Yamaha Pacifica 112

Made in Indonesia. Volume, tone & 5-way selector. Nothing special, really.

It suits great to all kind of playingstyles. I mainly play punk music and metal, and all I can tell you is that this guitar is good to play anything.

no complains here. 9.

It seems to be good. I dropped it a few times(accident ofcourse), and no problems seems to appear.

Ive been playing some months now, so I don't really have the big experience with electric-guitars. I've tried a few other ones, but I didnt really like them. So I guess its a great beginner guitar, and also great for anyone pro too - of what Ive heard. The sound is terrific, it has some durability and the neck is very nice made. I just love this guitar.

Hello. Don't know what year it was made, but was made in Indonesia (I think). 22 frets, Natural alder finish on body. All the rest of the specs are the same as every one elses. There really aren't any special features on this. Its a no-nonsense guitar, and thats it.

I play a wide range, from blues to country to rock and metal. I'm using a Marshall AVT-100, and all the effects that go with it.
The middle pup gives off quite a bit of noise, and messes up the sound when used with the other pups, but this might be just on mine, cos the others are pretty damn good.
I reckon the sound is fine for most styles, although its not very jangly(for country)
only problem with the sound is that the sustain isn't great

I think the shop I got it from set it up, and they did a great job on it. The action is fantastic. the neck is really nice, too, lets you play pretty fast. Pretty much flawless construction.

I have used this guitar live a good few times, and it tends to detune quite rapidly, although that may be because I generally don't have any heating in my house. No problems with the hardware at all.
It has a natural finish, and chunks have been taken out of it, including a hefty one on the neck, when it was dropped down a stairs, but nothing changed the sound, and it still plays like a dream.
The jack for the lead tends to get loose quite frequently, which is mildly annoying, but not to bad.
Very durable guitar. Taken a beating, come out with character.

never had to use them. Have had it four years

Been playing about eleven years. Own a Strat and an Epiphone Les Paul. Bar the sustain, this is a better guitar than the Epiphone, and it has a better neck (for my taste) than the strat. I checked out cheap guitars thoroughly before I bought it, and every where I asked, I got 'Pacifica', and I had to agree.
If it was lost, I'd get another one. In fact, I plan to get another one, and do it up a bit, locking tuner, new pups. There is nothing I hate about this guitar, in fact, I really do love it. Its a whole lot of fun to play, and I'd recommend it to anyone, novice or more experienced player. Its kind of like a faithful dog ie its your buddy, and its reliable, and its fun.

This is a very nice guitar, and the price is incredible. Its better than most squires, and better than every mex strat I've ever played (mines ameican)

Hello!!! It was made in 2003 in Indonesia. 22 frets, Solid-top body, 1 volume, 1 tone, 5-way selector, s-s-h (they are fine, but i will change them on seymour duncan and dimarzio).
Maple body, strat style, vintage-tremolo bridge, there is one problem: non-locking tuners (but i will change it).
Rosewood neck.
Included gig bag, strap, cable, tools, mediators and slider.

It suits my music style (britpop, art-rock, hard-rock, blues, surf, funk, punk).
I use jim dunlop wah-wah and nothing more. Computer... I will buy a combo.

It's all good

yes, i think it's pro guitar

Playing some years it's my first good electric guitar (i had a jackson, ibanez - i didn't like them)
also i have admira acoustic

mine was made in Taiwan.It had a very stable grover like tuner, alder wood body and rosswood neck.The Pickup are three simple single coil pickups.They are not so great pick up but I bought this baby and changed them to EMG Active pickup.Actualy that day I looked for solid body guitar with the wood type.I dont believe it costed less than ? 120.The Finish is smooth.Mein is a solid deep green, just look great.

The original sound is okey, but as i said, i want it replace with the EMG active pickup. It sound just excelent with this pick up, like SRV era strat.

