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. Its specially designed, non-scalloped X-type bracing maximizes body resonance for a full, natural tone. Its wide dynamic range, excellent sensitivity, and outstanding clarity make it an impressive performer. APX Soundhole: Oval The instantly recognizable APX soundhole thickens lower-mid response and gives a more strident, open low end. Electric system: SRT system for APX1200II and CPX1000 Using advanced Digital Signal Processing and real-world insight into audio technology and recording techniques, Yamaha has developed SRT – a pickup and preamp system capable of delivering an amazingly natural, studio-quality acoustic guitar tone. Sounds that were previously only attainable by professional recording engineers using expensive vintage microphones in world-class acoustic spaces are now easily recreated by any player, on stage or in the studio. The SRT does not artificially create a guitar tone, rather it creates a faithful reproduction of the other elements that make up a great guitar sound – the subtle ambience of the real space between instrument and microphone, the characteristic EQ voicing of a great sounding vintage mic, the different resonances captured when you move a mic around a guitar. Because SRT uses your guitar's natural tone as a basis for this process, the result is phenomenally realistic and full of the acoustic character of your guitar. Electric system: A.R.T. system for APX700II The A.R.T. pickup is designed with a multilayer structure consisting of six layers of different materials. Because the pickups are fitted directly beneath the top board, the body resonance of the guitar is faithfully reproduced. Electric system: Piezo pickup system for APX500III This pickup uses individual elements for each string to give an ultra-clear, ultra-wide bandwidth signal with far better dynamic response and tonal accuracy than a regular, ribbon-type piezo pickup. The 700 series guitars feature styling and specifications driven by the 1000-series guitars, but with the exclusive ART pickup system. Designed to capture the guitar’s full body resonance, ART’s ability to faithfully recreate natural tone and dynamics means that the subtle differences between APX and CPX guitars are perfectly recreated, allowing you to pick the guitar that suits your style and know that its character will always shine through. 12-string versions of the APX and CPX700II are available, as is a left-hand version of the APX700II. Thin Body and Cutaway Provide High Playability Solid Spruce Top Recreate Natural Tone and Dynamics by ART Pickup
