He did the most humble thing, he went in there and he bought a $200 Yamaha acoustic guitar. I loved that he showed up with a $200 guitar. He didn’t show up with a $2,000 guitar and he could have.

In doing so, Yamaha created an astonishing piece of musical technology that fits in with everything I like about my usual acoustic guitar experience but makes me sound even better with less effort.

I have a couple of guitars for us.’ Then he went to Guitar Center here in New York, on [West] 14th Street, and he did an incredibly humble thing… He went in there and he bought a $200 Yamaha ...

It's also arguably among the most divisive product families in the normally demure world of acoustic guitars. Released as a ...