Yamaha GL1 PB Guitalele 6-string guitar/ukulele Persimmon Brown

General

By popular request, Yamaha has brought out three new colours of the GL1 Guitalele! Here, the beautiful red-brown colour named Persimmon Brown is featured. This instrument is exactly what it sounds like: an excellent combination of a ukulele and a classical guitar. The GL1-PB is only a 1/4 of the size of a classical guitar, making it an great choice for both children and travelling guitarists!

Characteristics of the Yamaha GL1-PB
The body of the Guitalele is made of meranti wood with a spruce top. Nato (similar to mahogany) is used to craft the neck of the Yamaha GL1-PB. With a width of 43 mm, the neck is just about as wide as a full-size classical guitar, which makes it especially easy for children to transition to a full-sized guitar later on. The fretboard is fashioned out of rosewood, as is the bridge. All of these woods work together to give the Guitalele a surprisingly deep, rich, and brilliant sound for such a little instrument.

Guitalele Tuning
The GL1-PB has six nylon strings tuned in ADGCEA, which is the standard ukulele tuning with the addition of the low A and D strings. This means you can easily play along with other guitarists, who can use standard tuning with a capo on the fifth fret. This also means that every guitarist can easily cross over to the Yamaha GL1-TBS Guitalele!

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