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Great picking, brother!

Love this❤

G'Day Randy... Enjoyed your review with reservations ???? and... Cannot decide what your (possible) problem is ? THAT guitar in your hands is a 'Beauty' ! Compliments to your fingers ! 'Tone' is EVERYTHING with me and THAT guitar is just singing it's own sweet song... Own a range of Guitar models and styles, including a YAMAHA F310CEQ ... Golden Mahogany and Spruce Top with different Tone to yours... Love my guitar and would also love that guitar you have demonstrated... Nothing wrong with those tuners and suspect those strings just need "playing in" for a couple of hours over period of time ???? Binding ???? Some of my guitars are beautifully bound and some are simple or none at all... Randy... It's all about Tone and suggest a cuppa coffee and reconsideration could make you the happiest owner of that FS5 worldwide ! Price ? Mmmm... Am inclined to agree with you and would say value is approx US$1,000-00 ... but... quality and value are subjective variances to individuals... At the end of the day (?) "Pay up and smile" if you desire that particular guitar... (Show me two guitars the same ?? Have never seen or heard same yet, whether same Brands, Models etc)... Good Cheers ! 🤠

I got the one from China, but after I had it set up I’ve had no issues

excellently superbly wondrous marvellously outstandingly superlative

Sounds and looks good, a fine guitar ;)

Hey Randy . . . . firstly, the tune you played for your intro was played beautifully and sounded great as well, and secondly . . . a very nice guitar indeed. Cannot believe the cost of the guitar $$ . . . hand made!!! 🤷🏻‍♂ Cheers my good friend . . . . John 😊 ✌

I own this guitar and love it. I use a separate fishman humbucker and get a decent sound from it. I also professionally installed a pin on the side of the neck to strap my guitar. I’m convinced this will be the last acoustic guitar I will own.

I can't find a Chinese model hummingbird worth buying not even used!!

Beautiful performance Randy

Definitely on of my fav tuning open D, great video man

What strings come on it

Pretty good review. Nice to know people give honest reviews still. 😊

Nice review as always Randy, I've been on the lookout for a 3 or 5 series Yamaha since they came out. Now this may be controversial, but I am pretty certain that both the 3 and 5 series guitars are made in China. Where they differ is that the 3 series are completely done in China, whereas they ship out the finished carcasses of some of these to Japan, where fretwork is done there, along with adding that fake Ebony pickguard on top of the original Black plastic one. They add a slightly wider bone saddle for better intonation, and a bone nut. They also give it a hard case, call it the 5 series and claim it's Japanese made and price accordingly. Personally I would get the 3 series and mod it up to a 5 myself. This kind of thing has been done before. The John Lennon reissue Casino's of late 90's-2000's were all made by Terada in Japan. Those fully finished carcasses were shipped to the USA where the electronics and hardware were added and the guitars were set up and sold with a little sticker on the back of the headstock stating"Assembled in the USA". They were basically Japanese, and still people think they were a US made reissue. Keep up the good work Randy👍

CCP spyware included. 😆

Not a bad sounding guitar! They look like a solid outfit 👍

Nice review Randy the guitar sounds awesome.

Wow / Randy / You made that Guitar ( J-45 ) sound much like a Gibson so I bought one - ( Indonesia) 🇮🇩 and love It ( not quite my Gibson J-160 Beatles Model)!

I think this man's fingers could make anything sparkle and shine.

I've just been on the Mackenzie & Marr website. I'm very impressed. The Riverboat dreadnought has got a huge sound. They're some of the greatest sounding instruments l've heard. And if ever l feel the need for a 12 string, l know where to look. There's is amazing. Thanks for sharing your discovery Randy.

I can't believe the price of that guitar! It looks and sounds just great. Especially in your hands. Beautiful playing Randy.

What a beautiful guitar, sounds so nice when you were playing it too.

Colonel , That is a wonderful sounding guitar with the looks to match. They maybe my next guitar to buy , I would have went with them but as you know I was hunting a Gibson. I am glad it all work out and you are tickled with her !

