Yamaha APX600 Acoustic Guitars - Double Denim Paradiso!

[@flux1968]

I own one and it sounds way better than in this video. I don't know why they made their guitars sound so bad. People need to remember that these are thin bodied guitars and won't have the same resonance as a full dreadnought body. With that in mind, it's still capable of producing some great tones.

[@frmcf]

Generally, if a manufacturer uses solid woods, they'll let you know. So if it doesn't say 'solid spruce' on the spec, it's almost definitely laminate. If you use the good stuff, you want the customer to know, because you can charge more for it.

[@OTCRock4one]

Wow! When the gentleman with glasses adjusted the EQ, it sounded so warm like a dreadnought Acoustic Guitar!

[@olivierarnold_]

To be honest these didn't really sound good in the intro, except for the playing of course

[@TheRavenstrider]

I've always seen the PX series guitars as gigging guitars... I don't think they're supposed to have a great unplugged sound.

[@OlettaLiano]

Pretty much all Acoustics sound a little plinky to me.

[@asmrindustries5431]

Oletta Liano even a d-28?

[@clench13]

olivier arnold I felt like it was the mics. I like a double mic setup when possible.

[@tomahoks]

Pink Floyd

[@C33Fernandez]

Thought I was going a bit crazy thinking these sound bad. Glad to know others agree in the comments but I'm going to have to watch other Acoustic Paradiso reviews as a control.

[@johnrobertholladay5376]

This is probably the worst I’ve heard them sound in all of the apx600 reviews I’ve seen. Acoustically. Which makes me think it’s not really the guitars fault. Everyone go watch different review videos, I’m telling you right now they do not sound this bad 😂

[@nemanjapetrovic6110]

So happy to see Dexys midnight runners reunite for an acoustic gig...

[@7thheaventruth]

I agree with all the other people that commented these are amazing guitars for the price point. They do not sound the way you guys were playing. You did a disservice to this guitar in this video.

[@chrisjs6123]

I have never experienced a bad Yamaha product and own several. The quality and attention to detail is usually incredible. That said, I think this may be the first Guitar in history to make Danish Pete sound ordinary. They sound hard to play.

[@justjames1138]

The glasses actually suit Pete. I'm totally down for a cuddle now.

[@1961jscofield]

Funny, when my ears tell me these sound like crap but both presenters keep assuring me they "sound great," they lose all credibility regarding any other gear they praise in future episodes. Good job.

[@kkdeveauxgue2784]

They said the most intelligent thing I ever heard,because people go out and buy these high priced guitars but their songs aren't good nor is their playing, a high priced guitar isn't gonna make you a better player your just gonna look like you got money but once they hear your heartless songs your out the door of people's minds your forgotten just like that

[@gerhardvanappeldorn574]

I love Yamaha. I have a APX 7. I love your music. Best wishes from Bergisch Gladbach (10 miles from Cologne, German)

[@electoplater]

yamaha make great guitars pete would love it more if they were smashed in a bit

[@untappedreality]

Another awesome video! Love when these two present/play together! My favorite channel on KZbin.

[@FilippaArendt]

Love my Yamaha guitar, bass and drums 💜🙌

[@DavidFlorez]

Where is Mick? I used to come here just to hear him and Pete jam, there was magic in the air...

[@thedondeluxe6941]

Yamaha is clearly capable of making brilliant acoustics. My LJ16 sounds like a Gibson J200 and costs around a third of the price. But hese ones were made on a Monday, I think.

[@jonyq]

Even Pete and Joss couldn't polish these turds.

[@seanjackson8974]

Actually these are really good guitars

[@TheGregbueno]

petes denim game is always on point

[@flppr1]

What string gauge and type do you recommend for easy blues bends on an acoustic? This guitar comes with 12s, right?

[@shaunmeredith6437]

I was in Chelmsford in Essex last week just passing next to the market stall i can hear a clear acoustic sound is very much like a Yamaha CPX or APX ? i decided it was the APX ,end up in the high street popping into some some shops low and behold right next to me was a Yamaha APX 600 body on a guitar stand musician must have ended his gig . that one hell of a guitar big on sound in Chelmsford high street.

[@brianricker1703]

Give me more Pete! Once a week is so not enough!

[@mosisharifi4986]

Can i use this guitar for country and blues style???

[@deanwalker3710]

Buy an old 80s Alvarez or something for similar money. Great quality and sound, and you’ll always get what you paid!

[@dracha6793]

Sounds are RICH thru all the RIFFS 👍🎶🤘✌VERY NICE!

[@brianmason9803]

I'd prefer to have more demonstration than conversation. How well does fingerstyle come out on this guitar?

