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Yamaha A1R Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar - Vintage Natural — view 1

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Brand

Yamaha

Type

Acoustic Electric Guitar

Yamaha

Yamaha A1R Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar - Vintage Natural

Name: Yamaha A1R Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar - Vintage Natural
Brand: Yamaha
SKU: NGM-CCC484E1
Price: 397.48 GBP
Availability: InStock

SKU: NGM-CCC484E1Brand: Yamaha

£397.48Inc. VAT

Or around £33.12 a month over 12 months — spread the cost at checkout where eligible.

Solid-top Acoustic-electric with Vintage Vibe and a Big Voice In the Yamaha A1R Dreadnought, Yamaha offers a vintage look, excellent volume in the low-mid ranges, and great playability. With a solid Sitka spruce top and rosewood back and sides, this guitar sounds fantastic. The Yamaha A1R…

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What we do before it ships

Fresh strings fitted and stretched so it holds tune out of the box
Fretwork inspected for sprout and levelled where needed
Electronics bench-tested through a reference amp
Full workshop set-up: truss rod, action and intonation dialled in before dispatch
Nut slots checked for smooth, rattle-free tuning

Gigging playersHome recordingPractice & lessonsStudio sessions

Free insured UK delivery
30-day free returns
2-year Northgate warranty
Workshop set-up included

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01 — Full details

Solid-top Acoustic-electric with Vintage Vibe and a Big Voice

In the Yamaha A1R Dreadnought, Yamaha offers a vintage look, excellent volume in the low-mid ranges, and great playability. With a solid Sitka spruce top and rosewood back and sides, this guitar sounds fantastic. The Yamaha A1R Dreadnought takes full advantage of Yamaha's acclaimed SRT pickup for recording and stage performance. With its traditional System 66 preamp, you get volume, a built-in tuner, a 3-band EQ, and automatic midrange frequency control with a convenient slider.

Modern audio engineering with vintage style

The Yamaha A1R Dreadnought has a traditional western body cutaway, allowing its lows and highs to resonate fully and project well through its circular soundhole. The western cutaway gives it a classic look, and because it offers better access to the upper frets, soloing is easier, as you can reach higher treble notes more comfortably. Irvine Art & Music Center fingerstyle players love that!

Quality tonewoods plus classic design equal outstanding 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 A1R Dreadnought features a solid Sitka top with rosewood back and sides, producing warm, balanced tones from low to high end. This guitar looks, sounds, and plays great.

Studio sound onstage

Normally you can best hear a guitar's subtle nuances when it's miked in the studio, but the Yamaha A1M Dreadnought has Yamaha's SRT pickup, which brings those wonderful acoustic sounds to the stage. Further customization is provided through the AMF midrange frequency adjustment on the preamp control panel.

Yamaha A1R Dreadnought Features:

Traditional western cutaway acoustic-electric
Solid Sitka spruce top with rosewood back and sides for rich, warm tone
SRT pickup brings studio quality sound to the performance stage

Tech Specs

String Type:Steel
Number of Strings:6
Body Shape:Dreadnought
Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
Color:Vintage Natural
Finish:Gloss
Top Wood:Solid Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides Wood:Rosewood
Body Bracing:Scalloped
Binding:Mahogany
Neck Wood:3-piece Mahogany
Radius:15.75"
Fingerboard Material:Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay:Dots
Number of Frets:20
Scale Length:25.5"
Tuning Machines:Die-cast chrome
Bridge Material:Rosewood
Nut/Saddle Material:Urea/Urea
Nut Width:1.692"
Electronics:SRT system preamp with undersaddle pickup
Strings:Elixir, .011-.052
Manufacturer Part Number:A1R VN

02 — From order to doorstep

Order placed

Confirmation email with your reference lands within a minute.

Workshop check

Bench inspection and set-up, usually the same working day.

Packed & dispatched

Double-boxed and handed to the courier with tracking.

Delivered

Free insured delivery, 1–3 working days across mainland UK.

03 — Buying with confidence

Bought from a UK company

Northgate Music Co. is a UK-registered retailer. Every order is invoiced with VAT and covered by UK consumer law.

30-day returns

Change your mind within 30 days of delivery and we arrange a free return collection, then refund to your original payment method.

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We invite customers to review 14 days after delivery. Ratings appear here once verified purchasers have left them — we never publish placeholder scores.

04 — Questions about this product

Yes — we hold 6 in UK stock. Orders placed before 14:00 on a working day are picked the same day and dispatched with free insured tracked delivery, arriving in 1–3 working days.

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