Along with the FG-140 and FG-180 the Yamaha FG-300 was one of the original "red label" Six-string jumbo acoustics built in Japan starting in 1969 specimens from 1972-1974 can be identified by a green label while models between 1974 and 1977 had a black label Wood Composition : Select Spruce top, Rosewood back and side, Fingerboard and bridge