yamaha started making guitars in Japan at their Hamamatsu factory, however they now manufacture their guitars world-wide.
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