[@MatthewJohnCrittenden]

The Andertons Mary Spender Era was brief wasn't it?

[@danielhoskins4690]

TheVimFuego she would be a good choice to head up these demos, hey? I feel like their hearts aren’t really in to acoustic demos as much as fretboard-wank machines.

[@emmajacobs5575]

Bring back Mick Taylor!

[@danielhoskins4690]

Emma Jacobs I dunno, Ronnie Wood has been doing a pretty good job for the last 40 years. Him and Keef seem to work well together. Joking aside, I think the other Mick and Mary would be a good pairing for acoustic paradiso.

[@yashabeydokhti4758]

Another great episode. Have you guys ever reviwed an Ovation? Like to know what are your thoughts, mayby a comparison with another brand within the same price range? That would be appreciated.

[@geecen]

Don't know about these, but the mid to high end Yams are excellent. My LL11e from some years ago sounds excellent.

[@Tolbens]

With these glasses you look like Johny Depp in "The Tourist"... Great sound unplugged for such a narrow body but plugged in a PA sounds plastic. Very good presentation guys!!!

[@brizZzan]

I would like to see a video about Gibson filing for Bankruptcy. Captain and Chappers please respond to this!!!

[@Max-trek]

these guitars remind me of the sound of my first guitar 30 years ago, a brunswick classical thing that cost £35. sorry guys.

[@EdgedWeeds]

I love Pete with glasses.

[@vincebu6441]

Through a Roland stereo chorus amp with a blue sky reverb.. forget everything.. the apx600 is great..

[@memebigboy1946]

A friend of mine has that EXACT white model.

[@michaelshepherd1072]

Not the best choice of music to showcase the guitar. I just bought a 600 today & it's a lot of fun. I only own 1 amp, a VOXac30vr & it sounds great acoustic or through the amp. Plus it's beautiful.

[@oisinmcphillips2090]

i'm glad you guys are running with the denim gag

[@tulk3747]

Mick ever coming back? Or his he committed fully to TPS?

[@jamesbarker1994]

Just ordered one of these, coming in a few days, cant wait. First decent guitar.

[@larryhorning]

Damn, Yamaha; what’d we ever do to YOU?!

[@lucaisokay]

Amazing playing as always, but these yammys are gonna have a hard time competing with that prs acoustic tone.

[@akshaykumar_r]

These sound just like my £60 guitar xD Probably set up much better though... Edit: 10:36 It sounds beautiful!! :O

[@lindenrosam4781]

You’re not really helping these guitars guys, I am sorry to say. I watch most of Andertons videos and generally they’re great, but lets hear so e good acoustic style playing on these please. In spite of this, I have bought one of these - from Andertons 😁 - because I had the 500III and loved it but gave it away to a relative at the beginning of first lockdown, now need to replace it. I love these Yamahas, the size is great, very comfortable and they do sound good played well and appropriately. Andertons please do another video on these acoustics!! Love you guys tho!

[@z.s4371]

What's that archtop over joss's right shoulder?

[@lieut89]

Whole lotta buzzin' goin' on.

[@olivercrook7427]

Can you do a blindfold dreadnought shootout?

[@frankmorin9657]

I'm happy with mine sounds great 👍

[@arctichare8185]

Showing off guitar skills or showing what the guitar is like?

[@Dcypha77]

Had one of these for a few months. Hated it. Sounded so bad I preferred to play my little son's £50 3/4 size guitar.

[@darwinbeagle9394]

They sound a bit tinny and cheap to my ears. Surprised as I thought they would sound a lot better. I think they will sound better for strumming everyday chords

[@lindarice9087]

By the way...always great playing by these guys

[@davidkeane2399]

... Especially with those glasses... Double D-enim

[@ZappaBlues]

It's an acoustic ELECTRIC. It's meant to be played DI and/or through an amp.

[@andertons]

Did you watch the whole video?

[@itszaidihamid]

One of the worst I've ever owned. Buy a Sigma instead..

[@sikkinixx75]

What wood is made of? 🤔

[@colmpower5197]

Ply

[@comedyfun24]

Yamaha list solid tops on there sight for other guitars such as the FS and FG models. They omitted the word solid for the CPX, APX, and the Jr lines. This why I believe they are not solid tops.

[@Nikoo033]

My £150 Cort (hard to play) used to sound better than those. In terms of acoustic guitars, I haven't heard of anything under £700 that plays and sounds really good. If anyone knows some guitars in that price range ~ £300 that match quality of playing and sounds, I'm all ears. Good playing though!

[@victorbr234]

I have an old Takamine jumbo (made in korea) It plays and sounds amazing!

