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Solid-top Handmade Acoustic-electric with Vintage Vibe and a Big Voice Handmade in Japan with select tonewoods, Yamaha's A5R acoustic-electric guitar offers a vintage look with enhanced volume in the low-mid ranges, due to new scalloped bracing for the top and shorter bracing on the dreadnought's back. With a solid Sitka spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides, this guitar sounds fantastic. The Yamaha A5R also benefits from Yamaha's A.R.E. wood torrefaction, a high-heat treatment that imbues the guitar top with greater stability and an aged, vintage hue. The A5R also takes full advantage of Yamaha's acclaimed SRT2 pickup system for recording and stage performance. You get volume, treble, and bass controls (with auto feedback reduction), and blend control allows you to balance between the piezo and SRT2 preamp, for your own distinctive tone. Modern audio engineering with vintage style While the Yamaha A5R has a traditional western body cutaway, Sweetwater is an Authorized Yamaha Dealer Genuine Open Box Item Sweetwater's 2-year warranty and 55 point inspection Yamaha A5R ARE Acoustic-electric Guitar - Vintage Natural 6-string Acoustic-electric Guitar with Solid Sitka Spruce Top, Solid Rosewood Back and Sides, Mahogany Neck, and Ebony Fingerboard - Vintage Natural Solid-top Handmade Acoustic-electric with Vintage Vibe and a Big Voice Handmade in Japan with select tonewoods, Yamaha's A5R acoustic-electric guitar offers a vintage look with enhanced volume in the low-mid ranges, due to new scalloped bracing for the top and shorter bracing on the dreadnought's back. With a solid Sitka spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides, this guitar sounds fantastic. The Yamaha A5R also benefits from Yamaha's A.R.E. wood torrefaction, a high-heat treatment that imbues the guitar top with greater stability and an aged, vintage hue. The A5R also takes full advantage of Yamaha's acclaimed SRT2 pickup system for recording and stage performance. You get volume, treble, and bass controls (with auto feedback reduction), and blend control allows you to balance between the piezo and SRT2 preamp, for your own distinctive tone. Modern audio engineering with vintage style While the Yamaha A5R has a traditional western body cutaway, its lows and highs resonate even more fully than those generated by conventional designs, thanks to new scalloped top bracing and shorter back board bracing. These modifications allow the top and back to resonate more naturally and with greater volume in the low-mid ranges. The western cutaway gives it a classic look, but an all-new brace design definitely brings the Yamaha A5R into the twenty-first century — and the Sweetwater showroom! Quality woods plus innovation equal brilliant sound Sitka spruce is highly valued for guitar tops — and for good reason. This select grade of stiff but elastic softwood is equally suited to aggressive strumming, flatpicking, and even fingerpicking styles of play. The Yamaha A5R features a solid Sitka top treated at high heat to remove moisture and volatiles (the A.R.E. process), resulting in greater stability and a beautiful aged color. The A5R solid rosewood back and sides also produce warm, balanced tones from low to high, and the ebony fingerboard and bridge provide additional responsiveness. This is a guitar that looks, plays, and sounds great! Studio sound onstage Normally you can best hear a guitar's subtle nuances when it's miked in the studio; but the A5R has Yamaha's SRT2 pickup system, which brings those wonderful acoustic sounds to the stage. With blend control, you can balance the output from the under-bridge piezo with the characteristics of either a Neumann U 67 large-diaphragm condenser or a Royer R-122 active ribbon microphone, creating your own unique tone with natural clarity. Yamaha A5R Features: 6-string acoustic-electric with traditional western cutaway in cool vintage natural finish Solid Sitka spruce top and solid rosewood back and sides for bright, warm tone A.R.E. wood torrefaction provides greater stability and attractive aged color SRT2 system allows you to blend between piezo and SRT2 preamp signals for a personalized sound Specification Detail String Type Steel Number of Strings 6 Left-/Right-handed Right-handed Body Shape Dreadnought Cutaway Back & Sides Wood Solid Rosewood Top Wood Solid Sitka Spruce with A.R.E. treatment Finish Gloss Color Vintage Natural Body Bracing Scalloped Bracing Binding Mahogany Neck Wood African Mahogany Neck Shape Straight Taper Radius 15.75" Fingerboard Material Ebony, rolled edges Fingerboard Inlay Snowflakes Number of Frets 20 Scale Length 25.56" Nut Width 1.6875" Nut/Saddle Material Tusq/Tusq Bridge Material Ebony Tuning Machines Gotoh chrome open gear Electronics System 71 SRT2 preamp with SRT piezo pickup Strings Elixir NANOWEB 80/20 Bronze Light Case Included Hardshell case RETURN INFORMATION We want you to be completely happy with your purchase from Sweetwater. If you are not satisfied with your product, you may return it for a refund of the purchase price within 30 days. If your purchase was eligible for Free Shipping, the shipping cost will be deducted from your credit or refund. Returns must be in the complete and original packaging with all accessories and complete documentation (Owner's Manual, warranty card, quick start guides, etc.), show no signs of wear or use, and include a Return Authorization number or be subject to a restocking fee.