Yamaha APX600M Electro Acoustic Guitar Matte, Smokey Black

As an electric guitarist in the 1980s, if you wanted to play acoustic on stage there were few options for you that really worked. In 1987, Yamaha made the first acoustic guitar that could be taken from a guitar rack, plugged in and played at volume, problem free; no more howling feedback, misplaced mics or the dreaded extended sound check….

Main Features

• Comfortable thinline body with single cutaway
• Exceptional playability and easy access to upper frets
• 25" scale length with narrow string spacing for enhanced comfort
• Special bracing pattern provides deep-yet-balanced low end
• Stage-focused pickup system lets you shape your sound for live mixes
• Choice of Natural Satin and Smoky Black in matte finishes

The APX series didn’t just focus on sound - every element was tweaked to be an easy switch for an electric player on-stage, from the stylish finishes to the cutaway body and the slim, electric-guitar style neck.

In any electro-acoustic, the combination of the guitar’s acoustic sound and its pickup is the heart of the sound. The latest APX600 features SRT Piezo Pickup – the same pickup as featured in the highly acclaimed A Series range and boasting incredible dynamic range, natural tone and the feedback rejection and mix-friendly sound that guitarists need and want. Yamaha’s legendary active preamp is still a big feature of APX, and being built by Yamaha’s audio-visual division, the sound quality is everything you’d expect from the world’s number one.

Styles have changed a little since 1987, but the essence of APX is the same as ever. Today’s APX guitars boast a more natural look, 5mm deeper body for better bass response and greater volume and, under the hood, a new non-scalloped bracing pattern for a responsive, dynamic tone.

APX Series acoustic-electric guitars are among the world’s best-selling instruments of their type. With its comfortable thinline body, easily accessible upper frets, superb playability, and natural acoustic tone, the APX600M guitar is perfectly suited for live performance.

Specifications

• Body Shape: APX Shape
• Scale Length: 634 mm (25”)
• Body Length: 490 mm (19 5/16")
• Total Length: 1022 mm (40 ¼")
• Body Width: 384 mm (15 1/8")
• Body Depth: 80-90 mm (3 1/8" - 3 9/16")
• Nut Width: 43 mm (1 11/16”)
• String Spacing: 10.0 mm
• Top Material: Spruce
• Back Material: Locally Sourced Tonewood
• Side Material: Locally Sourced Tonewood
• Neck Material: Locally Sourced Tonewood
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• FingerBoard Radius: R400 mm (15 ¾")
• Bridge Material: Rosewood
• Nut Material: Urea
• Saddle Material: Urea
• Bridge Pins: Black ABS with White Dot
• Tuners: Die-cast Chrome (TM29T)
• Body Binding: None
• Soundhole Inlay: ABS + Abalone
• Pickguard: None
• Body Finish: Matt
• Neck Finish: Matt
• Electronics: SYSTEM65
• Controls: Vol/3-band EQ/Tuner/Mid FQ
• Connections: LINE OUT
• Strings: .012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053
• Accesssories: Hex Wrench