Yamaha APX-10

This beautiful guitar was made in 1989 in japan,it has 22 frets, and has a volume, tone, bass, and a knob that allows you to decide the perfect sound for your guitar with any song(except heavy metal or anything like that). It has a single bridge mounted Piezo-electric pickup. The Top of the guitar is Spruce, the Back and Sides are made of Agathis or Alder I don't really know which one, its (Semi Hollow) the Neck is made of Maple, and the Fretboard and the Bridge are made of Indian Rosewood. The finish is a blackburst or I think that is what they call it. The body style has a cutaway for easy access to the higher frets. You have to buy the case seperately I believe or at least I did. The case is custom made to the guitar size and style with it all cushioned on the inside at least an inch thick.

This guitar suites my music style very well there is not much I dislike about it but there are a few things. With the music style I enjoy playing Eagles, led zepplin, creed, everlast, dave matthews, three doors down, ext..........this guitar works well with most things I like playing except for jimi hendrix, metallica, nirvana, lincoln park, papa roach, and heavier kind of music like that. With this guitar you are not able to get those kinds of sounds out of it but thats ok i guess because if they made one guitar with everthing then people wouldn't need to buy different guitars right!!!!!!!!!!!! Right now I am using my crate amp it puts out pretty good and it has 16 different sound fx's on it. This guitar can get noisy is you dont know how to use it properly. It has a very nice sound to it, it is very clear and sounds very rich.

The action was great on mine but that might be because of my uncle because he is a great guitarist you might have heard of him(Perry Jordan from the Heartsfield band lead guitarist and singer)if you havent check under Heartsfield on the web and you'll see them(and just so you all know they are coming back out real soon on tour and there new cd is being made called "rescue the dog" its a great cd so go out and buy it)oh yeah back to the action maybe that is why my action is so good on it. Not really any flaws unless yours hasen't been taken good care of just make sure before you buy this kind of guitar from anyone you check the condition of everything even the very inside and ask about the history of the guitar. The only flaw i can think of on mine would be the holding for the 9v battery you need the battery is only good for 50 hours and if leave it plugged in to the amp even with the amp off it drains the battery and it is a pain in the butt to change the battery cause you have to loosen up the top three strings enough for you to get your hand in there ot pull out the old battery and stick in the new one, and after many years the rubber to hold the battery looses its stick to hold it in there so the battery slides out, so in that case you need to tape the battery in there or try to find a new rubber pad and see if that words(whatever you do don't use duck tape to hold the battery in there cause it will be almost impossible to get it out).

All I can say is that this guitar has gone through everything because of my uncle and his band so it can withstand live playing easily, so far it has lasted 12 years and its still in mint condition, The finish is great and if you keep it polished and dust it off and stuff it still looks like new, yes the strap buttons are solid, yes you can depend on it my uncle like I said has depended on it for 12 years so far and he still borrows it from me for certain recordings that he did on his new cd, I would never not bring a backup encase strings broke on stage or a freak thing happens and I end up dropping it.

I really don't know about this but I bet you It's probably not that good!!

I have been playing on this guitar for about a year. All together I have been playing for about 8 years. I wish i could've asked him how long does the battery last?, if it were stolen or lost I wouldn't take it because that is wrong to take something like this that dosen't belong to you. I love the sound you can get out of this guitar it sounds beautiful I promise you if you get a good one you will not be sorry, and like I said I hate changing the battery its a pain, yes I did compare it to other guitars, I compared it to the martin and the gibson but there was no way I could afford one of those I chose this one because I got a great deal on it I hope some of you can get a great deal on yours too. No I really can't think of anything else I wish it had. Remember the guitar won't sound good unless the user of it is good and practice makes perfect. But don't forget these are just my opinions on it you might end up liking a whole other style of guitar. Just know if you work this guitar right than you'll will get all the sounds you love out of it eccept for heavy distortion.Hope You guys have a fun time with this guitar!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not sure exactly when the guitar was made but it lies somewhere between the late 80's/early 90's region.Made in Japan?....24 frets. This particular model has recessed volume,base and treble controls and a mix control near the neck.Burgundy red finish,single rounded cutaway,solid spruce top,flamed sycamore back and sides,stereo 2-way pickup.Neck is African mahogony.Fingerboard and bridge are indian rosewood.Tuners are diecast gold yamaha tuners.

OK firstly let me say that i am a perfectionist when it comes to getting a truly acoustic sound and this is where the guitar goes down in my view.i bought this guitar thinking that it would solve my quest for the perfect amplified acoustic tone.For such an expensive guitar i was a disappointed.I play a lot of acoustic rock ...led zepellin,AIC etc.OK the tone i was looking for was that sound that sound that stephen stills gets from his guitar playing "Black Queen"...yeah i know it's hard to get it from an electro acoustic but young can do it !!!!That characteristic fat bluesy acoustic sound. I'm not big into effects.(but maybe i should be trying out some????) I normally run the guitar straight through to the PA system using only the mono output from the guitar as our PA system(INKEL 300watt)is in mono.I have found that leaving the mix control half way ie using the bridge and saddle pickups 50/50 and keeping the bass and treble up fairly high on the guitar gives the best results.I run the signal from the guitar into a korg ax1g processor for more EQ and some compression and a little delay.I tried connecting both the 1/4" jacks to a stereo PA system before but when i strummed the guitar a faint "crackling" noise was heard so i just go with one of the outputs. Myself and another guy jam a lot and unplugged the guitar doesn't have much projection.He plays a jumbo and it's difficult for me to even hear my guitar when he's playing.

The factory setup was great.The action is superb and is great for lead licks.But again i have to criticise.The strap button at the neck end is mounted on the guitar body in such a way that when you are not holding the guitar it tends to swing (neck falling).And another thing is the battery compartment is a ridiculous concept.Ok i know that some people say that creating a hole in the body of the guitar for a battery compartment affects the overall sound.Personally i think this is a load of shit!Trying to change the battery on this guitar is a serious mess.You have to loosen the bottom strings,reach in to the battery holder which is mounted with velcro???.This has worked itself loose twice already and broke the 2 supply wires from the battery.... ....a lot of stress when it happens in front of a crowd .... but luckily i'm good with a soldering iron eh?

I dont know about live playing with this guitar.It seems any time i'm playing a gig i'm paranoid about the battery holder working itself loose again.The tuners are solid and the guitar does stay in tune.

I've sent 3 mails to yamaha in realtion to the guitar setup regarding live setup with the stereo o/p and all but i've been given the run-around and ended up pissed off and a little disillusioned!

So now we come to the everall rating....well here we go again.For such an expensive guitar you would expect a lot and with this guitar you don't get it!I've been playing for 20 of my 27 years on this planet and it's ok for sitting around at home playing to yourself.But if you,like moi, are looking for that true acoustic tone this guitar ,i'm afraid is not for ya!I have owned shite guitars in the past but this time i'm going to trade this thing in for that Guild i was going to buy in the first place!!......then again maybe you are supposed to use some sort of external blender with the guitar(and if anyone can get in contact with yamaha on this well then give me a shout)...