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Yamaha APX500 Thinline Acoustic Electric Cutaway Guitar with Piezo

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Yamaha APX500 Thinline Acoustic Electric Cutaway Guitar with Piezo (APX500 BLACK)

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Slim, easy-playing body shape plus crisp tone and a fantastic price!

The Yamaha APX500 is the lowest price Yamaha APX model and has a spruce top with nato back and sides for articulate, crisp sound. A saddle-mounted piezo pickup with 3-band EQ and tuner keep your tone and tuning locked in.

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Yamaha APX500 Thinline Acoustic Electric Cutaway Guitar with Piezo Features:

  • Lowest-priced APX model Spruce top
  • Nato back and sides for
  • Saddle-mounted piezo pickup
  • 3-band EQ
  • Tuner
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apx 5a good first choice

I've had the guitar for about 3 years. I paid $499 and they've dropped the price and added a tuner. The better my playing gets the more I like it. If I had a choice now I'd say the Taylor Bib Baby sounds better acoustically, but has no pickup. Overall you'd be smart to have this as your first purchase. Immediately change the action (height of strings about the fret board) and replace the strings with super slinkies (softer to push them down). For a beginner, I had a tough time learning on this guitar right out of the box. It's like night and day after modifying the guitar. Don't be afraid to change it.

Reviewed by Higgler on 4/6/2007 who plays rock.

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A good value, unique style

My Mrs got me this for Xmas 2005. This is one of the best guitars I have owned. The thinner size is great for those of us who are larger. It makes it easier to reach around it with your picking hand than a standard dreadnought. It also never slips off your lap because it's easier to hold (and the back is flat). Tone unamplified is fair because of the larger (oval) sound hole, but not as deep or rich as a full sized acoustic. This changes when you amplifiy it. Amplified, it's hard to tell the difference between this guitar and my 25 yr old Guild Acoustic (except that the Yamaha is easier to play). The built in preamp is not bad, but the EQ is a tad over sensitive. A small adjustment makes a very large difference tonally. I've settled on setting the EQ wipers midway (at 0)and leaving the AMF on "mid" as well and using the tone controls on my amp to tweak sound out of it. There's an upgrade to the EQ/preamp, it now has a tuner included (mine does not), very handy for new buyers. The tuning stability is very good, though after a few days of non-use, it may be off, it will be off equally (in tune with itself). When playing it every day, I rarely have to tweak a string. This is now my main practice guitar.

Reviewed by ux4484 on 10/17/2006 who plays everything.

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Yamaha APX500

The Yamaha APX500 is a very nice guitar for those who are more petite in size, or prefer, as the name states, a thin guitar. Not only is the guitar very comfortable to hold and play, as teh action is quite low, but the tone of the guitar is also fantastic. Think of this guitar as having a tone similar to that of a Seagull S6+, but is thinner, more durable (due to the finish) and has a pick-up. Worth noting is that the Yamaha APX500 is thinner than normal guitars, and so also has a special case designed for it. It can still be placed in standard dreadnought guitar cases, but it will move around a bit.

Reviewed by ttmnky on 10/13/2006 who plays Alternative.

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Great Playing Guitar

This guitar plays like an electric. The action is awesome! I'll confess the sound isn't the greatest, but it certainly isn't bad. The tuner is a bonus. Overall, you get a great guitar for the price. My stepson who insists he must have a high-end acoustic started playing it and i couldn't get him to put it down. As a female, I highly recommend since it is a little smaller. It's very comfortable to play.

Reviewed by char-bear on 7/23/2007 who plays Rock.

20 people found this review helpful.
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Bought This Great Guitar on Saturday and am Loving It

I bought this guitar from my local guitar center and I love this guitar. It sounds great and the hight action is perfect. I had been trying to learn guitar on a ventura guitar and had a tough time changing chords on this guitar, plus the ventura was a bit hard to hold. Then I learned about the Yamaha APX500 and fell in love with the guitar. Since playing this guitar my chord changes and strumming has inproved greatly and I have only had the guitar for two days now. If you are looking for a guitar that is easy on your wallet, easy and fun to play, and sounds great plugged or unplugged then this is your guitar. I am very happy with this guitar and you will be too.

Reviewed by Scott Rainwater on 9/28/2009 who plays Country, Southern Rock, .

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