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Recycled Rubber and Hemp Guitar Strap by Splaff

No matter what music you play, having a durable and dependable guitar strap is key. Splaff has come up with a fantastic, unique style that incorporates recycled rubber from inner tubes along with durable natural hemp to make for a strap that won’t let you down. Adjustable strap accommodates all sizes.

JHS WP-101 Wah Wah Pedal which provides the traditional ‘wah wah’ sound.

A robustly made pedal which provides the traditional ‘wah wah’ sound. Input and output sockets are located at the front of the pedal, with a power supply socket. This model incorporates an adjustable ‘colour’ slider control with settings from min. to max. which modulates the frequency breadth of the effect. Powered by a 9V battery or external DC power supply – not included.

Yamaha silent guitar

Yamaha’s Silent Guitars are unique instruments that bring together Yamaha’s vast 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 instruments 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. Solid body designs let 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.

To see how versatile these instruments really are, and to see what more they can do, visit your local Yamaha dealer and ask for a demonstration. And remember, you don’t have to be silent.
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Yamaha Gig Maker Guitar Packs

The Yamaha Gig Maker guitar packs have been one of our best selling guitar packages of all time. Why? Quality and value. Yamaha has two Gig Maker packages: Gigmaker Deluxe, and Gigmaker Standard. Both kits include all the essentials, and provide an easy way for first-time players to get started at an affordable price.

Both Gig Maker packages include Yamaha Acoustic Guitars, which have a reputation for their excellent tone and easy playability. The GigMaker Standard includes a Spruce top model with Tortoise shell-style pick guard and headstock insignia. The GigMaker Deluxe includes a guitar with a solid Spruce top, figured back and sides, black pick guard and compensated bridge saddle. Both guitar packs include a protective gig bag, digital chromatic tuner, instructional DVD, guitar strap, strings, picks and limited lifetime warranty.

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Yamaha Guitars Celebrates 40 Years Of Music Making

ANAHEIM, Calif.—For 40 years, Yamaha Guitars has been a driving force in the music industry by pioneering manufacturing techniques and innovating revolutionary designs. Through innovations such as the APX acoustic/electrics, Drop 6 semi-baritone scale, the Silent Guitar, and RGXA2’s A.I.R. technology, Yamaha Guitars has been able to sustain 40 years of continuously growing success. From Woodstock to Live 8, Yamaha Guitars have been there to help define generation after generation of music.

“Yamaha Guitars have paralleled music trends since 1966,” says Tom Sumner, vice president and general manager, Yamaha Pro Audio & Combo Division. “Innovations that we created have helped shape the guitar industry as we know it.”

In 1966, Yamaha began producing the first FG series acoustic guitars at Yamaha’s custom shop in Hamamatsu, Japan. The legendary Yamaha FG line has been a staple in the music industry and has provided millions of musicians the inspiration to create music.

The 1970s saw the rise of Yamaha’s electric guitars, most notably the SG guitars made famous by artists like Carlos Santana. “Of all the excellent – and generally unheralded – guitars built by Yamaha over the years, none has achieved quite the legendary status as the Yamaha SG-2000,” wrote Vintage Guitar magazine.

Yamaha’s prominence in the bass world came in the 1980s with the birth of the celebrated BB Series basses with their stellar endorsers such as Michael Anthony, Nathan East, Billy Sheehan, and Tony Kanal.

Yamaha established an artist/R&D facility in 1990 in the heart of the music industry in Hollywood, California: Yamaha Guitar Development. YGD not only modified and customized artists’ guitars, but also created all-new models and prototypes that would later be produced for worldwide distribution. One particular YGD design that proved incredibly successful in the 90s through today is the Pacifica Series. The Pacifica brought to Yamaha artists like Michael Lee Firkins, Mike Stern, and Sheldon Reynolds.

The new millennium has already seen revolutionary technology found in the Silent Guitar and the RGXA2’s A.I.R. construction and original designs found in the AES Series.

In 2005, Hal Leonard published a comprehensive book entitled The History of Yamaha Guitars, by Mark Kasulen and Matt Blackett, which chronicles the company’s distinguished guitar-making traditions.

“This is definitely a momentous occasion, but it’s only the beginning,” said Bryan Savage, Yamaha Guitars marketing manager. “I’m excited to see where the next 40 years will take us.”

Source: andysmusiconline.com

Yamaha Guitars - Part I

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.

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.

Now let’s jump to the other end of the price scale and take a brief look at the Yamaha Handcrafted Guitars. 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.

Source: andysmusiconline.com

Yamaha 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.

Source: andysmusiconline.com