Yamaha Pacifica 112

Yamaha Pacifica 112. 22 frets s/s/H. 5 way selector
Natural Color. Rosewood fretboard. alder body and neck i think... :(
Standard tremolo and tuners

I play almost all kinds of rock (to metal) and some funk-disco... well many kinds of music. I think it's suitable for anything. I believe it's a value for money guitar.
The Pickups and the electrics you will find soon (if you get some kind experienced) that are not good. (No sustain)

It had perfect set-up

It's my only electric guitar :( . I will never sell it. It worths! Perfect for beginners. Perfect backup guitar for an average guitarist.
It's a very good copy of a strat. Worse than american. i believe better tha mexican.
Unexpectedly good tuners and tremolo :)

i've been playing for 6+ years. I have a korg AX1G multieffects processor and a Crate GX15 amp. If it were stolen i would save money for an american stratocaster.
I love the playability of the guitar extremelely neutral, like Japan Cars :). I hate the pickup. I changed the humbucker to a Seymour Duncan Distortion and really made my sound boost! I also put a splitter to use the humbucker as single coil (very good idea if tou don't afford many guitars, and you want both heavy and funky sounds)
Finally: It's the best guitar on that money. Perfect for begginers

2002 model I believe, made in Asia, 22 frets, Strat-style, standard non-locking trem, two singles and a bridge HB, decent off-brand tuners. The neck is slightly thinner than most stock Fenders, tall frets, rosewood board.

This whole review is about value, so everything I say is relative. For the money the sound is very good. I could gig with these stock pup's, although I could change the tones with after-market pup's as well. I am coming to really like well-made cheap guitars. It's surprising how good this thing sounds. It does the raunchy bridge thing, and the single-coil neck "woman" tone as well.

Here's where I just can't say enough good things about what Yamaha has done. They have produced a budget guitar to high quality tolerances. I bought this guitar right off the rack in Panama City, Panama because I needed a guitar and it was so well done. You can't fit a hair between the neck and pocket. The fret finish is as good as I've EVER seen for any amount of money on any guitar. I was dumbfounded, honestly.

I bought the guitar over some Fenders and Gibsons because it was infinitely superior and cheaper (even if I don't like the headstock). The neck is so good (fast) that I can't say I've ever encountered a better one. It fits my hand perfectly. Matter of fact, I sometimes build a guitar from scratch, and I will copy this neck because I'm already addicted to it.

Everything else about the finish is simple but well done. Not one single flaw.

It's not a tank like an LP, but it is easily as solid as most anything else. I see no reason to be apprehensive.

No contact with the company. If anything goes I'll fix it myself, or swap out the pup's......

Been playing 32 years. Played and owned most everything. Got tired of pretty guitars that didn't fit my hand or play any better than a cheapo. Besides, I was afraid to scratch the pretty ones. Some of the cheap Asian guitars are amazing, but you do have to shop. Neither Fender or Gibson can put out an inexpensive budget guitar that is worth buying. Yamaha can. Christ, the fit and finish on many high-end Gibsons is deplorable.

I'm actually going to buy another and put different pup's in it so I've got 2 identical guitars with other tones. I assume the mass-production is so tight that they will all feel the same.

The reason I'm going to do this is because of the neck. I play a real slinky Johnny Winter/Buddy Guy style with lots of bends and hammer-ons, and this neck is a dream. My fingers just fly.

OK, it's not the prettiest thing around. It's just that see-thru brown. But maybe I'll paint it. Or put some stickers on it.

Once again, this is about value. For the money I've never seen a guitar so well-made, with such a great fret-job, and ready to play. You can pay alot more for an American Strat that won't stand the scrutiny this Yamaha will. Cheapo Epiphones are so poorly made they should be illegal.

its a hss pickup lay out looks like a fender strat

you can get a realy nice mellow sound for bluesy stuff (the humbucker bridge pickup with tone on full) and depends on which amp you use (I use a marshell mg30dfx.) You can get a grunge sound out of it on the right selection but it does sound "weak"

It needs new strings but i got it second hand

I used it for some school stuff and its ok but i usally use an epiphone Sheraton for my blues band and I did a gig wit it and it wasnt bad

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Its a great starter guitar get a fender or epiphone or something when you can aford it. Mine is manily for doing stuff in school for my A level but thats all. Its very cheap for a guitar that good and beats guitars in its price range by miles

Typical import strat copy. Alder body with comfort cutaways available in a small variety of colors. 4-bolt 22 fret maple neck with bubinga or maple fretboard. 2 medium output (5.7K ohm) single coil pickups in the neck and center positions, and a medium output (11.5K ohm) humbucker in the bridge position. 5 position pickup selector switch with master volume and tone controls. Vintage style fulcrum trem tail with 6 adjustable bridge saddles. For my hands, the most comfortable, fastest playing necks I can find. The BEST stock tuners made period ? they do not slip. The numerous Yamaha guitars that I have had were consistently very good build quality with tight fitting neck pockets. I am of the opinion that if you don?t have a good body to neck fit, you can?t begin to achieve decent tone, period.

