Yamaha SLG200SNT Silent Guitar Steel String Natural (VFG9160)

The Yamaha SLG is the perfect instrument for practice, travel or stage use – any time an acoustic guitar just won't do. Near-silent performance makes discrete practice simple, Yamaha's exclusive SRT-Powered pickup system gives incredibly natural acoustic tone through headphones or line-out, studio-quality on-board effects enhance your playing to perfection and line-in functionality makes jamming easy. Coupled with unique, striking looks and a rosewood and maple framed full-size collapsible body SLG lets you play whenever and wherever inspiration hits.

SRT Powered is a new system designed to recreate the body resonance of an acoustic guitar in a bodiless guitar. Yamaha developed SRT Powered, collaborating with recording artists to create a system tailored to the unique properties of the new SLG body and modelled after the tones of a high-end Yamaha acoustic guitar captured using a carefully selected microphone in a professional recording studio environment. By actually reproducing the sound of an acoustic guitar—right down to its natural sustain and decay—Yamaha lets guitarists experience the genuine body resonance, body tone and ambience of an acoustic guitar.

SRT Powered sound can even be mixed with the sound from the instrument's piezo pickups, allowing guitarists to be even more flexible in their creative endeavors.

Because the SLG can virtually reproduce the sound of a guitar recorded with a microphone, players are free from complicated procedures involved in mic-ing up a guitar when recording at home or in other settings.

PORTABILITY
The detachable top section of then SLG's frame means that practicality and portability are far better than that of a conventional guitar.
The luxury gigbag provided can be carried with ease and fits into an aircraft overhead compartment with room to spare.

With the SLG, Yamaha set out to bring a modern feel to the classic contours of a conventional guitar. The distinctive design that emerged is the result of a collaborative effort between the project team and the Yamaha Design Laboratory, and combines traditional guitar lines with an innovative new form unlike that of any guitar before it.

With its bodiless design, Yamaha's SLG offers an extremely quiet sound. That means guitarists can play without bothering people nearby, whether practicing late at night or playing in the living room when the family is home.

PLAYABILITY
The slim body of the SLG gives these instruments superb playability, and allows players to switch to playing an electric guitar without any discomfort should the need arise.

DURABILITY
Yamaha's SLG features excellent durability owing to its solid body structure, so users do not have to worry about damaging the instrument when playing live or traveling. Both the steel string and nylon string models are fitted with a duel action truss rod, allowing both convex and concave bow to be adjusted.

FUNCTIONALITY
- Power / Auto power off
This switches the SLG's power ON/OFF. The power turns off automatically if the strings are untouched for 30 minutes.

- Tuner
The built-in chromatic tuner features accurate, stable tuning and an easy-to-read display.

- Blend
Mixes the signal from the pickup and the signal of the simulated body resonance produced by the SRT Powered system.

- AUX Vol.
Adjusts the signal level of the AUX IN jack.

- Effect
Switches between the three effects, REV1(room), REV2(hall) and chorus, and adjusts the amount of each effect applied. Users can optimally set each effect by adjusting the mix balance. The effects have been designed to sound good at any position of the knobs.

• Scale Length 634mm (25")
• Total Length 978mm (38 1/2")
• Body Width 356mm (14")
• Whole Depth 85mm (3 11/32")
• Fingerboard Width (0F, 14F) 43m - 55mm (1 11/16" - 2 5/32")
• Body Material Mahogany
• Frame Material Rosewood & Maple
• Neck Material Mahogany
• Fingerboard Material Rosewood
• Fingerboard Radius R400
• Bridge Material Rosewood
• Nut Material Urea
• Saddle Material Urea
• Tuners RM1242N-4
• Body Finish Tobacco Brown Sunburst & Translucent Black : Gloss / Natural : Satin
• Neck Finish Satin
• Electronics SRT Powered System
• Controls Power / Vol / AUX.Vol / Bass / Treble / Smooth Control Effects(Reverb1, Reverb2, Chorus) / Chromatic Tuner / SRT Blend
• Connections Line OUT / AUX IN / Phone Input / DC-IN
• Color Natural / Tobacco Brown Sunburst / Translucent Black / Crimson Red Burst
• Accessories Original Carry Bag / Stereo Earphones / 2 * AA Batteries