Yamaha NX Nylon String Acoustic Electric Guitars

Yamaha guitars has announced a new series of acoustic electric nylon string guitars - the NX Series. With the NX range, Yamaha has created something new from the oldest and most traditional guitars, to show that nylon string guitars are no longer just for nylon string players.

The NX Series has six models and includes a choice of NT contemporary thinline or NC traditional body styles, traditional classical or crossover neck profiles, body wood options and spec levels, from the workhorse NTX700 to the handcrafted NCX2000, complete with Yamaha's Acoustic Resonance Enhancement (ARE) technology. This technology gives guitars a more matured sound (as in aged), right out of the box!

Benefiting from Yamaha’s class-leading construction including premium tonewoods, ultra-thin finishes and professional setups, the NX range also features the latest version of the exclusive ART (Acoustic Resonance Transducer) pickup system, in a truly nylon-specific configuration.

Yamaha NX guitars were created to provide a range of performance instruments that not only prove nylon strings are a tone every guitarist should have in their palette, but makes those tones more accessible and usable than ever before.

For more information on Yamaha musical instruments, visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com, or call Andy's Music at 251-633-8944.

Yamaha Guitar LLX16TBX Acoustic Electric Guitar

The Yamaha LLX16TSB is the acoustic electric version of the LL16 handcrafted guitar. Since the 1980's, Yamaha’s L-Series handcrafted acoustic guitars have been the flagship of their acoustic guitar line. They have been played by legions of artists including Jimmy Page, Brian May, Paul Simon and John Lennon. The new acoustic electric models like the LL16X combine premium solid woods with class leading pickup/pre-amp technology.

The LLX16TSB features the System 60 ART preamp used on Yamaha's LL26 and LL36 models. The System 60 couples the 3-way A.R.T sensor system to an exclusive preamp which offers ultra-simple controls (3 independent pickup volumes – bass, full-range, treble - and master volume) with hi-fi grade components for the most transparent, powerful acoustic electric system available.

Using custom-designed, calibrated push-push pots, the System 60 controls are designed to offer stage-friendly ergonomics but can be hidden away and not detract from the traditional looks of the L-Series when not in use. The L-Series A.R.T system faithfully reproduces the stunning tone of the L-Series guitars with complete transparency – both in terms of sound and playing experience.

TOP: Solid Engelmann Spruce
BACK & SIDE: Solid Rosewood
NECK: 3-Ply: Mahogany-Rosewood-Mahogany
FINGER BOARD: Ebony
BRIDGE: Ebony
BODY DEPTH: 3 15/16'' 4 15/16''
NUT WIDTH: 1 3/4''
STRING LENGTH: 25 9/16''
A.R.T. 3way Pickup System (System 60)
TUNING MACHINE: Die-cast Gold
COLOR: Tobacco Brown Sunburst
FINISH: High-Gloss
Case included

Vinny Valentino Guitar Clinic

Jazz guitarist and Yamaha guitar clinician Vinny Valentino presented a well attended seminar on Wednesday evening December 10, at Andy's Music. Both professional and amatuer guitarist were in attendance, as well as young students with their teachers and parents.

Vinny performed many jazz favorites, and answered questions during his performance. He performed on various Yamaha guitars during the presentation, starting with the FGX720SC, which is a solid top dreadnought acoustic electric guitar with the System 55 preamp. He also played the APX700, CPX900, and the LLX6 from the handcrafted series.

All in attendance where impressed with Vinny's playing, as well as his ability to communicate with his audience. If you're ever presented with the chance to hear Vinny Valentino play, don't miss it. You'll be well rewarded - we were!

Additional information about Yamaha guitars is available at http://www.andysmusiconline.com/, or call Andy's Music, 251-633-8944.

GUITAR WORKSHOP FEATURING VINNY VALENTINO

Recording artist and Yamaha guitar clinician Vinny Valentino will present a free guitar workshop at Andy's Music, 1412 Hillcrest Road at 7:00 p.m., December 10. Admission is free, but tickets are required and advance reservations are recommended since seating is based on space availability. Call 251-633-8944 for details.

Vinny is a native Virginian and has been playing guitar since age six. He is the newest member of the Jazz and Fusion super group Vital Information.

Vinny earned his Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies at Howard University. He began his musical studies at Northern Virginia Community College and continued them at George Mason University before concentrating on jazz at Howard. In 1988, he released his first solo recording entitled Vinny Valentino, and now has five recordings to his credit.

His international debut recording, The Distance Between Two Lines, shot straight up the charts to #2 and stayed on the national charts for more than 14 weeks - an unprecedented achievement for a first international release. Paul Anthony of Jazz Unlimited called it “one of the top five albums of 1993.”

Based in New York City, Vinny tours extensively, playing concerts, festivals, and club engagements around the world. Currently in addition to performing with his own bands, Vinny is performing with Bill Evans as well as Steve Smith and Vital Information.

This workshop is presented in association with Yamaha Guitars. For more information about Vinny, visitwww.Vinny.com and www.VitalInformation.com.

Yamaha Silent Guitar SLG100N

The Yamaha Silent Guitar was originally designed as an ideal practice and travel instrument. But the nylon-string SLG100N quickly became popular with touring guitarists enamored with its practical, feedback-free live applications and modern jet-age appearance. Elegant design and sonic solutions are Yamaha traditions. Yamaha continues to innovate with the Silent Series.

