Yamaha A5R ARE

Spikeedog

Anyone playing one??

chor808

Me. Terrific guitar. Used for live too as the srt is great. Really nice sounding guitar. I've also got an ll36 which is made in the same shop in Japan (I think). The LL is phenomenal but has no electronics and I'm just not going to mess with it.

Can't go wrong with the made in Japan Yamaha's. 

Spikeedog

Got the LL16 which is just fantastic atm and thinking of trading up. I like the sound of the SRT and the blend of pick up and simulation

chor808

The SRT works really well, I really don't like the piezo pick up sound so I use mine almost all the way to simulated mic. Build quality is excellent however that LL16 will be very nice too.

Spikeedog

Mmmm . . I use the Fishman Aura Spectrum so it has all the modelling you would need so I would need to really be convinced that the guitar itself was better or very diferent from the LL16 - basically, I would need to try one.

chor808

It's going to be different with the cut away and it's a little narrower at the nut, bit more like an electric. Better is always going to be subjective.