Yamaha FSX800C Concert Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Guitar - Ruby Red

Solid spruce top with scalloped bracing

The top is solid spruce, braced with a scalloped pattern so it can vibrate freely, over nato and okume back and sides. The body is gloss-finished with black binding, a black and white soundhole inlay and a tortoise-pattern pickguard.

Concert cutaway body, 634mm scale

The concert cutaway body is 380mm wide, 497mm long and 90mm to 110mm deep, so it is comfortable seated and the cutaway opens up the upper frets. Scale length is 634mm with a total length of 1021mm, and string tension feels a little easier than on a 650mm dreadnought.

SYSTEM66 preamp with tuner and mid sweep

The SYSTEM66 preamp gives you volume, a 3-band EQ, a built-in tuner and a mid-frequency control, which lets you dial out the exact frequency that is feeding back on a loud stage. Output is a standard line out, so it runs straight into an acoustic amp or the desk.

Nato neck, walnut fingerboard, TM29T tuners

The nato neck has a matt finish and a walnut fingerboard at a 400mm radius, with a walnut bridge. The 43mm urea nut has 10mm string spacing, and TM29T die-cast chrome tuners hold pitch under stage lights. Strings are Yamaha FS50BT or D'Addario XT.

Set up and ready

A plugged-in guitar with buzzing frets is no fun, so action, relief and the saddle seat get checked. Set up in-store by Guitar World Australia's techs before it ships to you.

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