Yamaha
Yamaha GL1 Guitalele - Natural
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About this product
Overview & specifications
Yamaha GL1 Guitalele - Natural is a nylon-string six-string built to baritone ukulele dimensions, so it goes in a backpack and still plays like a proper guitar. Every chord shape you already know works, just pitched up a fourth to A-D-G-C-E-A. The Natural finish spruce top keeps it looking like a real instrument rather than a toy.
Spruce top on a 698mm body
The GL1 uses a spruce top over back and sides of locally sourced tonewood, with a matt finish on body and neck. Total length is 698mm with a 319mm body that is 229mm wide and 70mm deep, which is why it fits in a carry-on and sits comfortably on a small lap. The rosewood fingerboard is flat, the way classical players expect, and the maple bridge carries the strings without pins. Medium nylon strings come standard.
48mm nut, guitar-style layout
A 48mm nut width and 10.2mm string spacing give you room to fret cleanly with fingers or a pick. Six strings at guitar intervals mean you can transpose in your head or just treat the A tuning as a built-in capo at the fifth fret. Chrome RM-1252X tuners hold pitch, and there are no electronics or controls to fuss with, so it stays light and simple.
Set up and ready
Set up in-store by Guitar World Australia's techs before it ships to you. Nylon strings, a flat rosewood board and a black-bound body checked over so it plays right from the first strum.
Specifications
The finer details
Specifications
| Brand | Yamaha |
|---|---|
| Model | GL1 |
| Top | Spruce |
| Back | Locally Sourced Tonewood |
| Sides | Locally Sourced Tonewood |
| Neck | Locally Sourced Tonewood |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius | Flat |
| Bridge | Maple |
| Nut Width | 48mm (1 7/8") |
| String Spacing | 10.2mm |
| Nut | Urea |
| Saddle | Urea |
| Bridge Pins | None |
| Tuners | Chrome(RM-1252X) |
| Body Binding | Black (None for BL color variation) |
| Soundhole Inlay | None |
| Pickguard | None |
| Body Finish | Matt |
| Neck Finish | Matt |
| Electronics | None |
| Controls | None |
| Output | None |
| Strings | Medium |
| Body Depth | 70mm (2 3/4") |
| Body Width | 229mm (9") |
| Body Length | 319mm (12 9/16") |
| Total Length | 698mm (27 1/2") |
| Included | None |
| Case | Gig Bag |
| Colour | Natural |