Yamaha APXT2 3/4-Size Acoustic-Electric Guitar with Gig Bag, Dark Red Burst

Awesome mini guitar for travel and easy playing. Great price, nice sound, relatively quiet. Pick up is great. Highly recommend

Voici mes premières impressions suite à la réception de ma guitare APXT2 EW. J'ai choisit "exotic wood" natural (bois exotique naturel) et je ne suis pas déçu. Elle est vraiment belle cette petite guitare 3/4. La mienne est en parfaite condition, les frets sont bien sablés et ne blessent pas les doigts. La touche est juste assez basse. Les cordes sont de qualité acceptable. La largeur du manche est juste un tout petit peu plus petite que mon autre yamaha de grandeur normale. La finition est de bonne qualité, un vernit brillant sur la caisse, le reste est mat (incluant le manche). Ce qui me déçoit un peu c'est la petitesse du son. C'est certain qu'une aussi petite guitare ne peut pas sonner aussi pleine qu'une guitare de grandeur normal. J'ai une yamaha CPX500 ici, à titre comparatif et la différence est bien évidente. Mais il me reste à l'essayer dans un amplificateur. Je reviendrai avec mes impressions une fois que j'aurai mon ampli. Oui le son (non amplifié) est petit et aigu, un peu comme une mandoline, mais elle se joue facilement car la tension dans les cordes est moins élevée dû à son manche plus court. Il y a un fret de moins qu'une normale. Pour l'aisance, vu qu'elle est plus petite je constate que j'ai besoin d'une strap pour la tenir dans une position normale le manche vers le haut. C'est un détail facile à régler. C'est une guitare facile à manipuler, transporter (légère et compacte) idéal pour les débutants/enfants ou comme guitare de voyage. UPDATE: Le son est excellent une fois bien équilibré et amplifié. Faut dire que j'ai un très bon amplificateur pour guitare acoustique (Fishman Loudbox mini 60 watts).

What a fantastic little guitar! When I was first learning about guitars, I purchased this model (Tobacco Burst) but didn't like the PBs (phosphor bronze) that came on it, so I switched to Silk and Steel 11s. The guitar developed a buzz. I took it to three different techs, had it restrung several times, even put on higher quality nut and saddle, but nothing could get rid of the buzz. After a few months, I sold it. Since then I have learned that putting 11s on a short scale guitar such as this will make the strings floppy and can cause a buzz (I wonder why none of the techs knew this). So - I ventured forth again and purchased the "natural" version. I still don't care for PB strings, so I put Martin Monel Retro 12s (MM12) on them. WOW!!! Huge improvement over the original strings. What's so great about this guitar? It has excellent intonation, the action is low, fret ends are smooth, the tone is sublime (especially when plugged into my Fender Mustang Mini Plus set on the 3rd preset: Swirling Echoes). Playability is wonderful. It has a balanced feel, no buzz, weight is comfortable, the neck is smooth, and I love the back and sides. One thing I'm not nuts about: The top. I have another guitar whose finish is designed as "distressed", giving it a worn look. I love this on that guitar. It seems to me that Yamaha attempted to do something similar with this model by infusing smudges into the finish. However, this doesn't result in a "distressed" look so much as a "dirty" look. I'm not a huge fan of Yamaha's version of this. Not a big deal, and I knew this before I bought the guitar, so obviously, no lost points for this. I've been around the block a while with guitars and have played a LOT of them. While this little Yammy isn't anywhere near the top of the line, it punches way above its class and delivers an exceptional value for beginners, intermediates as well as more advanced players. It is ideal for shorter folks (anyone under, I'd say, about 5'6' or so). For beginners of all ages or anyone who wants an excellent inexpensive traveling guitar that isn't as persnickety with temp and humidity changes, this is the one!

Not a single issue with the finish the action is perfect the frets are amazing and smoothed out on the neck takes double A’s for the preamp and the over all tone is perfect for what I am I’m using it for I’m 5’3 and a bit heavier and wanted something “Kevin” sized ha ha I love it so much glad after 3 years of looking at these I finally bought one The gig bag it comes with is more padded than ur standard free dust cover but still not suitable for checking it as luggage

Still love the guitar but the pickup stopped working after 6 months. Very frustrating The guitar is beautiful. Love the built in tuner. And as always with a Yamaha guitar, it plays perfectly. The only negative is the Amazon has wrongly advertised the size of this guitar. It is only 32", no the 36" amazon is claiming or the 34" yamaha is claiming. All that aside, I kept the guitar because it is an excellent guitar, especially for someone like myself with very small, arthritic hands.