Yamaha FG 150
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The Yamaha FG 150 is an acoustic guitar model that was produced for Yamaha by the Japanese company Nippon Gakki between 1968 and 1973 .
The model has a ceiling made of solid spruce , the body and the neck are made of mahogany . The fingerboard is made of rosewood with simple dots as markings. What is striking about the otherwise rather simple guitar is an orange-colored sticker on the inside of the body, which shows the type and model name. The shape of the guitar is based on the Martin OM-14; a small guitar that was mainly used by folk musicians. Consequently, provided the name "FG" is an abbreviation for " F olk G represents uitar"; the number 150 denotes the model.
Although the Yamaha FG 150 was intended more as an affordable mid-range guitar for beginners and amateur musicians, it gained worldwide fame through the Woodstock Festival in 1969 . In the backstage area of the festival stage, there happened to be a copy that was used by various musicians to warm up before their performance. The spontaneous performance of the musician Country Joe , who was unexpectedly sent on stage to bridge a break in renovation, became legendary. Since Country Joe didn't have an instrument at hand, they took the Yamaha, tied a rope around the guitar as an improvised shoulder strap and pushed the surprised musician onto the stage. The song " I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die Rag " , played by him unprepared, can be heard on the Woodstock album and the Woodstock film for the festival.