Yamaha APX700II-12 12-String Thinline Acoustic-Electric Guitar New

A Perfect Acoustic Guitar for the Stage – The Yamaha APX700II-12 12-String Thinline Acoustic-Electric Guitar

This is a 12-string version of the Yamaha APX700II. The 700 series guitars feature styling and specification driven by the 1000-series guitars but with the exclusive ART pickup system. Designed to capture the guitar’s full body resonance, ART’s ability to faithfully recreate natural tone and dynamics allow you to follow your style and know that character will always shine through.

Take the Stage By Storm

As an electric guitarist in the mid 1980s, if you wanted to play acoustic on stage there were few options for you that really worked – and certainly nothing that was designed with you in mind. After talking to guitarists playing gigs of all sizes about what they really needed for a stage acoustic, Yamaha decided to make the first acoustic guitar that could be taken from a guitar rack, plugged in and played at volume & problem free. And so APX was born & designed to meet the tonal needs of both the guitarist and the band as a whole. No more howling feedback, misplaced mics or the dreaded extended sound check.

In any electro-acoustic, the pickup is at the heart of the sound. Yamaha’s proprietary Pickup-R transducer is 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 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.

Body Depth and Bracing Pattern

The APX’s 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.

A.R.T. System for APX700II

A.R.T. pickup is designed with a multilayer structure consisting of six layers of different materials.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Top – Solid Spruce
• Back – Mahogany
• Side – Mahogany
• 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
• Finish – Natural
• Body Style – Thin Body with Cutaway
• Pickup System – System64 1-Way ART

Manufacturer: Yamaha
Model: APX700II-12
SKU: I286989-0-WHXC

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