For more than twenty years, Yamaha has been making electro-acoustic guitars, dedicated to creating natural, rich tone captured through innovative pickup and preamp combinations.
Now we have revisited pickup technology again to achieve another milestone in the path to perfection. Our 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.