--- product_id: 543757183 title: "Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish" brand: "yamaha" price: "$1106.18" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 category: "Yamaha" url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/543757183-yamaha-apx600m-thin-body-acoustic-electric-guitar-matte-finish store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # Spruce top Thinline body Die-cast tuners Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish **Brand:** yamaha **Price:** $1106.18 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > 🎢 Elevate Your Sound, Elevate Your Style! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish by yamaha - **How much does it cost?** $1106.18 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/543757183-yamaha-apx600m-thin-body-acoustic-electric-guitar-matte-finish) ## Best For - yamaha enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted yamaha brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Built-in Tuner:** Stay in tune effortlessly with the integrated System65 preamp and tuner. - β€’ **Durable Design:** Crafted with die-cast chrome tuners for long-lasting performance. - β€’ **Unmatched Comfort:** Experience effortless playability with a sleek thinline body design. - β€’ **Stylish Matte Finish:** Stand out on stage with a sophisticated natural satin matte finish. - β€’ **Natural Acoustic Tone:** Enjoy rich, resonant sound thanks to the premium spruce top. ## Overview The YAMAHA APX600M NS is a premium acoustic-electric guitar featuring a comfortable thinline body, a high-quality spruce top, and a sleek matte finish. Equipped with a System65 piezo and preamp with tuner, this guitar offers superb playability and a natural acoustic tone, making it perfect for both practice and performance. ## Description APX Series acoustic-electric guitars are among the world’s best-selling instruments of their type. With its comfortable thinline body, easily accessible upper frets, superb playability, and natural acoustic tone, the APX600M guitar is perfectly suited for live performance. β€’ Comfortable thinline body with single cutaway β€’ Exceptional playability and easy access to upper frets β€’ 25" scale length with narrow string spacing for enhanced comfort β€’ Special bracing pattern provides deep-yet-balanced low end β€’ Stage-focused pickup system lets you shape your sound for live mixes β€’ Choice of Natural Satin and Smokey Black in matte finishes Review: Quite good for the price - OK, well I'm a bass player who wanted a little acoustic guitar to mess around with. It needed to be $300 or less. This one came up with great reviews and so I just bought one sight unseen It's really hard to believe that you can get a guitar of this quality and tone for this price. I have to give it 5 stars with an important caveat. What I like: Well built and solid. I particularly like the plastic edging around the body this keeps it from getting dents. Narrow body. I didn't want some big ole clunker for when I'm plunking around while watching movies. Really great sound, both as an acoustic and when plugged in. It's bright and full - very good steel string sound. The electric features are also very good. There are low, mid, and high tone controls for when plugged in. Also a volume control. The built in tuner is fabulous. Note that it works on AA batteries that are built into small pop out compartment that's built into the body. The tuner allows you the center the intonation very closely and easily. It's easy to always be in perfect tune. i'm not sure if the batteries are required to play amplified e. g. whether its active electric. The finish is cool - a greenish sort of blue sunburst. I also like the inlay around the sound hole. Seem like high quality machine heads. We'll see how they hold - not 100% sure yet, but i'll assume the best Problem: Right out of the box the action was way too high.. To remedy this I changed the strings to a "light" set (.11 high E). This helped but not enough. So, I tried adjusting the truss rod. This also helped but the action was still to high for me. So, I very carefully removed the strings, removed and shaved the plastic bridge piece on the bottom - about 1 sixteenth of an inch. Then I worked to get the truss rod in a good position with the new lower string setting. I was also prepared to shave the nut which is also easily removable. As it turned out didn't have to take this step. Shaving the bridge and adjusting the truss was enough to bring it into a really really playable level of action - strings over frets. So, that was a lot to do and i had to be very careful doing it, but it's paid off. It now has really great action like a very good electric guitar that's been set up right. If you'r action is too high you might want to consider having an expert do this. if you do it yourself note that you have to be very very careful. Remember that you can always sand off more off the little plastic bridge piece but YOU CAN'T PUT IT BACK ON. So you might have to keep putting the strings back on and then taking them off until you've got it right. At this point i am very happy with this guitar. My only other comment is that, for me anyway, the neck is very narrow. I'm used to bass necks which are much wider or the strings are typically set further apart., I do have to get may fingers bunched up in a pretty tight configuration as for instance when playing a low A major chord. but that's probably just me. But don't expect a wide neck as on a typical nylon string classical guitar. This is more like a telecaster neck or maybe even a little more narrow than that. Again, for the money, its a really great choice and I highly recommend it with the noted caveat. Review: Yamaha APX600 - Great quality