The sound it produces acoustically is minimal, but when you slip on a pair of headphones, you enter a virtual world where full, rich classic guitar tone is enveloped in luxurious reverb. A world full of space and beauty. For beginners or experienced players alike, the Silent Guitar will provide you with pleasure through great playability and tone.

The SLG100N has custom-designed pickup systems by L.R. Baggs, and the B-Band faithfully reproduce every nuance, providing full, rich tone for stage and studio work. This Yamaha Silent guitar also features great sounding built-in Yamaha digital reverbs. Backstage, on the tour bus, or at home, the SLG100 easily fulfills the role of a woodshed axe, thanks to its comfortable, lightweight composite frame and included earbud-style headphones. With the AUX IN jack, you can connect a CD player for private jamming.

For more information about Yamaha Silent Guitars, visit  www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Yamaha Guitar - Handcrafted Acoustic LL16

In this day of high prices, and mediocre quality, the Yamaha LL16 Handcrafted acoustic guitar is a real bargain. A recent customer said it best, "It sounds and looks like a $2000 guitar!" We agree.

The LL16 handcrafted acoustic guitar has a solid Engelmann Spruce top and solid Rosewood back and sides. It also features a new non-scalloped bracing design that delivers a beautiful and well balanced tone. Choice materials and Yamaha’s unique ability to blend traditional skills with advanced manufacturing make the Yamaha LL16 an exceptional guitar at a price that’s hard to beat.

The bridge on the Yamaha LL16 offers more overall mass than their predecessors to deliver greater balance and tone. The design features smooth lines and edges to keep the playing surface unencumbered. The neck is a 3-ply design of rosewood between two layers of mahogany.

If you're looking for an all solid wood guitar that's well made, comes with a hard case, and "sounds like a $2000 guitar", then be sure to check out the Yamaha LL16.

It's only $749.00!!

Classical Guitars

Making a classical guitar requires a high level of sensitivity and a deep dedication to the art of guitar making, and Yamaha master craftsmen posses those qualities.

Yamaha classical guitars are made using extensive analysis, research, and experimentation and Yamaha guitar craftsmen have succeeded in blending the best and most critical aspects of traditional Spanish guitar making techniques with modern manufacturing processes.

Processes that include a comprehensive quality check system that ensures each classical guitar is of the highest standards possible. The result of this effort is a classical guitar that delivers outstanding quality and performance at an affordable price.

For information and prices on Yamaha classical guitars, visit the music instrument music store at http://www.andysmusiconline.com/.

Yamaha Guitars - New CPX and APX Guitars

Yamaha has recently announced the introduction of the CPX500 and APX500FM acoustic electric guitars. These new models feature the sound quality and craftsmanship of instruments costing much more.

This is possible because these acoustic guitars are manufactured in Yamaha owned and operated factories that adhere to the same standards and practices as the company's high end handcrafted guitar line.

The Yamaha APX500FM, a thin-line acoustic-electric, is a flamed maple top version of the successful Yamaha APX500. It also features eastern mahogany back and sides, die-cast tuners, and the proprietary System55T preamp which includes Yamaha's workhorse 1-way piezo pickup, 3-band EQ, adjustable midrange control and onboard tuner.

The CPX500 is a Yamaha Compass (medium jumbo) model with a Spruce top, eastern mahogany back and sides, die-cast tuners and System55T preamp, and is the full bodied "big brother" to the APX500 model. The CPX500FM features a flamed maple top.

For more information on Yamaha guitars, visit the online music instrument music store at www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Yamaha P85

Yamaha has recently announced the introduction of the P85 and P85S digital pianos. The new models will replace the existing P70 and P70S models. The P85 and P85S feature 88 weighted action keys, 62 note polyphony, 10 voices, metronome, sequencer, and much more.

Also available are the matching keyboard stands L85 and L85S and the LP5 pedal set. For more information on Yamaha products, visit http://www.andysmusiconline.com/.

Orson Rock With Yamaha Guitars

A recipe for some pre-Christmas fun: take one London-based Hollywood rock band, throw in a number 1 single that was the undisputed feelgood track of 2006, add a new album just released and send it all out on tour for a month or so. The result? - Orson.

Everyone's favourite pop-rockers and the guys behind 2006's fabulously catchy number 1 single 'No Tomorrow', Orson, have just released their second album 'Culture Vultures' and are currently out on tour spreading the good word. Not only that but guitarist Kevin Roentgen, star of the latest Pacifica 112V 'Play Harder' promotion, is relying on his black AES1500 as the weapon of choice. Yamaha Guitar Artist Relations Manager, Mark Kirkland, was the man responsible for putting the AES1500 in Kevin's hands - 'the AES is an amazing guitar, and having guys like Kevin playing it proves that's where it's at'.

Orson are on tour until the end of December and their new album, Culture Vultures, is available now. For more information on Yamaha guitars, visit http://www.andysmusiconline.com/.

Yamaha YDP213 Digital Piano

The Yamaha YDP213 Digital Piano is designed for the serious hobbyist or aspiring musician. The YDP213 digital piano keyboard provides a realistic acoustic piano playing experience with the convenience of a digital instrument - it never needs tuning!

