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Featuring a narrower nut width than traditional nylon-string guitars, the Yamaha NTX5 acoustic-electric guitar is a comfortable option for electric and steel-string players. You'll enjoy the delightfully delicate nylon string sound, in a thinline body style electric guitarists will love. One thing you won't see ? but you'll definitely hear ? is the NTX5's advanced internal bracing pattern, which is fine-tuned to enhance frequency response and projection. Complete with the innovative Atmosfeel pickup/preamp system that reproduces every detail of your tone, the Yamaha NTX5 nylon-string acoustic-electric guitar is a stellar performer in every respect.





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Familiar feel for electric and steel-string players





If you're most comfortable with an electric or steel-string acoustic guitar, picking up a traditional nylon-string guitar can feel rather unforgiving. You'll feel right at home with the Yamaha NTX5, though, thanks to its narrower nut width and slimmer body style. You'll enjoy the sweet sound of nylon strings without having to drastically alter your playing style, and that's an especially big deal when you're changing guitars during a performance.





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Atmosfeel electronics ensure first-rate plugged-in tone





The Yamaha NTX5 nylon-string guitar is equipped with Yamaha’s Atmosfeel pickup and preamp system. This innovative system lends a natural, three-dimensional sound to your guitar via a 3-way sensor setup. A piezo under-saddle sensor picks up sound where the strings meet the bridge, while an internal microphone captures the guitar’s internal resonance and a sheet sensor picks up vibrations from its soundboard. A Mic Blend knob enables you to blend the mic signal with the piezo. A Bass EQ knob controls a peaking EQ ? the center frequency raises when boosting and lowers when attenuating. You also get a Master Volume control.





Innovative bracing pattern for sonic excellence





While you'll normally never see your guitar's internal bracing, it plays a huge role in dictating how your instrument sounds. The Yamaha NTX5's bracing pattern doesn't have a catchy name, because it's been specifically designed for this body shape, size, and tonewoods. In other words, Yamaha measured and experimented until they found the sweet spot for low-frequency response, projection, and articulation. Guitarists at Sweetwater spend a bit too much time thinking about things like internal bracing structures, and we're impressed with Yamaha's attention to this detail.





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Yamaha NTX5 Acoustic-electric Nylon-string Guitar Features:


Nylon-string guitar advanced Atmosfeel electronics system


Narrower nut width and slimmer body than typical nylon-string guitars will appeal to electric and steel-string players


Atmosfeel electronics combine three separate transducers to reproduce all of the depth, nuance, and detail of your tone


Solid spruce top and solid walnut back/sides will sound even better as they age and settle in


Innovative bracing pattern is tuned to these tonewoods and body silhouette for maximum tonal balance and projection