#57: Yamaha FG-180 50th Anniversary LTD
A '72 Yamaha FG-180 was my first "new" guitar, so it was the one I kinda grew up with (aside from the '61 000-18 my grandfather had gifted to me). When I "graduated" to countless higher end guitars, it got left at my parents' home where it sat in storage and was subjected to extreme temperatures and RH changes. My father played it from time to time when he didn't want to take his D-45 out of the house. My father passed in '13, and when I "reclaimed" it, it had a severe belly bulge and was in need of a neck reset. My father must have played it more than he let on because the fretboard was pretty well worn, too. Anyway, when Yamaha released an all-solid Anniversary version of the FG-180, I couldn't help myself. It was a purely emotional purchase, so you can imagine, it was a very emotional NGD.
