In our January 2012 issue, AG reviewed Yamaha’s Chinese-made A3R dreadnought, which boasts a similar look and many of the same features as their new A6R: solid Sitka spruce top, solid rosewood back and sides, and an SRT pickup/preamp system with DSP mic-modeling technology. What’s new for the A6R—as well as its concert-sized cousin, the AC6R—is that these limited-production guitars are being built in Japan by some of the company’s top craftsmen. Better build quality ups the sticker price, as you’d expect, but the A6R’s bang-to-buck ratio remains impressive nonetheless. -
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