I?ve had a lot of strat copies pass through my hands, as well as a couple of the originals. Depending on the body and neck wood type, type and layout of pickups, controls, etc, etc, the strat style guitars currently available cover a lot of ground tone and sound wise. I am a purist, and I suppose that my ultimate ?strat? would be pretty close to the classics of the 50?s or 60?s, that in itself potentially covering a lot of ground. I like the Yamaha strat copies because they sound somewhere in the middle range of all that?s out there. Good classic ?strat? sounds from the 2 single coil pickups, and modern crunch from the bridge humbucker. I have models with bubinga fretboards and maple fretboards, and I prefer the maple. They are faster playing for me and I like the slightly crispier tone. I would much prefer a single coil pickup in the bridge position, but the humbucker installed there is quite acceptable also. The humbucker broadens the tone potential somewhat. I modified one of my PAC112?s to the 3 single coil configuration and added the 2nd tone pot per the original design, and it just adds another subtle tone change to the basic package.

I bought all of my Yamaha Pacifica's used so I have no idea what the factory setup was like. It wouldn't matter anyways, because I always setup all of my personal guitars. I have never owned a Yamaha guitar that I couldn't set the action, etc to my personal preference. As previously mentioned, all of the Yamaha guitars I've owned had very tight neck to body fits and that is one of the most important features affecting the guitars sound/tone. Yamaha must have good production control as I have switched numerous Yamaha necks and bodies around and always had tight fits between whatever neck and body I was using. A couple of the Pacifica bodies I've owned had some minor ripples in the paint like the paint was applied too thickly or something. The profile of the Yamaha necks fits my hand/playing style perfectly as they feel the most comfortable in my hand.

I don?t even think about reliability when using any of my Yamaha guitars. They always work. They always stay in tune, even when using the tremelo bar. A little bit of graphite in the nut slots and bridge saddles and proper string installation solves any tuning problems with these guitars. The tuners have a tension adjustment, that guarantees they won?t slip. I had one Yamaha humbucker pickup go funny on me once. The guitar was in boat paddle condition when I got it, and had apparently come from a very humid climate, because all the metal was tarnished and/or rusted quite badly. One pickup stopped working and when I took it apart, one of the coils had corroded quite badly, hard to believe that copper wire could deteriorate that way. I just snipped the wires to that coil, resoldered the leads and now it is a functional single coil pickup with a ?unique? sound.

Yamaha is one of the biggest musical instrument manufacturers in the world. I have never had to call on their services, but it?s good to know that they are there.

I have been going back and forth over the years on what I prefer in my ultimate guitar, and I have settled on the single coil sound and tone of the strat and tele style guitars. I have had numerous strat and tele copies made by most of the quality manufacturers, and for the money, you can?t beat the Yamaha?s. I?ve done side-by-sides with other import copies and the originals, and have decided that the premium dollars don?t necessarily get you premium performance. Yamaha has the most consistent build quality of all of them for under $1000 and offers enough options to satisfy most of us. All for a bargain price. That?s what it was all about in the early days, a decent product at a decent price, and thankfully Yamaha still achieves that goal today.

don't know details but it looks korean made with a rosewood like fingerboard and weak finish.
I've had it now for five years and have in the meantime changed pickups to Di marzio virtual vintage, Seymour duncan Alnico and JB.

After some time I changed the pickups, after which it blew me and many others.
Clean twang, overdrive sounds rich and defined, yet full. Heavy overdrive/distorsion on the JB rocks!!!
It now is simply the best playing and sounding guitar I have ever played. (I have some USA strats, les paul and peavey wolfgang).
In contrary to most strats, this one is very light and excellently balanced. Everyone who has played it agrees with me, it's dope.

I normally use a JCM 900, Koch twintone (everyone should try one), fender blues de Ville and Blues Junior), with a tube screamer and Digitech Hot Rod with some delays, octavers etc.

This guitar now sounds good trough any amp.