guitar at a great price ! Sounds great. Stays in tune. BEAUTIFUL COLOR ! You have to see it to truly appreciate the color. This is a medium thickness guitar, which is nice if the wider bodied guitars make your strumming arm sore from hitting the sharp edge of the body. Great guitar for beginners or pro's. ## Features - Thinline body; spruce top, matte finish, die-cast chrome tuners, System65 piezo and preamp with tuner; Natural Satin - APX Series acoustic-electric guitar with comfortable thinline body with single cutaway, superb playability, and natural acoustic tone - Matte finish body and neck, black ABS with white dot bridge pins - Oval soundhole - ABS and abalone rosette ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | ASIN | B0C7DTPKY2 | | Back Material Type | ABS | | Best Sellers Rank | #2,788 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #5 in Acoustic-Electric Guitars #123 in Acoustic Guitars | | Body Material | Spruce and locally sourced tonewood | | Body Material Type | Spruce and locally sourced tonewood | | Brand | Yamaha | | Brand Name | Yamaha | | Color | Matte Natural Satin | | Connector Type | 1/4" (6.35mm) mono phone plug | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,189 Reviews | | Fretboard Material Type | Rosewood | | Guitar Bridge System | Fixed | | Guitar Pickup Configuration | Piezo | | Hand Orientation | Right | | Included Components | Preamp, Tuner | | Instrument | guitar | | Instrument Size | full-size | | Item Dimensions | 40.25 x 3.56 x 15.13 inches | | Item Dimensions L x W x H | 40.25"L x 3.56"W x 15.12"H | | Item Type Name | Acoustic-Electric Guitar | | Item Weight | 4.6 Pounds | | Manufacturer | Yamaha | | Manufacturer Part Number | APX600M NS | | Material Type | Spruce (Body & Neck), Rosewood (Fretboard) | | Model Name | APX600M | | Model Number | APX600M NS | | Neck Material Type | Spruce Wood | | Number of Strings | 6 | | Scale Length | 25 | | String Material Type | Nickel | | Top Material Type | Spruce Wood | | UPC | 889025140850 | | Warranty Description | 1 year manufacturer warranty yamaha corporation of america (yamaha) is proud of the experience and craftsmanship that goes into every product we represent. Yamaha sells its products through a network of authorized yamaha retailers. Only these authorized retailers are equipped with sales and service support materials and training that are not readily available to non-authorized retailers. The yamah… | ## Product Details - **Brand:** Yamaha - **Color:** Natural Satin Matte - **Top Material Type:** Spruce - **Body Material:** Spruce and locally sourced tonewood - **Back Material Type:** ABS - **Neck Material Type:** Spruce Wood - **Fretboard Material Type:** Rosewood - **Guitar Pickup Configuration:** Piezo - **String Material Type:** Nickel - **Hand Orientation:** Right ## Images ![Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/712SArpQKRL.jpg) ![Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Vcb+2qN+L.jpg) ![Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Twtcv826L.jpg) ![Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish - Image 4](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71HjpF6TTVL.jpg) ![Yamaha APX600M Thin Body Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Matte Finish - Image 5](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51hXoHVb75L.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Color** options. ## Questions & Answers **Q: how wide is the body in inches? my rogue rd80 (dread) is 16" wide and i hate it, im looking for something smaller than 14"** A: This guitar is 42.2 x 5 x 19.7 inches. It doesn't seem like a child's guitar at all. I'm quite small and it's very comfortable. If the specs are not on the Amazon page where it is sold, it should not be trusted. I bought the 400 when it came out and the 600 when the 500 was no longer available. If size is important, I would try one at a guitar or music store. **Q: The sound hole looks oval, not a circle. Is it round or is the sound hole oval shaped?** A: Sound Hole is oval. **Q: how thick is the width? and is this "real" wood or particle board?** A: The width is the same as my cell phone. The wood is solid of course. The top sides and back may be laminate but by no means is it some cheap "particle board".. Remember the cost is budget friendly and the materials are too. But Yamaha has a very nice sounding and playing guitar here for a very reasonable price. In my 40 years of playing is it the best..no..is it a great guitar for the price...Absolutely! **Q: Is this guitar fullsized?** A: It is a 22 fret acoustic/electric THIN bodied guitar. The overall length and height is that of a regular full sized guitar however it is only around 3-3.25 inches thick compared to a lot of others that range close to 5 inches thick. I hope this answers your question. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quite good for the price *by R***K on January 24, 2019* OK, well I'm a bass player who wanted a little acoustic guitar to mess around with. It needed to be $300 or less. This one came up with great reviews and so I just bought one sight unseen It's really hard to believe that you can get a guitar of this quality and tone for this price. I have to give it 5 stars with an important caveat. What I like: Well built and solid. I particularly like the plastic edging around the body this keeps it from getting dents. Narrow body. I didn't want some big ole clunker for when I'm plunking around while watching movies. Really great sound, both as an acoustic and when plugged in. It's bright and full - very good steel string sound. The electric features are also very good. There are low, mid, and high tone controls for when plugged in. Also a volume control. The built in