Besides outstanding sound, the YDP213 offers incredibly natural touch. Applying the know-how gleaned from over 100 years of crafting fine acoustic pianos, Yamaha has designed a remarkably expressive GHS (Graded Hammer Standard effect) keyboard. Unlike conventional digital piano keyboards that use springs or dampers to simulate piano feel, the GHS keyboard uses weights and mechanical linkages to provide a new level of realism. You’ll notice the difference it makes as soon as you start playing.

For a limited time starting October 1, 2007, when you purchase the Yamaha YDP213, you receive a free Yamaha Piano Home Companion Kit.

More Than Just Guitars

Yamaha makes more than just guitars, they make keyboards too. One of our most popular models is the Yamaha YDP223 digital piano.

There are many useful features built into the YDP223 that apply to musicians at any level of playing ability. In fact, the YDP223 is the digital piano of choice for home hobbyists, professionals, music students and music institutions. For example, the keyboard has MIDI In/Out/Thru plus a To Host jack, which are necessary for connecting to computers. Anything you play on the digital piano can be captured into a music program in your computer and turned into music notation. If you wish, you can send the file to your friends and family or just archive it like you would a photograph.

The Yamaha YDP-S30 is a recently introduced digital piano and provides piano playing enjoyment for all skill levels and expands the YDP line with a completely new slimmed-down design.

The YDPS30 delivers a traditional acoustic piano playing experience with the modern benefits of digital audio, including permanent tuning stability, the ability to practice privately via headphones and a choice of six instrument Voices. Exclusive to Yamaha is the way this gets achieved with AWM stereo piano Voices, 88 Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) weighted keys and a built-in 3-pedal frame featuring the Half Damper Effect, which fluidly captures foot motion while pedaling. Other convenient features include a built-in metronome, song recorder and 50 recordings of standard piano repertoire that can be used for simple listening enjoyment or as an ideal practice tool for both beginner and advanced pianists.

Yamaha 112J Pacifica Guitar

The Yamaha Pacific PAC112J electric guitar is an outstanding value and is well known for great tone and outstanding playability. The Yamaha Pacifica series features comfort-contoured bodies, bolt-on neck designs, vintage vibratos, and five-way switching for the H-S-S pickup configuration.

The Yamaha Pacific PAC112J guitar features a solid alder body for great tone, 22-fret maple neck with rosewood fingerboard for easy playability, one humbucker with two single coil pickups, and of course, Yamaha's Limited Lifetime Warranty.

Ever since Yamaha started making electric guitars back in the 1960s, the company has invested heavily in continuous research and development to translate guitarists’ needs into instruments of uncompromising quality, at whatever price point. Yamaha spends a tremendous amount of time working with guitarists of all musical persuasions, and by refining the features and performance characteristics that inspire these artists, they ensure that Yamaha guitars - which cover a wide spectrum of designs and applications - satisfy the needs of contemporary players everywhere.

Yamaha Guitar - Special Price RGX320FZ

Yamaha RGX320FZ Closeout Price $199.99!!

The Yamaha RGX320FZ electric guitar has hard-edge design and ultimate playability. It's a true double-cutaway set neck guitar with features and appointments typically found only on custom guitars. The RGX320FZ features an elegant carved top with body binding, a mahogany neck with a bound rosewood fingerboard, 3-D headstock design, two Yamaha humbucking pickups, and chrome hardware with Yamaha's signature tailpieces.

Ever since Yamaha started making electric guitars back in the 1960s, the company has invested heavily in continuous research and development to translate guitarists’ needs into instruments of uncompromising quality, at whatever price point. Yamaha spends a tremendous amount of time working with guitarists of all musical persuasions, and by refining the features and performance characteristics that inspire these artists, they ensure that Yamaha guitars - which cover a wide spectrum of designs and applications - satisfy the needs of contemporary players everywhere.

3/4 Size Guitar - Ibanez Micro GRGM21

The Ibanez Mikro 34 scale electric guitar is perfect for last minute rehearsals, running scales while waiting for downloads, young rockers just joining the fray or anyone who just wants a smaller neck and body. Not to be confused with other small guitars, the Ibanez Mikro is no toy. Mikro features the same construction, high quality and careful set-up of the Ibanez full size GRX and GRG models.

Mikro's 22" inch scale length (standard guitars feature a neck scale from 24 3.4" to 25 1/2") makes it the right choice for beginner players or pros practicing on the tour bus.

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New Fender Squire Guitar Packs

Fender Squier guitars introduce four new Stop Dreaming, Start Playing guitar packs that give aspiring guitarists and bassists everything they need to get started in one cool and convenient guitar package.

First up are two guitar sets: the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity Strat® HSS with Bullet® 150 DSP Amp and the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity Strat HSS with G-DEC® Junior Amp. Both sets feature a great sounding, sweet-looking and easy-playing Fender Squier Affinity Strat guitar with a humbucking bridge pickup. The former includes our two-channel Bullet 150 DSP 15-watt amp with digital effects, auxiliary input and headphone jack; the latter includes the 15-watt Fender G-DEC Junior guitar amp with loads of amp types, effects, backing loops, auxiliary input, headphone jack and many other cool features.

Next up are two bass packs: the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity P Bass® with Rumble™ 15 Amp and the Stop Dreaming, Start Playing Affinity J Bass® with Rumble 15 Amp. Both feature the compact but punchy 15-watt Rumble 15 bass amp. The former includes the tough Squire Affinity Precision Bass® guitar; the latter features the Squier Affinity Jazz Bass® guitar. These Fender bass packs offer a lot of boom for your buck!