Right out of the box it was already good but after I brought it to a professional builder, he set it up perfectly.
The lacquer looked beat up already after one year and the neck now shows some wear and tear. This, however gives it character.

This thing has and will withstand any kind of abuse.
Ive dropped it from stairs, had it gone wet during ceiling leakage and it never stopped working.
Apart from the finish, it's very reliable, which is a comfortable thought during gigs.

This is a stayer. I love it and prefer it to all fenders I Possess and have ever played.

korean made. strat style tremelo, 22 fret, bubunga fretboard, maplke neck, alder body, natural finish, two single coil, one humbucker pickups.

A very versatile guitar with many sound permutations available. Use the tone control. I play many styles, including rock, soft rock and ballads. Combined with a zoom pedal, the universe is available.

The guitar was an ex demo model and was perfectly set up. The shop did, however, forget to include the tremelo arm but thats ok with me as I don't use one anyway, preferring to use the flat of my hand to activate the vibrato. Big minus point is the fact that the bridge is now rusty. Not impressed with that. Perhaps they should fit stainless steel ones at production and add a few quid onto the price.

I have used this guitar for gigging for two years without any problems. Bodywood seems a little soft but all adds to the character in years to come.

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I've been playing for over twenty years and have had countless guitars over the years. The Pacifica represents unbelievable value for money, great for beginners or as a good hardworking tool. A hardtail version would be a welcome addition. The plastic and chrome could be upgraded but why bother? A few minor jobs would turn this into a serious guitar. Replace the pickups with kent armstrong or seymour duncans. Upgrade tuners with lockers. Use, abuse and enjoy.

One thing you MUST do when you get this guitar is put a decent set of strings on. The factory strings were microscopically thin compared to a 9 gauge set..what the hell do they use in that factory??. I use Rotosound 9s on this guitar (#3 a set and a complete bargain)

As all others,except maple fretboard - This is just an update after getting rid of a lot of unplayed guitars and having a chance to play the Pac for a while, again.

Standard pickups/confuguration is a little limited,BUT, I've yet to hear better pups on a sub #/$200 guitar. If you cannot "rough it out" on this..better take up the bagpipes. It has a Vol and Tone Control

>> use them both>>.

Fidle with your amp settings too. If you decide to keep playing try Kent Armstrong or Golden Age Pickups for good,toneful,cheap upgrades.

Knocks the socks of Squier,Coxx,some Epiphones and most cheapies..see below.
I'd suggest blocking the tremolo though.

Mine is unfinished and you can scrape,nay,gouge chunks out of the wood with a finger nail..get a painted one. The neck is rock solid.

Tuners keep it in tune very well. Bridge and [hence] Intonation are very stable with a blocked tremolo.

Parents_ Get this one for little Johnny.

Anyone else~~

It's got the best neck width/depth/profile/fretting compromise I've found in any guitar under #400,so far. I am not saying it is perfect just very good.

Guitars which I've owned or played that this guitar has outranked/outlasted are Squier Strat/Affinity Strat,Cheri and Coxx telecaster copies,Squier Bullet,Dean Evo P,Ibanez Roadstar II,Axe Hm Strat (not surprising),Marlin Superstrat (also not surprising),Epiphone Les Paul Studio (suprising, a #350+ guitar),Fresher Les Paul Copy,Epiphone Junior P90,Kramer Focus Vts111 and "Vintage" branded SG copies. In fact the only Guitars which it doesn't play better than is some Fenders and a lot of Gibsons,although I do prefer this "beginner's guitar" over my Gibson some days.

Of course that is all subjective,although I doubt that anyone seriously testing out this guitar for a few weeks or more would be disappointed with it.



Ok, it can do with a pickup change BUT the standard pickups are better than a lot of copies out there.

One of this guitar's biggest benefits is also it's biggest deficit and that is the nut width - for the uninitiated that's the width from the thickest string to the thinnest string at the top of the neck - it is narrow at a little over 40mm,but, for those not endowed with big hands or for beginners trying to make their first big chord stretches this will be a godsend. Sausage fingered people will find it too easy to mash [the wrong] strings together.

A little fret buzz can be found when playing unamplified,but,that disappears when amplified to conversation level.

I won't delve deeply into all the hardship,stress and malarkey this little 112 has been through in 2 years,I'll just say you won't find tougher necks...the body wood is VERY SOFT in the unfinished models though.Electronics are also sturdy enough.

I'm after another to modify and am,hopefully,going to stop my search for the "perfect cheap guitar"..after that,just need a tweak and pickup here or there.