Finish.. I like it much. It doesnt so easy to get strech even so I put it on the floor.Just great

the hardware is okey but for simple playing. I play mainly Mainstream Jazz and use the combination of neck pick up and big diameter string (11 - 12 on the first E string).The problem is the behind springs are not so strong to hold that bigger String.

dont think even need them. This guitar is simple. I can take care of it, make modification.Its not a very hightech thing.

Well this guitar is great.I bought it because I want a simple guitar to practice on and also cheap.I dont know that yamaha can make such a good guitar, but they did.I though before to get the mexican made fender strat, but this guitar is much more than mexican fender strat.With simple modification, it can compete with Eric clapon strat perhaps.

HSS passive pickups - my favorite pickup combination. 5 selector switch. I've got a wedge behind my tremolo to disable that cause I don't use. no locking nut. volume/treble. natural basswood body. has low frets which I like. I rate it a 9 because it's got all I need, but nothing fancy like Floyd Rose trem. The only suggestion I'd make is to move the volume not a little farther down on the body of the guitar as I occassionally hit it by accident.

I really like the sound. Very surprised given the low cost of the guitar. I currently use with Rocktron Voodu Valve rack preamp into a Peavey Bandit. I love the single coil tones for clean and bluesy stuff, especially positions 2 and 4. The humbucker works fine for rock, but it's not an ultra high gain pickup if that's what you're looking for.

I've always liked the "feel" of Yamahas whenever I've tried them in stores. I have a slightbuzz on the low E string, but I've moved to a heavier guage string and it probably needs a slight adjustment. The original setup was good.

Have had no issues here over at least 5/6 yrs. I don't treat it badly though.

No comment.

This is a "bang-for-the-buck guitar". The overall rating of 9 is for overall value, but clearly it's not the best guitar you can buy. Played roughly 20 years. I'm into songwriting/recording. Rocktron Voodu Valve preamp is my noise box, and play it through 12" speaker in peavey bandit. I also have an older heavy neck-thru Epiphone with the Les Paul pickup setup. I like the tonal variety of the Yamaha better and play it primary. I did play alot of guitars before I saw the auction and bought this on ebay. I've always liked the "feel" of Yamahas. I've found them to be very consistent. I like the feel better than several fairly high dollar Fenders, Music-Mans, etc that I've tried. I don't know if it was stolen whether I've get another, but I'd definitely go out and start playing a bunch of guitars again and even though I have more money now, I'd still consider a Pacifica. I'd definitely want a HSS pickup setup. I'd probably get a fixed bridge if I could, but it seems most guitars come with a tremolo of some sort.

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

dunno

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!

Made at the Kaohsiung factory in Taiwan, this 1995 model (which I purchased in 1997) has an alder body and a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard with a bolt-on construction neck. The nutwidth is 41.50mm - the scale length 648mm. It has a humbucker at the bridge and two single coils at the neck and mid.

While not the best guitar in the store - it has proven itself to be a remarkably flexible and versatile instrument with an acceptable sound even with the shop pickups. However, having replaced these PU's with Seymour Duncan SSL-1 vintage staggered single coils and an SD SH-4JB humbucker plus Fender locking machine heads - the guitar now stands up to some pretty respectable competition.

The reason the small modifications were carried out was that the fingerboard turned out to be quite superb in terms of playing ease and accuracy. The action can be set according to personal preference with the intonation always being very good. The finish, in typical Yamaha fashion, is excellent. It was worth the "upgrade".

The guitar is durable making it an excellent work-horse. I've had absolutely no problems with it over 5 years of gigging.

I've had no experience of this.

Because of its price and its compact and lighter design I use this guitar for longer gigs and where there is a confined high traffic space such as in an orchestra pit for shows etc where just the thought of strapping on my Les Paul for over two hours brings on sore shoulder syndrome instantly! With a little bit of modification this Pacifica makes an ideal professional tool for those playing environments where you might not want to risk damage to a prized instrument. This guitar has proven itself to be fantastic value in every way.

this guitar looks great, feels great, and for the most part sounds great. Varnished natural look looks nice against a black pick board, and a natural neck. You can also get white pickboard and black neck but that looks like a kids toy. Pickup set up is: humbucker and two single coils. Tuners are not locked, which proves to be a bit of a bollox, especially when tuning down for some heavy shit.