Also check out Squier’s two other new guitar packs, the Affinity Strat® Special/Fender Frontman Amp® 15G and the SE Special/Squier SP-10 Amp, both of which include a guitar, amp, stereo headphones, instructional DVD, guitar cable, tuner, gig bag, strap and picks.

For more information on Fender Guitars, visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Yamaha Guitars Win Award

Yamaha Corporation of America won three 2006 Players' Choice Awards, which are voted on by the readers of Acoustic Guitar magazine. Many voters omitted specific models on their ballots, so the editors bestowed awards on manufacturers.

"These awards reflect players' satisfaction with various types of guitars and accessories they bought with hard-earned cash" that have "passed the test of living-room jams, festival stages and recording studios," wrote the editors.

Yamaha Guitars won a Gold Award in the Classical Guitar category and a Silver Award for Beginner Guitar. Yamaha's nylon string guitars range from the GigMaker Classic package, which includes a C40 guitar, to the top-of-the-line acoustic-electric CGX31C. Yamaha's FG guitars have helped nurture emerging guitarists since their introduction in the 1960's and are among the most popular guitar lines ever sold in the United States.

"Acoustic Guitar readers are very knowledgeable and discriminating," said Bryan Savage, marketing manager, Yamaha Guitars, Pro Audio & Combo Division. "When such a savvy audience singles out Yamaha products, it's a special honor."

Yamaha also won bronze in the PA category. Yamaha's Live Sound equipment is legendary in the industry. "From the compact STAGEPAS to our larger component systems, the goal is to provide versatility, reliability and quality," said Wayne Hrabak, marketing manager, Live Sound, Pro Audio & Combo Division. "This award validates our efforts."

For more information about Yamaha Guitar products and Pro Audio products visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Fender Guitars

In 1951 Leo Fender introduced a prototype solid-body guitar that would eventually be called the Fender Telecaster guitar. The Fender Tele, as it was often called then and still is today, was the first solid-body Spanish-style electric guitar to be commercially mass-produced. As a result of this humble beginning, Fender guitars are one of the most popular brands in the world today.

The Fender Stratocaster first appeared in 1954, and incorporated many design innovations based on feedback from professional musicians, Fender staff and Leo Fender himself. The Strat's third single-coil pickup offered more tonal possibilities than the two on the Tele, and its sleekly contoured body made it more comfortable. The double cutaway design of the Stratocaster made access to upper registers much easier.

The most important innovation on the Strat, however, was the addition of the new Fender vibrato (or “tremolo”) bridge, an innovation originally intended to let guitarists bend strings, thus achieving the pedal steel-like effect so popular among country music artists of the day. Nobody could have foreseen then how the Fender Stratocaster would go on to revolutionize popular music. Essentially unchanged since its 1954 debut, the Strat is the most popular and influential Fender electric guitar ever, and players at all levels and in all genres continue to rely on its sound, playability and versatility to this day.

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the world’s foremost manufacturer of guitars, amplifiers and related equipment since 1946. The Fender name has become synonymous with all things rock ‘n’ roll. Iconic Fender® instruments such as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Precision Bass and Jazz Bass guitars are known worldwide as the instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today’s guitarists and collectors.

Fender has touched and transformed music worldwide and in nearly every genre: rock ‘n’ roll, country and western, jazz, rhythm and blues and many others. Everyone from beginners and hobbyists to the world’s most acclaimed artists and performers have used Fender guitars and amps. Legendary Fender guitars like the Telecaster® and Stratocaster® guitars and Precision® and Jazz® bass guitars are universally acclaimed as design classics.

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Yamaha Acoustic Electric Guitars

For more than twenty years, Yamaha has been making electric acoustic guitars, dedicated to creating natural, rich tone captured through innovative pickup and preamp combinations.

Now Yamaha has revisited pickup technology again to achieve another milestone in the path to perfection. Their unique A.R.T (Acoustic Resonance Transducer) system uses purpose-specific multi-layer contact pickups and powerful new preamps to produce clear, natural amplified sounds.

The small-bodied, performance-focused APX, and the fuller-bodied CPX guitars fitted with A.R.T systems provide exceptionally organic amplified tone - closer than ever before to the natural acoustic sound of the guitar.

With a solid spruce top, the Yamaha APX700 projects a warm, mature tone with rich, ringing sustain both acoustically and amplified. The small body and slim neck ensure that, like all Yamaha APX guitars, the performance experience is perfect.

The 1-way A.R.T pickup system in combination with the System 56 preamp delivers a clear, controllable sound thanks to its ultra-musical EQ and adjustable mid frequency control for precise tone shaping.

The Yamaha APX500 electric acoustic guitar is steeped in the family tradition of superb playability, stunning looks and strong amplified tone. With a spruce top and nato back and sides, the APX 500 is the ideal guitar for those looking for a solid, reliable performance electro-acoustic.

A simple, effective 1-way under-saddle pickup system provides the tone, complemented by the System 55TA preamp with 3-band EQ and built-in tuner.

To produce its warm tone and even bass response, the Yamaha CPX700 acoustic electric guitar features a unique body size, slightly smaller than a full-size jumbo, for the perfect combination of sound, looks and comfort. The guitar features a solid spruce top and nato back and sides and produces a bright, richly textured sound - one that, thanks to the solid spruce top, will mature with age.

