Yamaha APX500III OBB Oriental Blue Burst
The Yamaha APX series is the world’s best-selling range of acoustic electric guitars – and with good reason. The APX500 series embodies the spirit of Yamaha guitars . . . the perfect balance of performance, dependability and tone. This new Mark III APX500 takes the whole genre to another level delivering unprecedented playabilty and value for an experience that is all for the player.
The all new Yamaha APX500 III features an all new pickup and preamp system, superb tone and cosmetics that combine the on-stage attitude of a thoroughbred with refined, timeless feeling of an old friend.
The Yamaha APX500 III features a thin-line body that actually sounds great unplugged…true! Combine this with a supremely comfortable body and action, easy top-fret access along with a studio quality pickup and active preamp system and the result is a music machine perfectly suited to on-stage use with bright, clear mids, balanced highs and controlled lows.
After almost sixty years experience, Yamaha have learned a lot about building guitars and attributes such as the specially designed non-scalloped X-type bracing are just one of the elements that allow the guitar’s top to sing, maximising the resonance of the unique body shape for a full, natural tone. The dynamics, sensitivity and clarity of the APX500 III are second to none – this guitar is all about inspiration…not perspiration.
Yamaha APX500III Body depth and Bracing pattern:
The APX’s thin-line body offers incredible comfort, top-fret access and tone perfectly suited to on-stage use. Specially designed non-scalloped X-type bracing maximises body resonance for a full, natural tone – this guitar also sounds amazing unplugged. The wide dynamic range, excellent sensitivity and outstanding clarity makes the APX500 III an impressive performer.
Yamaha APX500III . . . the APX Oval Soundhole:
The instantly recognisable APX soundhole adds to the thicker lower-mid response and contributes to a more strident, open low end, unusual in a thin bodied acoustic guitar.
Yamaha APX500III – Yamaha 66 Pickup / Active Preamp system:
Yamaha’s System 66 features an under-saddle piezo pickup developed especially for the APX series. Controls include a 3-band equaliser, 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.
Yamaha’s quality is very good right out of the box but unlike most online resellers, we don’t just leave it there. Good enough is not good enough and every guitar that leaves southcoastmusic has undergone a thorough checkover and setup in our workshop. We pay particular attention to hand rolling the fret ends, adjusting the string height and ensuring that your new Yamaha Guitar plays just right!
Yamaha APX500III Specifications:
Top: Spruce
Back and Sides: Nato (Mahogany)
Neck: Nato (Mahogany)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: Nickel Silver
Body Depth: 80-90mm (3 1/8″-3 9/16″)
Nut Width: 43mm
Scale Length: 650mm
Tuners: Die-Cast Sealed Geared Chrome plated
Preamp: System 66
Bridge: Rosewood
Finish: Oriental Blue Burst
Warranty: Five Years
Who plays Yamaha Acoustic Guitars?
So, who plays Yamaha Acoustic Guitars you may well ask? Get ready for a few surprises. The most expensive Yamaha Acoustic Guitar ever built was created after a request from John Lennon. John Lennon became interested in Yamaha acoustics after playing a custom acoustic which had been built for Paul Simon. The celebrated American singer-songwriter is a longtime fan of Yamaha acoustics, which the company custom-makes for him with slightly smaller bodies to fit the artist’s compact frame. But Simon was hardly alone.
Yamaha acoustics became high visibility items during the Seventies. John Denver, James Taylor and David Lindley played them. Bruce Springsteen relied heavily on a Yamaha Acoustic Guitar during the fertile Eighties phase of his career and Yamaha Acoustic Guitars also featured on the Stage at Woodstock.
Jimmy Page played Yamaha acoustics during Led Zeppelin’s 1975 world tour and would later make Yamaha his acoustics of choice for the Page/Plant Unleaded tour in the Nineties. Whenever Jimmy flies around the World his baggage usually includes a Yamaha Acoustic Guitar
These are names that should be immediately famliar to you…a quick scan of Youtube or Foxtel will reveal the contemporary players that play Yamaha Acoustic Guitars. Try Joe Bonamassa, Annekei and Michael Herring for starters!
