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Yamaha A5R ARE Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar - Vintage Natural — view 1

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Brand

Yamaha

Type

Acoustic Electric Guitar

Yamaha

Yamaha A5R ARE Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar - Vintage Natural

Name: Yamaha A5R ARE Dreadnought Cutaway Acoustic Electric Guitar - Vintage Natural
Brand: Yamaha
SKU: NGM-F4FCBAB6
Price: 994.56 GBP
Availability: InStock

SKU: NGM-F4FCBAB6Brand: Yamaha

£994.56Inc. VAT

Or around £82.88 a month over 12 months — spread the cost at checkout where eligible.

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…

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Fresh strings fitted and stretched so it holds tune out of the box
Nut slots checked for smooth, rattle-free tuning
Electronics bench-tested through a reference amp
Fretwork inspected for sprout and levelled where needed

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2-year Northgate warranty
Workshop set-up included

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01 — Full details

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 Irvine Art & Music 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

Tech Specs

String Type:Steel
Number of Strings:6
Body Shape:Dreadnought Cutaway
Left-/Right-handed:Right-handed
Color:Vintage Natural
Finish:Gloss
Top Wood:Solid Sitka Spruce with A.R.E. treatment
Back & Sides Wood:Solid Rosewood
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:25.6"
Tuning Machines:Gotoh chrome open gear
Bridge Material:Ebony
Nut/Saddle Material:Tusq/Tusq
Nut Width:1.6875"
Electronics:System 71 SRT2 preamp with SRT piezo pickup
Strings:Elixir NANOWEB 80/20 Bronze Light
Case Included:Hardshell case
Manufacturer Part Number:A5R VN

02 — From order to doorstep

Order placed

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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

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04 — Questions about this product

Yes — we hold 12 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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