The Yamaha APX600 (Oriental Blue Burst) is a 6-string Electro-Acoustic Guitar featuring a unique under-saddle piezo pick-up, the Yamaha proprietary SRT transducer featured in the highly-acclaimed A-Series range, a natural tone with the feedback rejection and mix-friendly sound Guitarists crave. As an Electric Guitarist in the ’80s, if you wanted to play Acoustic on stage there weren’t many options available. So in 1987, Yamaha made the first Acoustic Guitar that could be taken from a rack, plugged in and played at volume, problem free; the days of screaming feedback, mis-placed mics and indefinitely extended sound checks were over. The style has moved with the times, but the essence of the APX remains the same. Today, it boasts a more natural look, a deeper body for better bass response and greater volume, and a new non-scalloped bracing pattern for a responsive, dynamic tone.
The main features of the Yamaha APX600 (Oriental Blue Burst) include:
- 6-String Thinline Electro-Acoustic Guitar
- Body: Nato with Spruce Top
- Neck: Locally-Sourced Tonewood
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Electronics: System65 & SRT Piezo
- Bridge: Rosewood
- Machine Heads: Die-Cast
- Hardware: Chrome
- Finish: Oriental Blue Burst