I have a fairly broad style which this guitar suits. Its a pain in the ass trying to adjust it to a distinct sound (ie metallica, guns and roses), but the sound it comes out with is usually good enough to suit my style. The single coils buzz a little, but thats partially do do with leads and amp settings. Variety-wise, its got loads. Really heavy crunchy distortions, dirty blues tones, and thin clean sounds (for whenever they are actually needed) are its best qualities. I use a peavey studio pro 112, boss DS-1, dunlop wah and a ibanez tube screamer, and zoom 707GFX from time to time. Sounds decent with that setup but after six years I get tired of it.

This part bugs me. When I got the guitar the bridge was bolloxed. It was fit loosely so that when ever I tightened one string the bridge moved up and hence loosening another sring. This made tuning really cumbersome, and alternative tunings nearly impossible. About a year ago I took a screwdriver to the panel at the back, where the strings go in. I tightened the springs which held the bridge in place. This kept the bridge right down, now it doesn't move at all. This has been on every other pacifica Ive played. I went in to a few stores and it was on all those also. There must be some advantage to it being like that if they designed it like that, but it was a pain in my ass. That was my only problem. Otherwise it was all fine

Very durable. ALthough after six years I can see signs of wear and tear. For instance, when playing on high notes, (past twelveth fret) the sound roughens up, I have a feeling the neck is twisted but its a strange twisting if thats the case. The pick ups could be a bit battered. I needed to rewire the socket jack a while ago, but that was mostly due to my own misuse of it. The best thing about natural finish is that scratches and dents are nearly impossible to detect. Only if its really beaten up. Otherwise you could take some varnish to it. But im not that worried about scratches. For gigging, I would use this as a back up, a fairly reliable back up. The strap buttons arent going to come off anytime soon. The bridges have been fine, so far. I might sent it for reservicing soon, but if it comes back the same Ill have to look in to getting a new guitar.

Never had to deal with them, always used my local store. MAybe I should send it to Yamaha for a service

For the money, it is excellent. Nice sound, good looks plays very nicely, maybe because Im just used to it. Ive been playing 6 years, stared when I was eleven, in the time Ive been playing Ive played a bunch of guitars around the same price but they dont compare. I dont like my amp too much, I would much prefer a marshall, it sounds even better through a marshall. With the pedals I have it is pretty impressive. If it got stolen, however I would seize that opportunity to get a Gibson SG or an ESP. But eventually give in to nostalgia and get another PAcifica.

Pickups S/S/H! tone and volume knobs!

This a guitar you can play ANY style of music with!.

THe pickups are really quite good for the price! not noisy at all!

I've done everything to this guitar apart from set fire to it!. I've thrown it a cross a rooms hundreds of times, dropped it on it head/lead socket!. The only things that will go on this guitar are the plastic bits. This is one tough cookie!

Fantastic value for a first/beginners guitar! I love it! nothing i've played beats the value and sound at this low price!

Sounds great, has that real Fender sound which I wanted. Might be a little bright for some.

Unbelievable at the price.

Too soon to tell, but I hear they are indestructable.

Been playing for 30+ years and have owned many many guitars of various brands...This Yamaha Pacifica 112 Natural finish is unbelievable for the money. Bought it used, but brand new condition. I'm not sure if was set up or from factory, but the set up is perfect. Just can't believe the quality for the money. Am starting a Yamaha collection for sure..and at these prices I can afford to do it too.

I am going to bring little new to the reviews on this product other than to confirm the majority of views.

1999 natural finish model. Bought second hand with a Peavey Blazer 158 Amplifier. Everything seems to be standard, though it has been customised with scratches, dents, dinks and chips.....but I got it cheap.