The 1-way pickup is matched to the System 56 preamp, featuring our ultra-musical 3-band EQ and adjustable mid frequency control for powerful, versatile tone-shaping. Like all the other CPX and APX guitars, an integrated tuner is always available.

At the top of the APX range, the Yamaha APX900 is equipped with the new 3-way A.R.T. pickup system, the result of years of experience in electro-acoustic design and the key to the most natural electro-acoustic sound imaginable. With a high-grade flamed maple back and sides and a solid spruce top, it delivers a bright, mature tone, with a punchy projection and powerful sustain.

The Yamaha unique 3-way pickup system is coupled with the System 57 preamp that allows independent control over the main, bass and treble pickups and features our performance tuned 3-band EQ and on-board chromatic tuner.

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Edirol R09

The Edirol R09 is perfect for capturing live music events, recitals, and rehearsals. It’s also handy as a songwriter’s sketchpad, ensuring that no moment of inspiration is lost. But the R09 has many valuable uses outside of the music world as well. Students can use it to record lectures. Broadcasters and journalists can throw away their antiquated cassette recorders and use the R09 for in-the-field interviews. Wherever, whenever there’s a need to capture audio, the R09 can do it hassle-free thanks to its built-in microphone and long battery operation.

The R09 is perfect for capturing live music events, recitals, and rehearsals. It’s also handy as a songwriter’s sketchpad, ensuring that no moment of inspiration is lost. But the R09 has many valuable uses outside of the music world as well. Students can use it to record lectures. Broadcasters and journalists can throw away their antiquated cassette recorders and use the R09 for in-the-field interviews. Wherever, whenever there’s a need to capture audio, the R09 can do it hassle-free thanks to its built-in microphone and long battery operation.

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Guitar Trainer - Tascam MP-GT1

The new Tascam MP-GT1 guitar trainer is the first MP3 player designed for musicians. Based on the award-winning CD-GT1mkII, this fun mobile guitar trainer includes enough memory to store up to 240 songs. Guitar parts can be slowed down, looped and even eliminated to help you learn new riffs. Play back MP3s using Variable Speed Audition, which slows down the speed without changing the pitch, and sections can be seamlessly looped while practicing tricky passages. Songs can even be pitched up or down to match the tuning of your guitar, so you don't have to re-tune for every song.

The MP-GT1 uses a high-speed USB connection to load up MP3s and charge the built-in battery (an optional power supply is also available). Zip through your MP3 collection using a data wheel, dedicated buttons and a graphical LCD display. A rechargeable 9-hour lithium ion battery is built into the unit, and an optional power supply is also available. Put 240 songs in your gig bag with the MP-GT1, the first MP3 player for musicians.

Yamaha Guitar - New APX700 Acoustic Electric

The Yamaha APX700 acoustic-electric guitar has been designed for optimum performance and tone. The solid spruce top - known for its warm, mature overtones - is partnered by Nato back and sides and delivers a rich voicing, with a long ringing sustain.

The APX700 also has a new designed one-way pickup system in combination with an effective 3-Band EQ’s (with integrated tuner) provides a perfect amplified sound

Yamaha APX700 Features:
Top: Solid spruce
Back & Sides: Nato
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Scale: 650mm
Frets: 22
Pickup: New 1-way system/Piezo
Controls: 3-Band EQ, Volume, Tuner
Tuners: Chrome
Finish: Black, Sand Burst, Cobalt Aqua, Dusk Sun Red

For more information on Yamaha guitars, visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Yamaha Guitars

Here at Andy's Music, we have one of the most complete selections of Yamaha guitars available on the web. We've been selling and servicing Yamaha guitars since 1977, and they are one of our best selling - and sounding - guitars. Let's talk about some of our best selling guitars, and find out why they're popular with customers.

When most people think of Yamaha guitars, they think of guitars in the $200 - $400 price range, but Yamaha makes guitars costing thousands of dollars. The Yamaha LL16 handcrafted acoustic is a good example. It features all solid wood construction, comes with hard case, and sells for $899.99! It has to be the bargain of the century.

The Yamaha LL16 Handcrafted acoustic guitar has a solid Engelmann Spruce top and solid Rosewood back and sides. It also features a new non-scalloped bracing design that delivers a beautiful and well balanced tone. Choice materials and Yamaha’s unique ability to blend traditional skills with advanced manufacturing make the Yamaha LL16 an exceptional guitar at a price that’s hard to beat. Now let's jump to the other end of the price scale and take a brief look at another popular Yamaha guitar.

The new Yamaha FG700S acoustic guitar is an excellent choice for a guitarist who's just starting, or someone wanting to move up from a lesser quality guitar. It sounds very good because it has a solid spruce top. A solid top instrument will sound better - most often - than a guitar with a plywood top, and it will also improve in sound quality and volume over time, if it's played.

In addition to the solid spruce top, the FG700S features Nato (part of the mahogany family) back and sides, rosewood fingerboard and bridge, black and white body binding, diecast tuning machines and a natural finish. The FG700S is a lot of guitar for $199 and it has a Limited Lifetime Warranty! Click the link above and check it out.

If you would like more information on Yamaha guitars, visit our website www.AndysMusicOnline.com, or give us a call at 251-633-8944.