[@prsmantse1]

Check out the old sigma guitars. Japan or korean made

[@robbieegan5748]

Sigma guitars are great

[@robbieegan5748]

Sigma guitars are great.

[@prsmantse1]

Robbie Egan I had never heard of them but I scored an older one last week and it's really amazing for the price. They're really hard to date though, I've been scouring the internet for days lol. I think mine is from the 80s though

[@FunkyMonkey-ip4xy]

If you're going with the denim get a couple of Tele's and do some Quo. Actually please don't. And am really not sure about the Hampstead heath bandana :)

[@daverees9038]

An amazing advert on why you should. Buy a taylor or a martin.

[@TheOldMan-75]

Sure, if you have the money you can always buy a Martin. You're certainly not going to regret that decision. However, most gigs force you to use piezo pickups and they can all sound great with a proper acoustic amp. It really doesn't matter how a guitar sounds unplugged when all you do with it is plug it in and change the sound however you like with an amp.

[@JayTheLane]

Ropey Yamaha, good playing. No a chance I'd pay £280 odd sov's for these. Edit was hoping the tones would get better but what a muddy sounding eq :-(

[@michaelanthony9797]

Great playing as always from the guys, but even they couldn’t make these guitars sound good. It also looked like they were struggling at times to play them, so 300 quid still sounds like 150 too much.

[@clench13]

Like me, in your mid twenties 5:22... LOL! classic

[@nbsmusicstudio4352]

Please, how do you mute an acoustic guitar?

[@vamosbarca8206]

Just search on KZbin

[@dudemandudebro938]

We need to learn how to roll the sleeves up in America, it's so cute : /

[@akukelilipan]

this, even Pete couldn't make yamaha sounds decent at the very least... I know it's a low end, but even the higher end one doesn't sound that "good"

[@jamieofalltrades536]

FatCat couldn't agree more.

[@RJT80]

FatCat These are easily the most popular thinline acoustic/electrics on the market. They sound huge for a thinline and you don't lose much compared to a dreadnought if you use a heavier pick and actually go after it. Most people are shocked at how much depth there is. They are very pick sensitive though. Anything other than a heavy pick will get you a thin buzzy sound.

[@jarredsecretioremente189]

For a man who doesn't play acoustic much Josh can really rip the s*#t out of that instrument!

[@alansturgess1324]

Errr - this is not as good a sound as I expected. Definitely not convinced.

[@molliemicrobe]

Yeah these yamahas are a pain to work with. Quite a few of my friends have the slightly older ones for some reason and all of them sound pretty bad, and are surprisingly fragile. Nearly anything would be a better choice than these. A low-end breedlove, a sigma, a martin X series, an Ibanez, something used. These AP series are nearly all terrible. Not to say that yamahas are all bad; the Pacifica series is incredible and the higher end acoustics are pretty rad (particularly the Transacoustics).

[@tenshinseishin]

They sound and play rough. Not the presenters the guitars. Clunky, yuck.

[@Supakool85]

I thought the same thing....I'm no expert but I felt that they didn't sound rite🤷🏽‍♂️

[@abrarbw]

These guitars are actually magnificent and sound nothing like the way they are sounding in this video. You should check other reviews to get a better understand.

[@Disco-Terry]

Nice to see you guys reviewing budget stuff. I like Yamaha but as others have said, these are stinkers ! Even for the sub £300 mark they're underwhelming.

[@Stikibits]

For when enough denim is never enough.

[@rahmatlugina7302]

Made in Indonesia 😍

[@BloodpactORG]

Sigh, had hoped the egg-shaped sound hole died along with Luna Guitars. These sound pretty bad and look hard to play too, compared to f.ex. Harley Benton which are half the price. Big fan of Yamaha and the other Japanese companies but these are a big miss.

[@SteelSkin667]

I can't judge that particular guitar without playing it first hand, but I have an older APX500. Mine is actually very comfortable and easy to play, but it doesn't sound that good unplugged because of the smaller body and deep cutaway.

[@davidkeane2399]

"These didn't sound good.." Who cares??? It's Pete for GODS'S SAKE!! #gayforpete

[@JudgeFredd]

These are made to be plugged...

[@deancheese1006]

More Acoustic paradiso

[@marcionobrega5117]

Um abraço pra vcs

[@TheChristafershawn]

Godin/Seagull best bang for the buck and made in Canada. Check em out.

[@agastyeet8362]

Pete looks like John Mayer.

[@AleksandarStanojkovic]

why do all guitars except martins and some taylors sound like cardboard boxes with strings on them?

[@ZappaBlues]

They sound a bit compressed, and as an electric player ... 11s !!!

