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APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Vintage Sunburst

SKU: # 424920   |   Model: # APX500III VS   |    Product Reviews3 Reviews  Write a Review
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APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Vintage Sunburst

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APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Vintage Sunburst
APX Acoustic/Electric Cutaway Guitar - Vintage Sunburst
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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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Very good electro-acoustic guitar 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Vancouver, British Columbia
I have had this guitar for a couple of weeks now, and I am very impressed with the quality and sound of the guitar. It is a very beautiful guitar. I have not had a chance to plug it yet, but the acoustic sound is pretty good and rich.
Posted by anonymous on Apr 25, 2017
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Better quality than many more expensive acoustic guitars. 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton North, Alberta
I purchased this guitar 3 months ago. It has surpassed my expectations in quality. I am not a guitar snob. I will play whatever you put in my hands. No less, the quality of this instrument, which I purchased from a small shop in Northern Alberta, Canada, has, and DV, will continue to serve me well. For a small body acoustic, the sound is well balanced, it is not s thin as one might expect from the size of the body cavity, and when played in a larger room with decent acoustics, and no sound distractions, it is excellent. Unplugged. I have not, since I purchased the instrument, played it plugged in. Only in the shop from which I purchased it, did I test the electrics. During hat test, I spent half of one hour, more or less, playing with the controls for lows, mids (with AMF controls for 80 - 10'000 hertz) and highs, shaping the sound as seemed pleasing. The controls themselves are sturdily in place, no shifting when pushed, turn or otherwise fondled., and the battery cavity, spring loaded with a pull-aside ejection system, seems solid, when well kept. The construction of the body is decent, but not perfect When inspecting the binding around the body and neck, there are few to no imperfections. The nut is glued in to the bottom on the nut slot very heavily, I can be assumed, due to there being a small, probably less than 1 millimetre gap between the fingerboard and nut. This isn't really a problem yet, because the nut is so firmly glued down, that despite the weight, pull and push of the strings, it has not shifted, thus moving the string fulcrum point forward, and allowing both string sawing in to the nut, and potentially degraded intonation. Lastly, the strings on the higher, that is, lighter gauge side of the nut are quite deep cut into the nut. It actually appears that they are cut all the same depth, which honestly won't affect mush if the action at the bridge is set-up to handle the effects of this. At the head stock, the holes through which protrude the tuning pegs are all even and symmetrical. Lastly, the break angle over the nut down to each string is slight enough that string bending, even with .12/.54's, will no cause deepening of a well rounded nut slot for quite a long time, I expect. I cannot speak for the durability of the guitars construction when considering the high tensions of alternate tunings, as though I often use alternate tunings, I only use them n my Roland Synthesizer, and my electric guitar, which together have the capability of alternate tunings with no change in string tension Finally, out of a selection at the store from which I purchased this instrument being black, red or blue, I chose blue. The quality of the finish is second to none other I have seen. I love blue acoustics. Lastly, kudos to Terry at Five star pawn, from whom I purchased this instrument, for being very knowledgeable, and getting me such a great deal on it!
Posted by Daley Yakoweshen on Sep 5, 2016
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Very good, Yamaha! 2 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   New Minas, Nova Scotia
I've had this guitar for a couple weeks. My sister gave it to me a few months after buying it, and it still looks and sounds like new! Let's see if it still holds up for another two years.
Posted by Alice Lohnes on Nov 29, 2015
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