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APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Black

SKU: # 424918   |   Model: # APX500III BL   |    Product Reviews8 Reviews  Write a Review
Yamaha
APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Black

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APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Black
APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Black
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APXs 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 guitars 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, APX is a guitar not to be underestimated.

Body depth and Bracing pattern
The APXs thin-line body offers incredible comfort, top-fret access, and a sound perfect for on-stage use. Specially designed non-scalloped X-type bracing maximizes body resonance for full, natural tone. Their wide dynamic range, excellent sensitivity, and outstanding clarity make them impressive performers.

APX Soundhole : Oval
The instantly recognizable APX soundhole thickens lower-mid response and gives a more strident, open low end.

Electric System : System 66
System 66 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 sound quality.

SPECIFICATIONS
Top: Spruce
Back: Nato / Okume
Side: Nato / Okume
Neck: Nato
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Body Depth: 80-90mm (3 1/8" - 3 9/16")
Nut Width: 43mm (1 11/16")
String Length: 650mm (25 9/16")
Tuners: Die-Cast Chrome
Preamp: System 66
Bridge: Rosewood

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Light but with great tone 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Scarborough, Ontario
I played it right out of the box, (after a quick tuning) and checked it out from top to bottom. Tuner works good. Pick up works well. This is my out of the box impression. Top quality for a good price.
Posted by Ollie on Jun 29, 2017
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great sound plugged into pro pa / sound systems 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton Mayfield, Alberta
I have played apx guitars the last 7 or 8 years on several stages both indoors and out. the sound guys always love the sound they get. I had one guy at an outdoor festival walk from mixer to the stage .He wanted to see what I was playing. He later told me he was surprised it was not something a lot further up the price ladder.I told him I left the others at home. II play electric / acoustic 50/50 , the Yamaha can be played almost like an electric . LOVE IT.
Posted by JOHN WILLIAMS on Jan 6, 2017
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Great guitar 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Scarborough, Ontario
I bought this for my son for his high school graduation in June (2016), and he taught himself to play on it. It's December now, and I can play him random riffs off of YouTube, and he can replicate it almost instantly. This guitar made playing music a reality. He learned to keep the instrument in tune, which is simple with the built-in tuner. It looks and sounds fantastic, and with his cheap amp on high gain, it still gives a great electric sound. It's a great size, perfect to throw in the car for the weekend. He plays it all weekend at the trailer, and met lots of new friends. They all teach each other tricks they've learned, and jam sessions last for hours. It's pretty cool watching them get better every week, and having a blast doing it. Overall, it was a great investment, and it's really boosted my son's musical confidence. He loves playing the APX, and it sounds fantastic both acoustic or electric.
Posted by L Koe on Dec 15, 2016
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APX500lll 5 of 5 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Sudbury, Ontario
I owned the apx500ll and I thought that was such a beautiful guitar not only cosmetic but sound quality was also present....of course you get a smaller quieter sound but the flow of each string was clear and sparkling and when plugged in and set up properly you get such a harmony and sound that you would not expect..... But this is the review for the apx500lll! It can only get better....I jus bought this before Christmas and I wanted the oriental blue burst but wasn't even an option on the site. So I called in to the nearest shop(sudbury) and employee named Cody hooked it up by ordering in from the warehouse in Toronto there was only two left. I got it on the 28th and man its even more beautiful then it's older model. Better sound from upgraded pre amp system and piezo pick up under the saddle. I can't beleive how easy this guitar is to play. No need to strum hard at all you get more precise  strums, shorter with less range of motion just like an electric.... It's perfect for practice and quick solo gigs, but it also is a very capable stage and studio guitar. For the price everyone should have one In there collection. You can't go wrong, I haven't heard a bad sounding Yamaha yet. I chose the apx500ll over a $600 Takamine cause in the store the yamaha sounded more fluid and clean. Which is why there was no tough decision on what guitar in going to buy I went straight to apx and low and behold apx500lll I was done! Only had trouble deciding the color dark sun red looks gorgeous, but I love the wood grain that the oriental blue burst highlights..... Recommend to anyone! I will stick with Yamaha for all my acoustic purposes!
Posted by anonymous on Feb 10, 2016
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Great with some reservations. 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
The APX series is intended to be comfortable for electric players buying their first acoustic, of which I was one. It lends itself to this by being thinner, having a cutaway and having a pickup with an EQ and a tuner on the control panel. I enjoy many of the features like the cutaway and the tuner. The cutaway allows access to the higher frets which I go to often being an electric guitarist, but also helps for reaching the higher frets when playing slide guitar. The tuner is very useful when I'm in a louder environment and using an external tuner or tuning by ear is extremely difficult. I do, however, have reservations about the usefulness of the pickup for anything other than tuning and the tone given by a shallower guitar. The shallow depth of the body gives the guitar a thinner sound and also less volume, a problem when in a loud environment. Also, as an electric guitarist, I find that I never plug the APX into an amp. My reasoning behind this is that if I wanted to play through an amp, I would use an electric guitar. But, because I haven't found the pickup to be very useful doesn't mean it's useless. Overall, the instrument is solid all around with regards to construction quality and features, I'm just afraid that it suffers from too many features.
Posted by anonymous on Mar 1, 2015
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