[@braveandnew7817]

Neumann Cant Save you on this one....Sorry boys...Nothing against the crew at Anderton's.

[@pd4165]

More denim than a Wrangler factory...in Canada!

[@marcionobrega5117]

Violão yamarra é muito bom

[@billyellow4849]

Oh, for goodness sake. YOU CAN TRAVEL THE WORLD WITH YOUR ROSEWOOD FINGERBOARD. As long as you are not going to sell, give away or otherwise trade the guitar. No need to spread fear, uncertainty or doubt.

[@louisgerber65]

Ask Carlos Santana. He never takes his Salmon to Europe...

[@billyellow4849]

...not when he can use his Andertons Carloscaster!

[@ericsoupene1768]

I have owned the Yamaha apx500iii for a few years now have used it on tour definitely my favorite guitar I just ordered the apx600 I am not impressed with the electronics in these guitars I have a K&K Pure Mini pick up in my Yamaha apx500iii I'll put it up against any guitar that cost thousands of dollars they really sound really good when you tune them up a few steps I will also be putting a K&K Pure mini in my new apx600 they're really good guitars not great Electronics but I would say that about any electric guitar with a Piezo pickup.

[@ziberncorreia8667]

Would really like to know what your take on the difference between the 500iii and 600.. Is it a major difference? Which should I prefer cause I'm getting a very good deal on the 500iii

[@m.n.6523]

Yamaha make great guitars, yes. But the APX series just sounds awful unplugged.

[@willtilley513]

Now that’s quackey sounding at its finest🤨

[@cOpEnBaCoN]

The best affordable acoustic-electric I've had is the fender t-bucket 300ce. Round about $300 new, graphtech nut and bridge, Fishman preamp. They really look play and sound like expensive guitars. These Yamahas are a small step above a Rogue off Amazon. Edit: Still enjoyed the vid lol

[@GuitarOnTheRun]

This may be the first time that I have watched one of these videos and not had any interest in the guitars at all. Good try guys, but these are just not appealing at all. Keep up the good work though. Favorite KZbin Channel by far.

[@chipbipple2593]

Look, I'm a big believer in there not being "bad" guitar tone, just appropriate and inappropriate guitar tone. That said, I'd skip these.

[@adefajemisin]

*Quadruple Denim Paradiso.

[@Neil-Aspinall]

sound like $100 acoustics.

[@chipbipple2593]

Neil Aspinall I dunno, a couple months ago I paid $100 for my first guitar, (a beaten up old Sears accoustic) that sounds about 1,000X better than these. I don't know if I've ever played this model, (Yamaha's naming convention pretty much precludes my knowing that much) but I've messed around on a few different models of Yamaha accoustics in stores and while the action is nice and they do play easily, the tone isn't there.

[@marcionobrega5117]

Quero um pra mim

[@jamieofalltrades536]

Acoustic playing is much more difficult than electric in my opinion, especially if your not just strumming chords. The action is tighter, therefore it requires stronger fingers, better control, and a cheap acoustic doesn't sound good usually, these guitars tone just sucks, they don't sound like the intonation is all there. You can definitely tell the difference in talent levels here as well, without effects all you have is your chops, no offense intended but Pete is a superior guitarist and to say these guitars are exquisite is a flat out lie...

[@bongocat5223]

Pete and Joss are very different guitarists. I wouldn't say one is better than the other, but they are both good in their respective field of playing

[@raytorvalds3699]

Keep on dreaming...

[@jamieofalltrades536]

Ray Torvalds ?

[@raytorvalds3699]

Oh, that was a reply to you saying acoustic is much more difficult than electric.

[@jamieofalltrades536]

Ray Torvalds You disagree? I'm speaking about getting proper intonation and tone from the guitar , not comparing technical aspects of electric vs acoustic. Most acoustic music is fairly simple, technically speaking. But, lets say you are fairly new to guitar, but you know a few chords. Now pick up an acoustic and try to equally reproduce those same few chords with good tone, good luck with that, with weak fingers that have yet to build good dexterity or muscle memory. That was the point I was trying to make. Most people have an easier time learning on an electric guitar because of the lower action and generally lighter strings. Now to make it worse add in a cheap guitar. Enjoy the flat sounds and buzzing of the strings on the fret bars...

[@nikosk.8216]

DO CPXes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@electoplater]

pete w here is your relic acoustic you seem to love fake wear

[@jamieofalltrades536]

My apologies for the comment about Joss's playing ability. My comment was a bit like those guitars, shitty, and useless; sorry Joss.

[@lindarice9087]

FG 800 series guitars...even the FG 700s is as nice

[@debajitpalchoudhury1571]

Bad guitar , good players...