Powered Mixer - Yamaha and Peavey

Experienced guitarists, musicians, performers, speakers, and club operators know the importance of a high-quality sound system with the right features and performance to deliver their sound.

When portability and convenience are important criteria, a system based on a high-performance Yamaha EMX-series powered mixer is definitely the way to go. In one integrated, portable unit you have a mixer to combine and balance your microphone and instrument and line sources, effects to refine and polish your sound, and power to drive the main speakers and even monitor speakers as well.

But that's nowhere near the whole story - Yamaha EMX-series Powered Mixers offer a range of features that let you mix, process, and deliver your sound with maximum quality and creative control … and, of course, that unrivalled Yamaha sound.

Yamaha Guitar - Pacifica 412V

The Yamaha Pacifica 412V electric guitar is for players who want access to a wide variety of sounds at a reasonable price. This Yamaha Pacific guitar features a classically contoured alder body and a well shaped bolt-on maple neck with rosewood fingerboard that offers excellent playing comfort. This Yamaha guitar offers exceptional quality at a price hard to match.

The two Alnico single coil pickups in the neck and middle-position and a powerful alnico bridge humbucker are controlled with a five-way pickup selector switch that delivers a versatile sound. The hardware includes die-cast Tuning Machines and a precisely engineered vintage style tremolo with pop in-out arm.

Yamaha’s commitment to making the finest guitars, regardless of price, has won numerous accolades and ensured the popularity of Yamaha guitars the world over. Their guitar builders combine traditional luthier’s skills with industry leading production methods to provide a consistent level of quality and playability.

Yamaha guitars are the result of a careful balance between tried and tested traditional methods and cutting edge techniques, providing the ultimate instrument for any style and at any budget. The Yamaha Pacifica 412V electric guitar is an excellent guitar at a very low price.

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Yamaha Guitars And Electronic Keyboards

Many people know about Yamaha electronic keyboards and guitars today, but it wasn't always so in the past. Yamaha began over one hundred years ago when a young entrepreneur named Torakusu Yamaha set out to craft a high-quality reed organ. Before long, the company he founded had not only gone on to manufacture Japan's first piano, it had also gained recognition abroad: In 1904, a Yamaha piano and organ were awarded an Honorary Grand Prize at the St. Louis World's Fair.

From these auspicious beginnings, Yamaha grew to become one of the best-loved manufacturers of musical instruments in the world. And as it grew, the company capitalized on a unique heritage of artisanship and technological know-how to diversify into an astoundingly wide range of products and services.

Today, Yamaha is a leader in businesses ranging from musical instruments and audio & video products to information technology products, new media services, home furnishings, auto components, specialty metals, music education and resort facilities. Yet, true to their musical origins, no matter what business they take on -- or what country they do business in -- they seek to remain perfectly attuned to a set of common values that define the World of Yamaha.

For a complete selection of Yamaha musical instruments, please visit our website at www.AndysMusicOnline.com.

Yamaha Classic Guitar - CG171C

The Yamaha CG171C classic guitar is made of quality materials and craftsmanship at a modest price point. The CG171C delivers excellent tonal balance and features improved woods, finishes, and a thinner neck for extended comfort and playability. The Yamaha CG171C classical guitar features a solid a cedar top, rosewood back and sides and an ebony fingerboard.

Yamaha classical guitar craftsmen learned the fine art of guitar making directly from the masters. Under the tutelage of Manuel Hernandez and Eduardo Ferrer, Yamaha guitar craftsmen acquired skills that have been handed down from master to apprentice for generations. These acquired skills are put to use every day in the making of Yamaha classical guitars. Through extensive analysis, research and experimentation, Yamaha has succeeded in blending the best and most critical aspects of traditional Spanish guitar making techniques with modern guitar manufacturing processes.

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Silent Guitar - Yamaha Silent Guitar

The Silent Guitar series from Yamaha are unique guitars that bring together Yamaha’s knowledge and experience in the making of quality guitars together with its innovative design and quality electronics. As a member of the “Silent” family, the SLG100S is a great instrument for those times when you’d like to practice privately. But more than that, this steel string Silent Guitar offers great versatility, being just as at home in the studio or on stage as it is in your living room or dorm room. It also makes a great travel companion as its detachable frame lets the entire instrument fit into a compact carrying case that’s easy to transport.

Classic or Latin style guitarists will prefer the nylon string version, the SLG100N. This instrument is designed with a slightly wider neck to accommodate the difference in playing style, and like the steel string SLG100S can be used to perform with or for practice.

Both Yamaha Silent Guitars feature modern designs with mahogany necks and rosewood fingerboards on lightweight maple bodies. Proprietary Yamaha electronics are matched with advanced pickup systems that have been chosen to deliver the utmost in realistic tone from each of these instruments. While headphones allow for private practice, both instruments can be plugged into an amplifier or a sound system for live performance. A built-in DSP effects processor lets you add the warmth of reverb to the guitar’s sound without having to plug into any outboard processing gear or effects.

The solid body design of the Silent Guitar lets you turn up the volume without the worry of annoying feedback when performing live. And when it’s time to move on, the composite body quickly breaks down and fits into a compact case for easy transport.

Edirol R09 Wave/MP3 Recorder

Pristine 24-Bit Recording to Go

If you're a guitarist on the go all the time, grap your Yamaha guitar and plug in to this! Edirol has just introduced a new digital recorder, the R09 , that's portable and affordable, and of course the recording quality is excellent.

