The Yamaha APX500III Thinline Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar combines incredible comfort, easy top-fret access and a sound perfectly suited to on-stage use with bright, clear mids, balanced highs and controlled lows. Specially designed non-scalloped X-type bracing allows the guitar's top to sing and maximizes the resonance of the unique body shape for a full, natural tone. With dynamics, sensitivity and clarity built into the design from day one, APX is a guitar not to be underestimated.
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.
APX Soundhole: Oval
The instantly recognizable APX soundhole thickens lower-mid response and gives a more strident, open low end.
Electric System: System 66
System 66 features an under-saddle piezo pickup developed by Yamaha. Controls include a 3-band equalizer, an adjustable mid-range frequency control, and a precision chromatic tuner for optimum sound tailoring. The system is powered by easy to obtain AA-size batteries that provide a stable power supply for improved sound quality.
| Cutaway | Single cutaway | |
| Top wood | Spruce | |
| Back & sides | Nato/okume | |
| Bracing pattern | Non scalloped X-type | |
| Body finish | Gloss | |
| Orientation | Right handed | |
| Nut width | 1.69" (43mm) | |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood | |
| Neck wood | Nato | |
| Scale length | 25.6" | |
| Number of frets | 22 | |
| Neck finish | Gloss | |
| Pickup/preamp | Yes | |
| Brand | Yamaha | |
| Configuration | Undersaddle piezo | |
| Preamp EQ | 3-band | |
| Tuner | Yes | |
| Headstock overlay and Bridge | Rosewood | |
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