the thing about Yamhas is that their quality control is pretty good, well actually its excellent. And you generally get something playable. Get a medium priced one and it is always a pleasure to play. Perhaps not the optimum pleasure - but definitely a pleasure.

Sadly I don't think you could say that about many guitar firms. Generally they guarantee the guitar is made out of decent quality materials, but you really do need a good set up to get the best from it.