The Edirol R09 recorder features 24- bit uncompressed recording and a built-in stereo mic, and shrinks it all down into a more streamlined, stylish, and functional package. Take a look a these specs, and you'll agree the Edirol R09 is happening!!

• 24-bit/48kHz (or 44.1kHz) uncompressed recording
• Up to 320kbps MP3 playback and recording
• Records to SD card (64MB card included)
• High-grade stereo condenser microphone built in
• Mic and Line audio inputs; USB 2.0 I/O
• Easy operation, user-friendly graphic display
• Ultra portable, half the size of the R-1
• Long battery life

Guitar Pack - Yamaha Gigmaker Electric

This Gigmaker EG guitar pack from Yamaha includes a PAC012 Pacifica solid body electric guitar, known for its excellent tone and playability. The solid body, comfortable neck, fast action and versatile single humbucker/dual single-coil pickup configuration have made this one of Yamaha’s best values for more than a decade.

Backed by Yamaha’s limited lifetime warranty, the Pacifica PAC012 guitar looks as great as it sounds, with Chrome tuners, a white pickguard, a vintage style Chrome tremolo and classic cutaway styling. Available finishes include Black, Metallic Dark Blue and Metallic Red.

This Yamaha guitar package also includes an impressive 20-watt, 2-channel Drive amplifier, Qwik Tune digital chromatic tuner, guitar strap and protective gig bag, plus an instructional DVD, cable, extra strings and picks.

New APX Line Revolutionizes Electric Acoustic Guitar Technology

AUSTIN, Texas — The Yamaha APX electric acoustic guitar line boasts a long history of quality and innovation, similar to the company's celebrated FG acoustic guitar models. The APX series has supplied the industry with technological advancements like the first true stereo, hexaphonic pickup and thinline construction body shape.

Now, Yamaha's new APX Series (APX500, APX700 and the APX900) raises the bar for performance electric acoustics by offering a complete aesthetic refresh and adding the revolutionary new Acoustic Resonance Transducer (A.R.T.) pickup system, which captures the guitar's true natural acoustic tone while virtually eliminating feedback. A new preamp with a built-in tuner and frequency adjustable controls also add to the innovative and unparalleled sound quality of the new models."

The new APX line offers an amazingly true-sounding acoustic tone," said Bryan Savage, marketing manager, Yamaha Guitars. "The A.R.T. system represents a breakthrough for accurately reproducing the true resonance of an acoustic guitar, which is one of the most difficult sounds to amplify."

Acoustic-electrics have long vexed guitarists due to feedback and poor sound quality. To develop the A.R.T. system, Yamaha studied all of the methods for amplifying acoustic sounds and devised a better way."

We brought in numerous artists, producers, and sound gurus with a mission of finding and capturing that true acoustic sound," said Savage. "The results are stunning."

Many traditional piezo electric acoustics, using a ribbon transducer, produce a thin and synthetic sound that does not necessarily replicate the true acoustic sound. The new pickup system – available on the APX 700 and the APX900 – features multiple proprietary contact microphones mounted on the underside of the sound board, which capture the guitar's true acoustic resonance.

Designed primarily for live performance, the APX line also includes a shallow body, which makes it easier to play, especially for women and smaller players. Yamaha has also radically updated the line's aesthetics. The APX line also includes a left handed and a twelve-string model."

The completely overhauled APX line is great for guitarists who are looking for an acoustic that is comfortable to play and, more importantly, sounds like an acoustic guitar," said Savage. "The APX has a long history as a launch vehicle for advanced technology and now, we are able to continue that tradition at price points that represent a real value."

The APX500, APX700, APX700L and APX900 performance electric acoustic guitars ship in July 2006. For more information on the new Yamaha APX line, visit www.AndysMusicOnline.com/Yamaha_Acoustic_Electric_Guitars_s/109.htm

Yamaha Silent Guitar

Yamaha Silent Guitars

Plug the Silent Guitar into an amplifier, and you have rich acoustic tone, with two individual levels of in-built reverb, and zero feedback – the mortal enemy of the electro – acoustic guitarist.

An auxiliary “in” enables you to connect a CD or cassette player to jam along with your favourite tracks. A great way to improve quickly.

Yamaha Silent Guitars are unique instruments, evolving from Yamaha’s expertise in the manufacture if quality acoustic guitars and quality electronics. No other guitar allows you to practice in silence without annoying anybody, play along with your favourite music, or plug in and perform the most demanding of gigs.

Steel String Series - SLG100S
The acoustic Yamaha Silent Guitars produce virtually no tone. When you slip on a pair of headphones, you enter a virtual world where full, rich guitar tone is enveloped in luxurious reverb, a world of space and beauty.

Nylon String Series - SLG100N
The acoustic Yamaha Silent Guitars produce virtually no tone. When you slip on a pair of headphones, you enter a virtual world where full, rich guitar tone is enveloped in luxurious reverb, a world of space and beauty.

Yamaha C40PKG Classical Guitar Package

The Yamaha C40 Package includes an affordable, well made classical guitar from one of the most respected names in music manufacturing - Yamaha. The experienced craftsmen at Yamaha have assembled quality woods to form an instrument with excellent tone and playability. It will inspire and encourage a guitarist to play this guitar again and again!