Randy, you're making all of us up here blush. Thank you so much for the in-depth review.

That tune you’re playing in this is just about as beautiful as it gets! Great to hear your fabulous picking!!! Wonderful guitar!

I checked my IBG hummingbird 12-string, and, luckily, it was built in Indonesia. Positions 5 and 6 are “23”. I was very relieved! Thank you!

Wow Randy thats a beautiful guitar man.. I was just looking on the website and the one you got is the one I like best.. sounds fantastic👌Man next time I come across some $$ I reckon that may be the next one on the list, what a bargain.I know what you mean with the tuners.. the real thing is SO much nicer than the replicas..Nice review as always👍

That guitar sounds great. I love your opening tune. Sounds like a sad cowboy song. Hope you and your family are well.

That Mac And Marr sounds very nice mate. I dont believe they are available here in Oz, but Ive listened to a few online and they all sounded quite nice. Hope you are well my friend, take care and play on...P.S. Loved your freight train pickin brother, very nice playing indeed, and man that thing is LOUD!

I like guitar so much!! Unfortunately I don't have one yet!! Beautiful sharing my dear friend Randy!! Love and respect Kyle!! 😊🥁🇵🇭

Beautiful guitar and a wonderful demo and talk, very well done Randy 👏👏👏👏

I left 3 comments and 2 got lost, what the hell... Randy, can you please check the comments from TH-cam Studio? Maybe they got moderated for no real reason.

First of all, just stellar playing, Brother. Top notch. What a great review- nice to hear that there are high quality, affordable guitars being made. I have no problem with the China aspect, especially since it’s run by a North American company. Great review, and great information 👏🎸😎

I'd bet 100$ this is the same case that SIGMA sells under its brand, haha! Love to notice stuff like this.

Holy cow Randy, that thing sounds awesome. Very clear while finger style playing and crisp while using a pic. I would be happy with it. That extra body depth really makes a difference in volume too. You have a winner there. I'll talk to you soon my friend.

Great review Randy. Wonderful sounding guitar. 🤠👍✌️👏👏👏👏

Another great video Randy! Never heard of this brand but it's sounds pretty dang good. The days of Chinese guitars being bottom of the barrel quality are long behind us. I would love to see you do a video on an Eastman guitar. Eastman is also Chinese and the value of their guitars is quite unreal. I recently got their new E3OM Deluxe model and it's a fantastic instrument just like really most of their guitars, even the 'affordable' ones. I work in a guitar shop so I have played tons of Eastmans. Highly recommend them and I think that it would be a great brand to review on your channel one day!

Beautiful playing and very informative details about this beautiful guitar. I wish you all the best Randy !! Greetings from Austria😁

What a lovely entrance with the little snippet you played before the tutorial began. I could listen to you playing like this for a whole day !!! That was wonderful!!! Same as your explanation in the video as well!

I own both- great playing review. To me my Bird is alive and friskier- the Slash J-45 just lacks something. It's balanced and perfectly presentable- but sounds unremarkable.

This was super great info Randy. I haven't done any open tuning but i would love to give it a try. It would be great for songwriting which i have doing a bit of lately. Thanks for the video!!

Great tutorial, Randy! Thank you for sharing. Greetings from Elly 🎸🎸🎸

Love it!

Its much easier to adjust a guitar to your own preferences if the action is high, manufacturers known that and do it on purpose because they dont want to risk it being too low because the guitar will buzz and the shop will never be able to sell it.

Well done! Like yourself, I own one ... incredible value, as you say! The gimmick you use for laughter is very catchy! What do you think about Cole Clark guitars? James

Thumbs up subbed Great video, I just got an epiphone j200,studio parlor, EC, love it, it's my first epiphone, those your playing sound Great 👍

Thanks for the fine music

Great guitar playing and videos Randy I was lucky to find an IBG J 45 Slash model... what a great sound and now I've got my eye on one of those IBG Hummingbirds, keep up the good work 😎🎸🎶💙