Yamaha A1RII Vintage Natural electro-acoustic guitar

Yamaha A1RII Vintage Natural electro-acoustic guitar
Product no: 9000-0032-7541 Bax Music Warranty: This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

General

Yamaha's popular A1RII Dreadnought has received some new features while still maintaining the same look, feel and sound of the original A1R. It has a solid spruce top and rosewood sides, back, fretboard and bridge. The set-in neck is made of mahogany. The result is a rich tone with clear, rounded accents in the high frequencies. Underneath the top, this A1RMKII features a scalloped bracing that offers more room for the low and mid tones to resonate.

A1RII: balanced, clear, and powerful

In order to amplify this lively acoustic guitar in a way that does it justice, Yamaha equipped it with a System72 preamplifier and an SRT piëzo pickup at the rosewood bridge. As well as the volume control and built-in tuner, the updated A1R features an especially potent 3-band equalizer. In combination with the bass and treble, you've got a rotary knob for the mid frequency, augmented by a mid fq pot. With it, you can determine which mid tones you want to highlight or minimise. Thanks to the matte finish and comfortable, familiar mahogany neck profile, this guitar may be brand-new, but it'll feel like you've been playing it for years.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets	20
Number of strings	6
Body construction	solid top
Cutaway	yes
Sustainable product	not specified
Electro-acoustic	yes
Pickup type	piëzo
Acoustic guitar size	mid
Wood type (back)	rosewood
Fretboard wood	rosewood
Wood type (soundboard)	spruce
Wood type (sides)	rosewood
For playing style	plectrum-based styles
Includes cover	no
Includes case	no
Built-in electronics	tone control, tuner, preamplifier
Acoustic sound	rich and deep
Colour	wood/natural
Left-handed	no
Body type	dreadnought

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight (incl. packaging)	3,4 kg
Dimensions (incl. packaging)	108,0 x 52,0 x 15,0 cm

Product specifications

Yamaha electro-acoustic steel-string guitar
- model: A1R
- series: A series
- colour: Vintage Natural
body
- shape: Dreadnought
- top: solid Sitka spruce
- sides and back: rosewood
- finish: high gloss
- binding: multi-layer black/white
- sound hole rosette: multi-layer black/white
- bracing: scalloped
neck
- joint: set-in
- material: 3-ply mahogany
- finish: matte
- scale length: 25.6 in
- fretboard: rosewood
- fretboard radius: 23.63 in
- number of frets: 20
- string nut width: 1.69 in
- position markers: white dots
- truss rod: yes
hardware
- bridge: rosewood
- hardware finish: chrome-plated
- machine heads: sealed, self-lubricating
- pickguard: tortoiseshell
electronics
- preamp: System72
- pickup: SRT Piezo
- controls: volume, bass, mid, treble, tuner, mid fq

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RioFender March 18, 2025

Wrote the following about Yamaha A1RII Vintage Natural electro-acoustic guitar

I saw a few reviews from Taylor players saying they either had this guitar as a back-up, or used it temporarily whilst theirs was being repaired, and they found the quality comparable. I couldn't agree more. I've played a couple of Taylors 214s and this guitar is totally on par with it.

The richness of the sound, the fidelity of the electrics, the quality of the finish - they're all sublime. It's not a flashy looking guitar but that actually makes me love it even more. It sounds good enough to not need to make too much of an effort aesthetically.

You may see other reviews saying "be prepared to do work to get the action down" and that is true. It was a little high out of the box but after a little over a 1/4 turn on the truss rod it's settled right down for some amazing playability.

There's no compromise with this guitar and the price is so competitive compared with its peers.

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