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The Yamaha APX500II Thinline Acoustic Electric Guitar builds upon the worlds most sold acoustic electric guitar series. Upgraded System 65 electronics with under saddle piezo pickup, 3 band EQ, and built in tuner gives the APX500II acoustic guitar incredible versatility and amazing acoustic reproduction. The thinline body gives this guitar a sleek look and very comfortable fit while the oval soundhole thickens lower-mid response and gives a more open low end. With its superb quality, sound and price, Yamaha hit it out of the park with the APX500II.
Yamaha APX500II Thinline Acoustic Electric Guitar Features
- System 65 electronics with under saddle piezo pickup, 3 band EQ, and built in tuner
- Thinline body gives this guitar a sleek look and very comfortable fit
- Oval soundhole thickens lower-mid response and gives a more open low end
- Non-scalloped X-type bracing allows the guitar's top to sing and maximizes the resonance
- Spruce top with nato back and sides for a warm tone with great clarity
Yamaha APX500II's thin-line body combines incredible comfort, easy top-fret access and a sound perfectly suited to on-stage use with bright, clear mids, balanced highs and controlled lows. Specially designed non-scalloped X-type bracing allows the guitar's top to sing and maximizes the resonance of the unique body shape for a full, natural tone. With dynamics, sensitivity and clarity built into the design from day one, the Yamaha APX500II acoustic is a guitar not to be underestimated.
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System 65
System 65 features an under-saddle piezo pickup developed by Yamaha. Controls include a 3-band equalizer, an adjustable mid-range frequency control, and a precision chromatic tuner for optimum sound tailoring. The system is powered by easy to obtain AA-size batteries that provide a stable power supply for improved acoustic electric sound quality.
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Yamaha APX500II Thinline Acoustic Electric Guitar Specifications
- Top: Spruce
- Back and Sides: Nato
- Neck: Nato
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Bridge: Rosewood
- Body Depth: 3 1/8 – 3 9/16
- Nut Width: 43mm
- Tuners: Die Cast Chrome
- Finish: Gloss
- Preamp: System 65
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Tony from Ocala, Florida, USA
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| Outstanding value, highly recommend |
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| Would you consider this product to be made well? How dependable? |
| No complaints. looks rock solid, as all Yamahas usually are. No cracks, nice finish, clean molding. Dinged one star for being all plywood. C'mon Yamaha..these days no excuse for no solid top, even at this price. |
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| cant judge this, except to say I have owned Yamahas before and they are workhorses, built to last. |
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| As a professional guitar player, I am used to playing all wood dreadnoughts with Fishman rare earth pickups and my Fishman Loudbox 100. I am very happy with this guitar, and would recommend it to beginners and professionals alike, very highly. Much better than expected tone, highly playable, nice appearance, sounds great plugged into a GOOD amp. |
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| How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? |
| High marks here, as a guy with a belly and smaller hands, this guitar fits like a glove. Great action, thin neck. |
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| Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? |
| The tone is the only area I ding this guitar. For fingerpicking alone I would give it five stars, but for strumming it just has a less natural sound than my usual Fishman Rare Earth in an all solid wood mahogany dread. I mention that for frame of reference, but I give it 4 stars overall for tone which is saying alot. It still has that slightly twangy piezo sound where you just cannot dial the treble and midrange enough for it to be a "natural" sound, but it is close, and more than acceptable and shockingly good at this price. Other major reason for dinging a star is the unplugged sound...strummed it is boxy, hollow and thin, but more pleasant for finger picking. Sorry, but this is where it separates from solid wood guitars. But, this is NOT made for being unplugged. It sounds great plugged in. |
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| Perfect. Clean and attractive. |
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| Action is superb. Best thing about this guitar. I have smaller hands, and this feels really good. |
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Rob from Westfield, MA USA
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| Nice Guitar |
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| The quality of this guitar was good. This one was a replacement for a APX500FM that was not built well. AMS could not have responded better when I got the other guitar. |
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| A little early to tell. |
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| This guitar is a surprisely good combination of size, features, build quality and sound. |
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| How does it feel, Heavy, Fast, Chunky? How was the neck? Are the controls easy to get to while playing? |
| Plays and Feels Great |
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| Bright and snappy? Dark and smooth? Were the pickups hot, mellow, thick, thin? |
| It is a small bodied thin acoustic guitar. It's tone unplugged is understandably limited but it still isn't bad. This guitar sounds great plugged in. I am very, very impressed by it's amplified tone. |
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| Good |
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| Great action out of the box. Really quite remarkable. |
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