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Yamaha APX600 Thinline Cutaway - Natural

6-string Acoustic-electric Guitar with Spruce Top, Nato Neck, and Rosewood Fingerboard - Natural
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Affordable Yamaha APX600 Acoustic-electric Cutaway

The APX600 acoustic-electric guitar is another example of the high-quality craftsmanship and affordability that Yamaha is known for. In a nutshell, the Yamaha APX600 offers great sound, a smooth playing feel, and an eye-catching style at a great price. This thinline cutaway acoustic-electric features a built-in tuner and a System 65A preamp piezo pickup system, perfect for plugging in and playing coffeehouse gigs with natural acoustic sound that people will love. The spruce top helps the Yamaha APX600 pump out great tone even when you're playing unplugged. Plus, when paired with Yamaha's own Player Port app available on iOS and Android, the APX600 is the ideal tool for beginners looking to brush up on their playing with convenient access to tips, FAQs, and even a built-in automatic tuner. Acoustic players here at Sweetwater love the Yamaha APX600 for its affordability, feature set, and top-notch tone.

Comfort and playability

The Yamaha APX600 is a thinline acoustic-electric guitar, which means it has a thinner profile that fits up close to your body. In other words, it's very easy and comfortable to play. However, a thinner body doesn't mean the Yamaha APX600 isn't thick on great sound. It features a spruce top and a rosewood fingerboard and bridge that combine to put out a superior, far-reaching tone. Yamaha uses locally sourced tonewoods for the neck and body in an effort to minimize waste and support sustainable harvesting of wood.

Piezo pickup system provides great amplified tone

When you do plug in your Yamaha APX600, you'll have a solid system to deliver great amplified tone. It has a piezo pickup system, which helps to give it a truly realistic, natural acoustic voice when it's pumping through a PA system. Another cool touch: you've got an onboard tuner, so you can always get your Yamaha APX600 right in tune.

Player Port app: the complete beginner's toolkit

With its wallet-friendly price point and extensive feature set, the APX600 is already a fantastic instrument for beginners or anyone else looking to add a top-notch acoustic to their arsenal. Yamaha is here to sweeten the pot even more, courtesy of their highly versatile Player Port app. Available for both iOS and Android devices, Player Port is a fantastic all-in-one resource for newcomers. Just download the app, register your Yamaha, and gain access to tips, tricks, articles, videos, an FAQ section, and more tools catered especially to the fledgling player. Player Port even comes stock with a free built-in tuner that doesn't require an instrument registration to use, making this incredible app all the more impressive.

Yamaha APX600 Thinline Cutaway Acoustic-electric Guitar Features:

  • Spruce top puts out highly resonant tone
  • Thinline cutaway body is light and sits comfortably against your body
  • System 65A preamp piezo pickup system provides solid amplified tone
  • Rosewood fingerboard offers great feel and response
  • Player Port app provides users with tips, tricks, videos, and a built-in instrument tuner

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Tech Specs

  • String Type: Steel
  • Number of Strings: 6
  • Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
  • Body Shape: APX Thinline
  • Back & Sides Wood: Tonewood
  • Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
  • Finish: Gloss
  • Color: Natural
  • Neck Wood: Nato
  • Radius: 15.75"
  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
  • Fingerboard Inlay: Abalone Rosette
  • Number of Frets: 22
  • Scale Length: 25"
  • Nut Width: 1.6875"
  • Nut/Saddle Material: Urea/Urea
  • Bridge Material: Rosewood
  • Tuning Machines: Die-cast Chrome
  • Electronics: System 65A Preamp with Piezo Pickup, Built-in Tuner
  • Strings: .012-.053
  • Case Included: Sold Separately
  • Manufacturer Part Number: APX600 NA

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Rated 5/5

The best guitar I'd ever own

It's very good to play for both acoustic guitar and electric players.
Music background: Vocalist
Rated 4.5/5

The APX became my go-to for gigs.

I have a couple of other acoustics and a bunch of electrics. The thin body on this thing makes it more comfortable to play and less feedback prone than a drednought sized guitar. Build on it is solid, frets are nice, well finished. I like the built in electronics, it sounds great plugged in and the tune is nice to have on it. I filed down the bridge ivory a little when setting the guitar up for myself and the odd shape of the sound hole made it hard to find a sound hole cover, so I made one myself. All in all it's a great little guitar for $300 bucks.
Music background: 30+ years on stage & studio
Rated 5/5

Exceptional Value

I have always been an electric guitar player but there are some things that I want an acoustic for. I saw reviews on Youbue about this being so thin and comfortable to play. After going back and forth for a couple of weeks I just bought one and put 9-45 strings on it and lowered the action just a bit. It plays like an electric guitar - soft and smooth! I actually love it. I am blown away by the fit and finish on this guitar for the price - it is an exceptional value and exciting to have and play.
Rated 5/5

Nice size and tone

For the money, you can't do much better than this instrument. I'm mainly an electric player and wanted an acoustic to noodle around on and something relatively smaller; this Yamaha fills that need. Very nice tone both by itself and through my Mustang GTX amp. Very playable after a setup and a set of Elixir nanoweb light gauge strings.
Rated 5/5

Great guitar!

This guitar is a perfect fit for me. It's tone is a nice compliment to my Taylor and Takamine. This guitar is now one of my favorites!
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