Yamaha AEX1500 Martin Taylor Acoustic/Electric Guitar

Up for sale is one Yamaha AEX1500 archtop electric guitar.  This is a great guitar for the jazzier player who wants a quality instrument in an affordable package.  It was designed by Yamaha in collaboration with jazz legend Martin Taylor.  Featuring a maple neck and ebony fingerboard with a figured maple body, it has one mini humbucker in the neck position and a piezo in the bridge, both of which are controlled by the 3-position switch.  It has a master volume, a humbucker tone pot, and a piezo 3-band eq that lets you shape the tone in a variety of ways.  It's in excellent condition and perfect working order.  Due to regular usage, there are a few slight blemishes on the body -in the cutaway and side (see pictures.) This is a really cool guitar and comes with upgraded Sperzel locking tuners. The original Yamaha tuners can be included at no additional charge. A Gibson hardshell case is also included. 

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Yamaha AEX 1500 Martin Taylor Model

Body size at lower bout: 15 1/2". Scale length: 24 3/4". Nut width: 1 11/16".

Finish: natural blonde finish

Materials: Highly figured arched sycamore top and flamed maple back and sides; solid three piece maple neck with solid ebony fingerboard, dot mother of pearl fingerboard inlay. Five-ply top binding, with triple-bound back, neck, peghead and heelcap; deluxe bound f-holes.

Hardware: All gold hardware, including floating Johnny Smith style humbucking pickup with adjustable polepieces, gold trapeze tailpiece, pickguard bracket and precision Yamaha 16X1 tuners; black/white beveled pickguard, adjustable compensated ebony bridge with bone nut and built-in piezo pickup, adjustable truss rod at peghead, volume and tone controls with gold Gibson style speed knobs; active 3 band EQ with pickup blender and 9V battery well.

Notes: Designed in consultation with preeminent jazz fingerstylist Martin Taylor, the Yamaha AEX1500 combines the smooth, fat Johnny Smith humbucker, the brilliance of a piezo bridge, and the versatility of complete on-board EQ and mixing. Slim neck, factory jumbo frets, and fast ES-175 scale fingerboard make this guitar a rocket to play. This splendid example is in excellent condition with all original hardware and case. Unique in the marketplace, this guitar is ideal for the electric player desiring a more natural acoustic sound, or the acoustic guitarist looking for a lively, feedback resistant gigging guitar at an unbeatable price.