tuner is fabulous. Note that it works on AA batteries that are built into small pop out compartment that's built into the body. The tuner allows you the center the intonation very closely and easily. It's easy to always be in perfect tune. i'm not sure if the batteries are required to play amplified e. g. whether its active electric. The finish is cool - a greenish sort of blue sunburst. I also like the inlay around the sound hole. Seem like high quality machine heads. We'll see how they hold - not 100% sure yet, but i'll assume the best Problem: Right out of the box the action was way too high.. To remedy this I changed the strings to a "light" set (.11 high E). This helped but not enough. So, I tried adjusting the truss rod. This also helped but the action was still to high for me. So, I very carefully removed the strings, removed and shaved the plastic bridge piece on the bottom - about 1 sixteenth of an inch. Then I worked to get the truss rod in a good position with the new lower string setting. I was also prepared to shave the nut which is also easily removable. As it turned out didn't have to take this step. Shaving the bridge and adjusting the truss was enough to bring it into a really really playable level of action - strings over frets. So, that was a lot to do and i had to be very careful doing it, but it's paid off. It now has really great action like a very good electric guitar that's been set up right. If you'r action is too high you might want to consider having an expert do this. if you do it yourself note that you have to be very very careful. Remember that you can always sand off more off the little plastic bridge piece but YOU CAN'T PUT IT BACK ON. So you might have to keep putting the strings back on and then taking them off until you've got it right. At this point i am very happy with this guitar. My only other comment is that, for me anyway, the neck is very narrow. I'm used to bass necks which are much wider or the strings are typically set further apart., I do have to get may fingers bunched up in a pretty tight configuration as for instance when playing a low A major chord. but that's probably just me. But don't expect a wide neck as on a typical nylon string classical guitar. This is more like a telecaster neck or maybe even a little more narrow than that. Again, for the money, its a really great choice and I highly recommend it with the noted caveat. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yamaha APX600 *by W***. on January 27, 2026* Great quality guitar at a great price ! Sounds great. Stays in tune. BEAUTIFUL COLOR ! You have to see it to truly appreciate the color. This is a medium thickness guitar, which is nice if the wider bodied guitars make your strumming arm sore from hitting the sharp edge of the body. Great guitar for beginners or pro's. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yamaha APX600 *by C***C on June 11, 2025* I got this guitar around a week ago and so far I love it. I been playing for around 30 years and for the last four or five years I been playing daily. When it showed up I checked it out and it was pretty much perfect. I got the blue one and its beautiful. Couldnt find any flaws in the finish and everything checked out. Straight neck, action is where I like it for an acoustic and the guitar plays very well. It light with no neck dive and easy to play. The sound of the guitar is very nice. I played some songs and goofed around with it for a while and kinda lost time. Well over an hour that first day and it was very enjoyable playing that guitar. I have around half a dozen acoustic guitars in my collection and one of them is a thinline like this one that I spent a lot of time playing. I find them more comfortable to play than the full size guitars. Ok, the one con I found with this guitar is they could of dressed the fret ends a lot better. There is just the whisper of fret rash. Its easy to take care of yet on a guitar of this caliber, you shouldnt have to. Yet it still deserves 5 stars for after playing it for a week I didnt discover the fret rash until today. I been running my left hand all over that fret board and never felt it until I ran my fingers down the fret ends today. Then I could feel just a hint of fret rash. Five seconds with a 600 grit sanding sponge and the fret rash is gone yet as I said, a guitar of this caliber/price point should need it out the box. Yet I am very happy with the guitar and would recommend it to anyone. Playing the guitar it is very easy to lose track of time, it is that enjoyable to play. ## Frequently Bought Together - Yamaha 6 String Acoustic-Electric Guitar, Right, Natural Satin Matte (APX600M NS) - CAHAYA 41 In Acoustic Guitar Bag 0.35 In Thick Padding Water Resistent Dual Adjustable Shoulder Strap Guitar Case Gig Bag with Back Hanger Loop, Black CY0152 - Amazon Basics Adjustable Folding Guitar Stand, A-shape, Fully Assembled - For School Music Program, Concerts & Multiple Users, Black --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - πŸ›’ **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** β€” Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** β€” Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - πŸ’° **No Hidden Fees** β€” All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - πŸ”„ **15-Day Free Returns** β€” Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - πŸ”’ **Secure Payments** β€” Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** β€” Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/543757183-yamaha-apx600m-thin-body-acoustic-electric-guitar-matte-finish](https://www.desertcart.us/products/543757183-yamaha-apx600m-thin-body-acoustic-electric-guitar-matte-finish) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*