Made in 1997 in Mexico
22- frets
Basic Specs

I play progressive Rock a' la' Dream Theater, it has a fast thin neck not to mention a light weight body so its great for a fast playing lead guitarrist.
I use it with my Peavy 5150 and a Boss GT-3, it i not noisy at all, all other who claim it is...Geat a better amp and Effects!
It suprisingly doesnt have an anoyingly trebly sound like most other strats, comparable to a fender Fat Strat

This guitar doesn't get its action tampered in any way in the factory, you have to do it...(as you should do whith any other instrument if you are a pro player)...Well built and nice and thick bone white finish.

Like any other guitar it has Metal parts, and if they aren't made out of stainless steel like wilkinson tremolos they are vulnerable to corrotion. You are supposed not to let a guitar get humid and give it a quick cleaning everytime you change your strings. If you do this, it will last forever

I've been playing for 7 years, recorded 3 albums with 3 different groups, own a 5150, Line 6 Axys, Ibanez silver Cadet, Ibanez 570, Rickman custom guitar, Ovation and a GT-3. I tried this guitar in a show because mine had a broken string and borrowed this one from a friend a friend. I just fell in love with it, At first I felt weird falling in love with such a cheap guitar beaing a pro player and all, but its just abslutly the most confortable guitar I have played in my enire life. Feel free to contact me with any questions
edwingarcia69@hotmail.com

bought out of a jcpenney catalog in 1997 for 199.00. included a yamaha 25watt amp, gig bag, electronic tuner, picks, straps, extra strings, and instruction booklet! have been playing since 1964 and currently own the following; gretch tenn, gretch country gent. vox teardrop, gibson flying v, fender tele, fender standard strat. this baby, by far, sounds just as good and plays just has easy as any of my other axes that cost thousands more!!!!I truely beleive that it's a eric clapton strat that has been labeled wrong!!!!

play through a fender deluxe 90 or vox beatle. sounds great

i regulary uses it w/o a back-up. even my boss, Paul Revere, (thats right, Paul Revere) can't beleive it's a guitar from a catalog.

have not had to use.

Ok, this is a YAMAHA Pacifica 112, don't know where they built it. Its got 22 Frets, Two Single-Coils Pickup, one Humbucker (don't know what kind of) and a Floyd Rose - kind of tremolo, although its not a real floyd rose, don't know what it is. Controls are Volume and Tone. I got the black finish with a white picking board. What else? Switching is 5-way. Passive electronics. Got it with a rock bag, strap and a tuner.

7, becuase it's all kinda crappy, but hey, for that price? Thats ok I guess.

I'm playing Metal (Metallica, Iced Earth, Iron Maiden, Kamelot kinda stuff) and I started out with this guitar because I didn't know what I was gonna play later. It's a great overall-good guitar, it has a good Solo Sound, I play it together with a Peavey Transtube 112, those two get together really fine. When I'm goin into Rythm its ok, but I never get the real crunch sound I need. Clean sound is good, not perfect but thats ok.
It's very nosy on the first pickup, really anoying when you're playing solo with it. The Highs are very good, the lows are kinda hollow, the mids are not that good, but I don't need them for metal anyway.

The Variety is good, you can play smooth blues and that kinds stuff, but for metal it's not much of a monster.

I had to screw a bit on the pickups, sometimes the humbucker falls into the body, really anoying!! The Strings lay way to low on the neck, I had to adjust the screws, which are really horrible to handle!
Well, the neck is pretty nice, the tuning stays pretty long, the rest of the hardware is pretty good. The input jack gets loose, but thats like on many other guitars not that much of a problem.

It will probably withstand most of the things you could imagine doing to a guitar. Although (as I mentioned earlier) the bridge is kinda weird and the pickups fall out. I would not go on stage with this!
The finish is alright, got a few scratches in there through daily use, but thats ok.

Never had to deal with them.

Hey, it's a guitar. That's why I bought it, and I'm happy with it. I'm playing for little more than a year now and at the moment I don't have any other guitars. I will keep it as a second guitar, after I will buy an ESP EX-351 (really good!) in a couple of weeks.
Its good for:

If you start playing and you don't have that much money or faith in yourself that you will keep playing, or you don't know what kind of music you will finally play, this is your guitar! Jacksons are too expensive (the JS1 sucks!), Strats are good, but not everybody likes em, this is perfect to start playing.
If you're getting better, then get a better one!

So ... that's my opinion. If you disagree, hey, I don't care. People allways see things different, thats their way :).

Rock on!