For the money it gets 9, but a 7 when not taking the low cost into account.

I play blues through to metal, and using effects software through the computer, this guitar is just fine, and sounds as good as anything else through my current set up. However, when I was originally looking for a guitar, I checked out most of the guitars within the #150 - #250 range.....and the 112 consistently felt the best every single time.

Same rating as above

Being second hand, and well used the guitar required a little setting up, including the well worn frets (playing way too much shadows). So after much searching on internet, talking to Yamaha and others, I set about adjusting it all, including taking various grades of wet and dry to the frets (very nervously I admit).

I am now very pleased with the set up, and plays lovely for a guitar within this budget.

Same rating as above. 9 and 7 averaging 8

Considering the obvioius lack of care and amount of work this unit has undertaken, then this guitar is incredible.

As such I am upping the ratings by 1 for each and therefor the average will come out at 9

After finally obtaining the right number for the guitar support in the UK, I can honestly say that everyone I have spoke to, was most helpful, infact, they all go beyond that and it was actually a pleasure to chat with these guys. And trust me, that is still refreshingly unusual in this country, so here I am going to give them a 10.

I played for about 10 years till I got married and bought old houses that required rennovation about 15 years ago. I still have a Fender Jumbo accoustic, that still looks new. I got a Peavey Blazer 158 amp with the Pacifica.
If it were stolen, I probably would buy another, though must admit that as I seem to be progressing quite rapidly, I would also entertain getting a better pacifica model, simply because I can afford it.
Love or hate........this is where I get the soap box out.
I love the price I paid, but thats it. I do not dislike anything about it, but do not "love" anything about it. I doubt whether I could be passionate about any Yamaha product.....they do their job well, reliably etc. To explain, I love my Alfa Romeo, but its not as good other cars I have owned, but it somehow stirs a passion that other cars cant. I suspect that I will soon own a Charvel, or a Jackson, (when one turns up cheap enough) and even should it turn out to be not as good as the 112, I bet I love it....now you explain that!

o.k nothing to brag about, its a cheap guitar. it plays nice, mine has a humbucker(needs to be changed) and two single coils. the neck is very nice. the tuners are o.k. im not wasting too much money on sucha cheap guitar so i will only change the humbucker. it came with a cable, tools and a string winder.

bought it for prcticing so i dont have to use my other expensive guitars like my les paul cutom. i play anything from blues to metal and this does the job. the sound is not rich but its o.k for bedroom use, i would not use it live although it could work. i might change the humbucker at the bridge to somthing with more output and more of a balanced sound. maybe a dimarzio tone zone or a seymour duncan custom 5. this guitar can cover any style. i dont use the middle single coil so I just screw that in the whole way cause it gets in the way of mi picking.

the color is nice, wood. it come ready to play out of the box although im a fix it freak so i adjusteded to my liking. i dont like the action very loww cause i like to dig under the strings. the plastic is very cheap, too cheap. i dont use the bar (hate waamy bars) so i dont know how well it holds in tune. the guitar looks nice, it looks more expensive than it is.

ie seems reliable. it will last long. i have a cheap epiphone les paul junior that i have really abused!!! and its still going. it think this guitar will be similar. like i said i would not use it live cause ill be embarressed to be seen with such a cheap guitar, plus i have better guitars so.....

have not dealt with yamaha. i ahve another yamaha acoustic that i love and its been really realiable so i think this will do the same.

ive been playing since i was 11 and im 29 now. i would not buy again if stolen. i think i would miss it though but i would not feel so bad as if i lost my gibson les paul custom or my gibson les paul junior spacial or my fender strat. i have a couple epiphones that are really nice (change the pickups and tuners.
this yamaha is great for its price range.

Well described elsewhere

Lotsa variety. I play industrial reggae and garage blues thru a Boss DM2, Rogue Stereo Chorus and into a Peavy Envoy 110. This guitar will go from clean fingerpickin to tin can fuzz.

