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Yamaha Electric Acoustic Guitars

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Peculiarities
The lineup
How to choose?

The guitar is one of the most popular musical instruments. Currently, you can see several types of guitars on store shelves: acoustic, bass, electro-acoustic, ukulele from many different manufacturers, among which Yamaha is considered one of the recognized leaders. You should know about electro-acoustic guitars produced by this concern, about the variety of models and the peculiarities of choosing a suitable musical instrument.

Peculiarities

Let's first understand what an electro-acoustic guitar is and how it differs from a classical (acoustic) guitar. No, not by the shape and size (like a bass guitar), but by the presence of just a few additional devices aimed at amplifying and improving the sound quality.

This is a pickup, preamplifier and tone block.

The pickup is a small piezoelectric pickup built into the saddle of the instrument. It converts the captured vibration of the strings into electrical signals, which are sent to the timbre block - where the signals are processed. Then the sound is output through the preamplifier. There are electroacoustics on both 6 and 12 strings.

The lineup

Yamaha produces several series of electroacoustics: L, A, FG / FS Red Label, FG / FGX, F / FX, APX, CPX and TransAcoustic. The APXT2 and JR lines stand apart a bit. All instruments are of high sound quality, but at the same time, each model has its own characteristics.

Let's take a look at a few of the more popular models, such as the CPX-700, A1M, APX500III and FSX315C.

For greater clarity, the characteristics of these instruments are presented in the table.

Indicators	CPX700II	A1M	FSX315C	APX500III
Scale	650 mm	650 mm	634 mm	650 mm
Deck length, mm	511	505	497	490
Overall length, mm	1052	1046	1021	1031
Deck width, mm	400	412	380	384
Deck depth, mm	95–115	100–118	90–110	80–90
Top width. Groove, mm	43	43	44	43
Material	Spruce	Spruce	Spruce	Spruce
Neck material	Nato	Afr. Red tree	Afr. Red tree	Rosewood
Neck, mm	R 400	R 400	R 400	R 400
Tuners	Die-cast Chrome (TM29T)	Die-cast Chrome (TM29T)	closed	Die-cast Chrome (TM29T)
Electronics	SYSTEM64 + ART 1wayPickup	SYSTEM66 + SRT PiezoPickup	Atmosfeel	SYSTEM66 + SRT PiezoPickup
Regulators	Vol / 3-band EQ / Tuner / Mid FQ	Vol / 3-band EQ / Tuner / Mid FQ	Vol / 3-band EQ / Tuner / Mid FQ	Vol / 3-band EQ / Tuner / Mid FQ
Connectors	Line Outputs	Line Outputs	Line Outputs	Line Outputs
Strings	Yamaha FS50BT or D'Addario EXP11	Elixir NANO WEB 80/20 Bronze Light	Elixir NANO WEB 80/20 Bronze Light	Yamaha FS50BT or D'Addario EXP11
Accessories	Soundhole Cover, Hex Wrench, 2 AA Batteries	Soundhole Cover, Hex Wrench, 2 AA Batteries	Hex Wrench, 2 AA Batteries	Hex Wrench, 2 AA Batteries

How to choose?

First of all, of course, your choice will depend on the level of your skill and your future audience, that is, whether you need a concert guitar for performances in large halls, at stadiums, or you are an aspiring bard and are planning small concerts for the soul in nature, at home or away. An important factor is the price of the instrument. Yamaha is an expensive brand, but they also have something to offer the general population.

For example, the F / FX series guitars have affordable prices (although they cannot be called low), they have excellent Yamaha quality.

Also pay attention to the size of the electroacoustics, play a couple of chords on it and evaluate whether it is convenient for you to play on it., inspect the appearance of the product: there are no chips, deformations of the body and neck.