Yamaha APX600 Electric Acoustic – Natural Finish

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….

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 a unique undersaddle piezo pickup, Yamaha’s proprietary Pickup-R transducer – 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.

The archetypal APX, the 600 series combines the outstanding comfort and perfect on-stage tone of the APX500 with

• Thin Body and Cutaway For Excellent Playability
• 634mm Scale Length for Enhanced Comfort
• Narrower String Spacing Makes Stretching for Chords Easier
• New Bracing Pattern For More Powerful Bass Response
• Stage-focused Pickup Sound to Cut Through a Mix
• Inlaid Soundhole Rosette

  		APX600	APX600FM
  General Specifications
  Body Shape		APX Shape	APX Shape
  Scale Length		634mm (25”)	634mm (25”)
  Body Length		490mm (19 5/16″)	490mm (19 5/16″)
  Total Length		1022mm (40 1/4″)	1022mm (40 1/4″)
  Body Width		384mm (15 1/8″)	384mm (15 1/8″)
  Body Depth		80-90mm (3 1/8″ – 3 9/16″)	80-90mm (3 1/8″ – 3 9/16″)
  Nut Width		43mm (1 11/16”)	43mm (1 11/16”)
  String Spacing *		10.0mm	10.0mm
  Top Material		Spruce	Flamed Maple
  Back Material		Locally Sourced Tonewood **	Locally Sourced Tonewood **
  Side Material		Locally Sourced Tonewood **	Locally Sourced Tonewood **
  Neck Material		Locally Sourced Tonewood **	Locally Sourced Tonewood **
  Fingerboard Material		Rosewood	Rosewood
  Fingerboard Radius		R400mm (15 3/4″)	R400mm (15 3/4″)
  Bridge Material		Rosewood	Rosewood
  Nut Material		Urea	Urea
  Saddle Material		Urea	Urea
  Bridge Pins		Black ABS with White Dot	Black ABS with White Dot
  Tuners		Die-cast Chrome(TM29T)	Die-cast Chrome(TM29T)
  Body Binding		Ivory + Black	Ivory + Black
  Soundhole Inlay		ABS + Abalone	ABS + Abalone
  Pickguard		None	None
  Body Finish		Gloss	Gloss
  Neck Finish		Matt (Gloss for BL, VW color variation)	Matt
  Electronics		SYSTEM65 + SRT Piezo Pickup	SYSTEM65 + SRT Piezo Pickup
  Controls		Vol/3-band EQ/Tuner/Mid FQ	Vol/3-band EQ/Tuner/Mid FQ
  Connections		LINE OUT	LINE OUT
  Strings		.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053	.012/.016/.024/.032/.042/.053
  Accessories		Hex Wrench, 2 x AA Batteries	Hex Wrench, 2 x AA Batteries
  Case		None	None