The contents of the package are in a wedge shaped color box and include: Yamaha C40 guitar, GA10 case, method book, and CD. The Yamaha C40PKG classic guitar package makes a good gift anytime of the year.

* Guitar:
* spruce top
* meranti back and sides
* rosewood fingerboard and bridge
* chrome tuning machines

* Accessories
* GA10 case
* Method book
* CD

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Yamaha FG700S Solid Top Guitar

The Yamaha FG700S is a great entry level acoustic guitar with deluxe features including die-cast tuners, solid sitka spruce top, and a rosewood fingerboard.

This FG700S acoustic guitar is not really a beginner’s guitar. It is for the guitarist who has been playing awhile and wants to move up from a beginning instrument. The tone and playability should suit most players.

• Yamaha FG700S Features:
• Solid Sitka Spruce Top
• Nato Back and Sides
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Rosewood Bridge
• Black / White Body Binding
• Tortoise Colored Pickguard
• Diecast Tuners
• Natural Finish
• Limited Lifetime Warranty

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Yamaha CS40 3/4 Scale Classical Guitar

The new Yamaha CS40 3/4 size nylon string guitar was created for young players or anyone wanting a smaller instrument. The 3/4 scale compact design offers added playing comfort. Excellent playability combined with superb tone provides the player with an instrument that helps keep daily practice inspirational and exciting.

Yamaha classical guitar craftsmen learned the fine art of guitar making directly from the masters. Under the tutelage of Manuel Hernandez and Eduardo Ferrer, Yamaha guitar craftsmen acquired skills that have been handed down from master to apprentice for generations. These acquired skills are put to use every day in the making of Yamaha classical guitars.

Limited Lifetime Warranty
3/4 scale nylon string guitar
Spruce top
Meranti back and sides
Rosewood fingerboard
Rosewood bridge
Chrome tuners
Scale: 22 15/16" (580mm)

Yamaha Guitar Pack - Gigmaker Standard

The Yamaha GigMaker Standard acoustic guitar package is a great package that includes all the accessories needed to start playing immediately.

This package, which is great for the beginner or an accomplished player, includes the F325 acoustic guitar. The GigMaker Standard package also includes a gig bag, shoulder strap, extra strings, a digital tuner, picks and an instructional DVD!

• Package Includes:
• F325 acoustic guitar with gig bag
• Electronic tuner
• Strap, extra set strings, picks
• Instructional DVD
• Limited Lifetime Warranty

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Yamaha Guitar - New FG750S Acousitc Guitar

The Yamaha FG750S acoustic guitar is a stunning instrument that offers pro features at a reasonable price. Features include a solid sitka spruce top, sycamore back and sides, and die-cast tuners with vintage plastic pegs.

The FG series of Yamaha guitars were introduced in 1969. They were affordable, well made and put a quality guitar within the reach of an entire generation of musicians and music lovers. A lot has change in the last 35 years, but not the quality and affordability of a Yamaha guitar.

Yamaha's combination of quality components and craftsmanship make the FG750S an instrument that produces great tone and playability. In every process and step, from the selection of woods, parts, and other materials that go into the making of a Yamaha guitar, to the final inspections, the quality of each guitar is critically checked. If it doesn't pass the test, it gets sent back.

The Yamaha FG750S guitar offers plenty of bang for the buck. It sounds as good as guitars costing twice as much.

Yamaha Left Hand Guitar - FG720SL Solid Top Acoustic

The Yamaha FG720SL is the left-hand version of the FG720S. It's an affordable solid top acoustic guitar for the left-handed player. It features deluxe die-cast tuners, a solid sitka spruce top, and a rosewood fingerboard.

This FG720SL acoustic guitar is an intermediate instrument, and is built for the guitarist who has been playing awhile and wants to move up from a beginning instrument. The tone and playability should suit most players.

• Yamaha FG720SL Features:
  
  
• Solid Sitka Spruce Top
• Nato Back and Sides
• Rosewood Fingerboard
• Rosewood Bridge
• Black / White Body Binding
• Tortoise Colored Pickguard
• Diecast Tuners
• Natural Finish
• Limited Lifetime Warranty

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Yamaha LL16 Handcrafted Acoustic Guitar

The new Yamaha LL16 Handcrafted acoustic guitar has a solid Engelmann Spruce top and solid Rosewood back and sides. It also features a new non-scalloped bracing design that delivers a beautiful and well balanced tone. Choice materials and Yamaha’s unique ability to blend traditional skills with advanced manufacturing make the Yamaha LL16 an exceptional guitar at a price that’s hard to beat.

The bridge on the Yamaha LL16 offers more overall mass than their predecessors to deliver greater tone. The design features smooth lines and edges to keep the playing surface unencumbered. The neck on the LL16 is a 3-ply design of rosewood between two layers of mahogany.

If you’re searching for a handcrafted instrument, one you plan to keep for a lifetime, the Yamaha LL16 fits the bill.

* TOP: Solid Engelmann Spruce
* BACK & SIDE: Solid Rosewood
* NECK: 3-Ply: Mahogany-Rosewood-Mahogany
* FINGER BOARD: Ebony
* BRIDGE: Ebony
* BODY DEPTH: 3 15/16'' 4 15/16''
* NUT WIDTH: 1 3/4''# STRING LENGTH: 25 9/16''
* TUNING MACHINE: Die-cast Gold
* COLOR: Natural
* FINISH: High-Gloss

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