--- product_id: 47939612 title: "Acoustic Guitalele, GL1 - A hybrid between guitar and ukulele (70 cm) with 6 Nylon Strings and Fitted Yamaha Gigbag - Tobacco Brown Sunburst" brand: "yamaha" price: "¥61762" currency: JPY in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Yamaha" url: https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47939612-acoustic-guitalele-gl1-a-hybrid-between-guitar-and-ukulele-70 store_origin: JP region: Japan --- # Spruce & Nato tonewoods for balanced sound Includes fitted Yamaha gigbag for travel 6 Nylon Strings for rich tone Acoustic Guitalele, GL1 - A hybrid between guitar and ukulele (70 cm) with 6 Nylon Strings and Fitted Yamaha Gigbag - Tobacco Brown Sunburst **Brand:** yamaha **Price:** ¥61762 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🎶 Small Size, Big Stage Vibes! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Acoustic Guitalele, GL1 - A hybrid between guitar and ukulele (70 cm) with 6 Nylon Strings and Fitted Yamaha Gigbag - Tobacco Brown Sunburst by yamaha - **How much does it cost?** ¥61762 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.jp](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47939612-acoustic-guitalele-gl1-a-hybrid-between-guitar-and-ukulele-70) ## Best For - yamaha enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted yamaha brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Premium Tonewoods:** Crafted with spruce top and meranti back for clear, balanced resonance. - • **Comfort Meets Style:** Soft nylon strings and expert scaling make it ideal for all skill levels. - • **Travel-Ready Design:** Lightweight 1.2 kg body with a sleek gigbag—your perfect on-the-go companion. - • **Mini Guitar, Massive Sound:** Experience the power of a full guitar in a compact 70 cm frame. - • **Perfectly Tuned Playability:** Stable A/D/G/C/E/A tuning with precise fret positioning for flawless intonation. ## Overview The Yamaha GL1 Guitalele is a 6-string hybrid instrument blending guitar and ukulele qualities. Measuring 70 cm, it features premium spruce and meranti woods, nylon strings, and stable A/D/G/C/E/A tuning for a balanced, clear sound. Lightweight and travel-friendly, it comes with a fitted Yamaha gigbag and offers professional playability for musicians of all levels. ## Description Shop for Yamaha PC products at the desertcart.co.uk Musical Instruments & DJ store. Review: A nice little guitar for the price - At this price level I had low expectations, but having respect for the Yamaha brand I took a chance and ordered the guitar, half expecting to send it back it it proved a disappointment. It didn’t disappoint at all. As an experienced player of various full size acoustic guitars I must admit this little guitar is surprisingly well made and pleasant to play for such an economy price. TBH I didn’t buy it for myself, it was supposed to be an alternative instrument for my Ukelele playing partner to progress to. She didn’t like it, because two extra strings aid a step to far for her. Ah we’ll never mind I tried. Also I hope to use it to teach guitar to my 8 year old grandchild but haven’t introduced it to him yet. The body size is ideal for him, and the classical type nylon strings should be easier for him. However the neck width is about the same as a full size guitar and flat rather than radiused, which is not ideal for small hands. Also due to the necessarily short neck the tuning cannot be standard EADGBE like a full size so that’s an obstacle to learning the fretboard for later progression to a full size guitar when he’s older. Review: Quality MIni Guitar - Great for Travel - This guitar does not disappoint - a Yamaha product, it is very well made and set up. You will need to adjust to the small fretboard but the sound quality is great. I have taken it on many trips and even played it in the car. I would think it is also perfect for a child. Much better than a ukulele as you do not have to learn different chords. As this instrument has 6 strings, you get the full harmony and a much fuller sound. Comes with its own bag. I would highly recommend. ## Features - True Yamaha quality crafted for playability and tone: the little guitar with a big sound! An inspirational mini acoustic - balanced tone with even, clear response from high to low notes. - A 6-string, quarter size instrument crafted with select tonewoods such as spruce and nato / With a solid construction and tuning (A/D/G/C/E/A) for an impressive sound - Even and accurate fret positioning ensures the guitalele stays in tune as you play along the full range of the neck / Expertly scaled for comfort with simple, and stable quality tuning gears - Easy-to-play soft, nylon strings for players of all abilities (learners, children, or adults) / Fitted gig bag and compact, small size for travel or taking to lessons - Items delivered: 1x Yamaha GL1 Guitalele in Tobacco Brown Sunburst, with matt finish, 1x Yamaha black fitted guitar bag / Warranty and guitar info literature ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B00AC0OBYE | | Back Material Type | Meranti Wood | | Back material type | Meranti Wood | | Best Sellers Rank | 5,310 in Musical Instruments & DJ ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments & DJ ) 25 in Ukulele | | Body Material Type | Meranti | | Body material | Meranti | | Brand | Yamaha | | Brand Name | Yamaha | | Colour | Tobacco Brown Sunburst | | Country of Origin | Indonesia | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 3,367 Reviews | | Fretboard Material Type | Rosewood | | Global Trade Identification Number | 04957812526807 | | Guitar Bridge System | Fixed | | Hand Orientation | Ambidextrous | | Included Components | Soft case bag | | Instrument | Guitalele | | Item Dimensions | 71 x 23 x 8 centimetres | | Item Dimensions L x W x H | 71L x 23W x 8H centimetres | | Item Type Name | Keyboard | | Item Weight | 1.2 kg | | Manufacturer | Yamaha | | Manufacturer Part Number | GL!TGL1TBSBS | | Model Name | GL1 | | Model Number | GL1TBS | | Model Series | GL | | Neck Material Type | Nato Wood | | Neck material type | Nato Wood | | Number of Items | 1 | | Number of Packs | 1 | | Number of Strings | 6 | | Operation Mode | Acoustic | | Product Warranty | 2 year manufacturer. | | Scale Length | 17.0 | | Set Name | Guitalele GL-1 with soft case | | Size | small | | Sound Profile | Balanced | | String Material Type | Nylon | | Top Material Type | Spruce Wood | | Top material type | Spruce Wood | | UPC | 086792972251 | | Unit Count | 1 Count | ## Product Details - **Back material type:** Meranti Wood - **Body material:** Meranti - **Brand:** Yamaha - **Colour:** Tobacco Brown Sunburst - **Fretboard material type:** Rosewood - **Guitar bridge system:** Fixed - **Hand orientation:** Ambidextrous - **Neck material type:** Nato Wood - **String material type:** Nylon - **Top material type:** Spruce Wood ## Images ![Acoustic Guitalele, GL1 - A hybrid between guitar and ukulele (70 cm) with 6 Nylon Strings and Fitted Yamaha Gigbag - Tobacco Brown Sunburst - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71NGyi+0aIL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Color** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: What kid of strings needs to be used for this guitlele ? Please give me the link, so that I can by.** A: I've fitted a set of Ernie Ball Ernesto Palla Nylon Black and Silver Classical Tie On Set and they are perfect. They took a little playing to settle in but now they are fine. **Q: Can the guitalele be tuned to E?** A: I have to say, as an experienced player, I have had no problem keeping this in tune like a standard guitar EADGBE. It took a while for the tension to settle in but it's fine, the intonation has stayed good. I took sensible precautions by tuning it down gradually, and I don't expect to be able to alternate these very different tunings. Obviously there is less tension in the strings now but it is not causing me a problem. If your style requires higher tension then consider buying different strings. **Q: Good for a 4 year old beginner?** A: I would think that the neck/fret board would be too wide for small hands. **Q: Wanting tp pack in my (large) suitcase. Can someone give me the dimentions from largest width to length please** A: Its dimensions are: scale length (nut to saddle) 432 mm (17"); nut width 47.6 mm (1 7⁄8"); body length 698 mm (27 1⁄2"); body width 229 mm (9"); body depth 71.4 mm (2 13⁄16"). ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A nice little guitar for the price *by M***R on 14 April 2024* At this price level I had low expectations, but having respect for the Yamaha brand I took a chance and ordered the guitar, half expecting to send it back it it proved a disappointment. It didn’t disappoint at all. As an experienced player of various full size acoustic guitars I must admit this little guitar is surprisingly well made and pleasant to play for such an economy price. TBH I didn’t buy it for myself, it was supposed to be an alternative instrument for my Ukelele playing partner to progress to. She didn’t like it, because two extra strings aid a step to far for her. Ah we’ll never mind I tried. Also I hope to use it to teach guitar to my 8 year old grandchild but haven’t introduced it to him yet. The body size is ideal for him, and the classical type nylon strings should be easier for him. However the neck width is about the same as a full size guitar and flat rather than radiused, which is not ideal for small hands. Also due to the necessarily short neck the tuning cannot be standard EADGBE like a full size so that’s an obstacle to learning the fretboard for later progression to a full size guitar when he’s older. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quality MIni Guitar - Great for Travel *by D***N on 3 January 2024* This guitar does not disappoint - a Yamaha product, it is very well made and set up. You will need to adjust to the small fretboard but the sound quality is great. I have taken it on many trips and even played it in the car. I would think it is also perfect for a child. Much better than a ukulele as you do not have to learn different chords. As this instrument has 6 strings, you get the full harmony and a much fuller sound. Comes with its own bag. I would highly recommend. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great value and sound. Poor finish. *by J***E on 20 March 2013* I bought this as a travel guitar as I couldn't afford one of the dedicated travel sized guitars and didn't fancy the limitations of buying a ukelele. And I am very impressed. The sound quality is great for something this sized. It feels well balanced in my hands and the neck, although smaller than a normal guitar, still allows me to play with relative ease. I have big hands so I was doubtful at first but apart from playing the A chord as a single finger barre I am managing fine. Tuning it was easy too - I just used my standard guitar tuner to tune the top string to an A - which is equivalent to the second string on a normal tuner then just tuned the rest from that. There are dedicated guitalele chord charts available but I just play mine with standard chord shapes and the sound is as if I have a capo on the 5th. The higher you go up the fretboard the duller the sound becomes which is standard for most acoustic guitars. But for the majority of players this will not be too great a problem. The only issue I have is with the finish. Obviously for a little over 50 quid I didn't expect the highest quality finish but mine looks like it was painted in a shed. There are lumps of dust all over it, sanding marks still apparent where the neck joins the body and I had to spend quite a while picking off several globs of glue which hasn't been removed and some loose bits of varnish. Despite this though I am left with a great little instrument that is small enough to sit and practise with in an armchair or pop in the back of the car when I go camping. Well worth the money. ## Frequently Bought Together - Yamaha GL Series GL1 TBS Guitalele, Tobacco Sunburst - MUSIC FIRST Original Design 0.6" (15mm) Thick Padded Country Style Guitalele, 26-29" Guitar Case & Bag - Aquila AQ-96 Guilele Strings - 1 Set of 6 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47939612-acoustic-guitalele-gl1-a-hybrid-between-guitar-and-ukulele-70](https://www.desertcart.jp/products/47939612-acoustic-guitalele-gl1-a-hybrid-between-guitar-and-ukulele-70) --- *Product available on Desertcart Japan* *Store origin: JP* *Last updated: 2026-10-05*