Wood's surprisingly good, plastic & metal'r cheap.

6 mos. later hasn't broke yet.

N/A.

Absolutley the best deal under $200. I looked for years before upgrading from my Kay solid body. Maybe now I'll learn a new chord.

I like the pickups and the playability in killer solo ! but the neck is really long and the tremolo always detune the guitar ( it is not a floyd rose ! ) The body is not to big, not to small, nice position when i am sit.

OKKKKK, this sound ? I dream, must i play at my pacifica, must i like the sound ! I reajusted the pickup and the bridge and now i think it is really to play any musical style ( me, i'ts for metal but it's really cool on blues)

YOu must take some times to reajust the guitar. the potentiel is really not used when you buy it.

Ok, nothing is perfect but for the prize i think than this guitar is nice and have a great sound and potentiel. I don't find something than i don't like.
To everybody thant begin, that'ts really cheap and really good !!!

I brought one of these as I'd broken my main guitar and needed a stop gap - Was very cheap. Features were fine for the amount I paid for it, well made and quite handsome looking guitar. But I think people get abit carried away with their reveiws - this is a good guitar for the price but its nothing special. Has everything you could want, but you just know and feel that it's real cheap.

I would prefer less features and increase the quality of the remaining hardware.

Nice enough sound - but nothing on my Ibanez or Telecaster, very tinny, played mainly through my Marshall AVT 150, didn't do the amp justice at all. Clean sound quite full, distorted loses itself in noise - pickups are low quality and barely cope when pushed

This is where this guitar saved itself for me - was well put together, no real flaws on body work - Action fine straight out of box - I did have to move the pickup's a bit to get the most out of them. Nice looking, played well.

I gigged it a few times just as a spare - coped fine although, I certainly notice the difference to my other guitars, Because it was so cheap I wasn't frightened to give it a bit of stick ie, bending neck and running up and down alot trying to avoid the drum kit.

The hardware was a real concern for me - after a few months it went RUSTY! Which in my opinion is very, very ,very bad.

This guitar will not last for very long - My Ibanez Raodstar II is 15/20 years old and is still much more durable.

No idea - but Yamaha are a big company so I'd imagine they would be ok.

I have been playing for best part of 20years and to be fair this is one of the better guitars I've seen for less that #200, remember Squires and Marlins of old.. yuk!! But I believe most of the reviews here are a bit OTT - remember this is a cheap guitar and ideal for anyone on a budget - but it's definitely nothing amazing.

I have owned and played vintage American guitars for over 30 years.
I would have never considered a Yamaha guitar.
Financial problems caused me to see all of my guitar gear.
A friend gave me this guitar almost a year ago.
I used it with my Marshall tube stack and it sounded better than my old Fender's.
It plays well and sounds good.
The tuners don't slip and the bridge stays in adjustment.
I don't use the tremolo.
I also prefer small frets.
These are medium jumbo.
It is refrigerator white (green tint).
Came with a hard Fender case.
I don't know when it was made.
The man who gave it to me put a DeArmond humbucker at the bridge.
5 way switch.

I play everything from Jazz to hard rock, country and blues.
It feeds back at high volumes but I lowered the pickups and the problem was resolved.
It has a bright sound but not ice picky.

I set up my own guitars to my liking.
Can't see any flaws.

Very reliable.
I am not easy on guitars.
It was dropped with no damage resulting.
Finish is holding up well.
It is dependable and I gig/jam with it weekly without a backup.

I have been playing forever.
At this time I am using a Peavey amp but I usually use a Marshall stack.
If it were stolen I would buy a US Fender Fat Telecaster...again.
It does the job with no serious problems and holds up well.
One problem,but this problem is prevelent in many guitars.
Temperature hanges will make it go out of tune.
I play many outside gigs and I have to tune it often.
Once it reaches the same temp as the weather it is fine.
Good guitar for beginners and professionals alike.