I had two Yamaha FG-somethings in the 1970's: one superb and one dull (though maybe a new set of strings would have transformed it - then as now I plumbed the obscene depths of degrading penury).

My local music shop has had a used LA-8 (from the Yamaha hand-made workshop)for sale for months now: it should be everything I want, looks very pretty and is clearly beautifully put together, but the sound is not a patch on some cheaper, new guitars in the shop. Once again, it may be just in need of a set of strings, but I'll leave it a while and wait for the price to come down before I find out.