Yamaha Compass Series CPX700II-12 12 String Acoustic Electric Guitar in Hard Shell Case
o Natural Gloss Finish
o Solid bookmatched Spruce Top
o Mini-Jumbo Grand Auditorium body style
o Cutway for easy upper fretboard access
o System 64 Active Preamp
o Setup in house
o Five Year Warranty
Yamaha CPX series Guitars – Handcrafted to the Highest Standards
Yamaha’s CPX Compass Series Guitars have inspired and delighted a legion of Guitarists since they were first released in 1999. Yamaha are not known to rest on their laurels and the CPX series has undergone periodical revamps over the years. The CPX700II-12 ensures that the standard is kept high.
Delivering performance, playability and tone normally associated with guitars costing three times as much, the Yamaha CPX700II-12 is an outstanding guitar.
With an delightfully comfortable Mini-jumbo body, the CPX700II-12 delivers a powerfully rich bass with smooth, delicate highs and a sweet mid-range for an open, modern voice. Non-scalloped X-type bracing ensures a powerful yet controlled tone that allows the guitar to deliver strong, rich acoustic sounds while still remaining clear and usable on-stage.
Yamaha ART System 64 State-of-the-Art Pickup and Active Preamp
The Yamaha CPX700II-12 features the new ART System 64 and replaces the 9V battery of the previous model with two 1.5V AAs. Yamaha have boosted the batteries’ voltage to 11 Volts to give the new ART system 64 a wider dynamic range, more stable operation and reduced distortion, even when the batteries are running low. In short, you get better tone for longer…no bad thing at all. A welcome benefit is that rechargeables can be used – as long as they’re alkaline – so you won’t need to keep buying batteries.
The CPX700II-12 12 String’s lush acoustic tone is amplified by an A.R.T. Pickup System (Acoustic Resonance Transducer). System 64 is an original preamp system newly designed and developed by Yamaha’s guitar development team. The 1-way system incorporates two contact pickups mounted inside of the body underneath the saddle. Best matching between guitar and pickup was obtained through numerous trials using a number of voice variations in order to produce the most authentic acoustic tone possible. AS mentioned, the system is powered by easy to obtain AA-size batteries that provide a stable power supply for improved sound quality. The system also includes a high-precision tuner.
Yamaha Compass Series – Built to Please
The Yamaha CPX700 II-12 features a translucent headstock and truss rod access via the soundhole and a hand inlaid abalone rosette. There is a great advantage in having the truss rod adjustment from the soundhole – the neck/headstock join is generally considered the weakest part of a guitar. Further routing of this narrow section to provide access to the truss rod can further compromise this fragile area.
The Yamaha CPX700II-12 12 String cutaway mini-jumbo features a bookmatched solid Spruce Top and Nato (Mahogany) Back, Sides and Neck with a full Gloss finish that simply looks all class. The cream-bound body carries a simple abalone-inlaid rosette and discreet clear scratchplate.
The quality Rosewood fingerboard has body-matching binding, this time continuing around the headstock, which bears the series-identifying Compass motif. The neck profile begins at just over 20mm then gently deepens further up to a comfortable ‘C’ profile. The satin finish makes it delightfully slinky in your hand.
Yamaha Compass series Guitars – attention to detail
Thanks to an excellent southcoastmusic set-up, the grip is enjoyably slick, with string spacing of 46mm at the nut and a 25″ scale length.
Tonally, the CPX700II-12 delivers it’s precisely balanced timbre and sustaining, resonant follow-through with aplomb. The CPX700II-12 shouldn’t disappoint.
Plugged-in, the ART System 64 delivers well-balanced output across the strings and the flexible preamp allows you to fine tune and optimise your amplified tone.
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.
The Yamaha CPX700II-12 12 String Acoustic Electric Guitar is hard to find. We have a limited number of these beautiful Musical Instruments in stock. As well as a professional setup, a Hard Case is included along with FREE SHIPPING!
