Half Guitar, Half Ukulele, All Fun

ANAHEIM, Calif.—Now available for the firs time in the United States, the Guitalele is a miniature nylon guitar that looks and sounds like a ukulele, but features six strings and is tuned like a standard guitar up to an A (A/D/G/C/E/A). Chord fingering is the same for any standard-tuned guitar, but now guitarists can easily join the ukulele craze with a portable, playable and thoroughly unique instrument.

"The GL1 plays well and gives guitarists a fun alternative to their usual nylon string guitar," says Dennis Webster, marketing manager, Yamaha Guitars.

The GL1 (MSRP: $140) is currently available.

For more information visit Yamaha Corporation of America at Winter NAMM 2012 in The Marriott Hotel Marquis Ballroom, Anaheim, Calif.; write Yamaha Corporation of America, Yamaha Guitars, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; visit http://4wrd.it/yamahaguitars.