Yamaha Pacifica 112

Basically a pointier strat copy, with 2 single coils and a bucker in the bridge. Comes with a vintage (i think) tremolo, gig bag, strap. Don't know the wood, but the neck is surely maple. Big 70s looking strat headstock. One tone, one volume.

This thing sounds great for the cash. Sure beats my friend's Mexi Strat (and even his faded SG!). I don't like it clean that much, after playing more and more guitars, but with some Peavey Classic 30 overdrive it smokes. I particularly enjoy the straight humbucker sound, and after that would choose the 4th pickup selector position (probably the neck p/u and middle p/u). That selection has this creamy, jazzy tone that my Les Paul owning friend can't get enough of.

Seems well setup and finished. Stays in tune incredibly well. The action is unreal...I do not enjoy playing most other guitars, this has spoiled me. The neck, although fast, smooth, and comfortable, seems to be a little loose. Every once in a while I can hear and feel it sort of snap down a little bit. I could probably just screw it in a little tighter, but I'm lazy/scared.

Don't know about live playing...not many people with one $179 guitar gig. However, I am still satisfied with this guitar after years of use. It is really beat up, but I feel that it ages like a strat...Perfectly! No dead frets, p/u's working fine.

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This is a great guitar to start off with. Get it over a standard Mexican strat anyday. It will treat you well and is great to learn on...very easy to play. If you're stuck up on getting a classy brand-name, don't worry, many an experienced guitarist has said "nice blackie" when seeing Jones.

this is a pretty good guitar for its class. it sure beats a fender mexican strat. this is just your basic strat copy with a SSH config. The tuners keep tune pretty well.

right now the humbucker and middle single coil pickups have failed so, im left with only one. the single coil is good for cleans. the tone is suprizing very good.

i had to adjust the action when i got it from the factory. i like low action.everything else was fine.

the pickups are messed up so theres that. one of the tuning heads broke off. i was pretty damn rough with the guitar tho so, thats what happens. everything else has lasted 2+ years.

never dealt with them

this is a great guitar for the beginner that wants to go the strat route. just take care of it and it shouldnt mess up.

Everybody else has told you this already - it's a strat copy (mine is in "yellow natural satin" with a white pick-guard). It has a humbucker in the bridge and 2 single coils in the middle and neck positions, a standard strat style trem that i locked back to effectively make it a hard-tail (i hate trems!), did i mention it has strings... yadayadayada... read somebody elses for the rest fo the tech spec - i'm only interested in telling you what i think after playing it for a couple of years....

Just for the record, my 112 does everything I need it to, so the features must be fairly good!

You can make almost any sound with this and the right amp (i favour the bright sound of my solid state Peavey Bandit 112 for cutting through on stage, but it sounds great through my Marshall AVT20 for living-room prac) so of course i'd say it suits my musical style! The sound of this guitar all really depends on how good you are at dialling in a sound - if this guitar sounds bad, it's YOUR fault!

I've had a bit of noise with it when it's next to my CRT computer monitor for recording, but that's to be expected, and apart from that it resists most buzzing etc. quite nicely.

I just got a Line6 POD now the price is down a bit, and this guitar really does well through it - i think it's because you get a nice clean signal - so i'd guess it'd do just as well with any effects or amp moddeling gear you might have.

I saw this guitar come out of celophane and then a load of packing when i collected it from the shop. For this reason i can safely say that yamaha know how to set up a guitar - it was perfect straight out of the box. I aint just telling you that to save words either - if it was a piss poor guitar i'd let you know!

The finish was great until i lost concentration and left my belt buckle to scratch the hell out of the back of it (but even then i didn't manage to do a lot of damage to it) and if you don't count the damage i did to it, the finish has remained perfect despite me playing for several hours a day and taking it out to pracs / gigs.

The hardware feels good and solid - it's not let me down in any way, shape or form as yet.

I've played live with this guitar on a few occasions and it's been the only one i've needed for the entire gig. The tuning is perfectly stable even under warm stage lighting etc. possibly due to the hardware and possibly due to the locked back bridge (a floting trem never stays in tune). The strap buttons are good enough to depend on - but if you're paranoid you can get strap locks anyway.

You can depend on this guitar completely, provided you've got it set up well before you gig. I'd never go without a backup though! You may want to / have no other choice due to finance, and i'd say you'd probably be safe, but if you have the trem floating and you break a string you're screwed so consider a backup if you can!

Because it came in the original box, i got all the warranty - though i can't for the life of me recall what it was because i've never had to even think about it!

Yamaha tech support and I have never crossed paths, so i can't comment further.

For the price, this is as good a guitar as you're going to get - and in many ways it's much better. I've played many guitars over the last few years and i've not found many to rival this in terms of sound (and let's face it, that's what you want a guitar for primarily). The looks aren't exactly metal, but they also don't suggest you have anything to prove or an over-inflated ego (and they won't get it stolen for you!)

If my pacifica /was/ stolen i'd get another one straight away and start setting it up and playing it in (mine has the 'old-shoe' thing going on after 2 years of constant use so a new one would feel worse than mine for a while!) I still don't think i'd get the hard-tail tele style pacifica because the pickups weren't that hot when i tried it.

There's nothing to hate here! I wish it had a tune-o-matic bridge and the boost switch of the RGX420-S, but that's me being petty and i'm not going to mark it down for either of those!

As a last word, I've already sent a couple of friends to guitar shops for 112s and they're just as happy as I am, so whilst i know that this IS a very nice example, it's not a total fluke! Go buy one!

Indonesian made
22 frets
1 tone, 1 volume control
S/S/H
Maple neck with rosewood fingerboard
strat style body
you know the features already....what I'd say is that while it may not be in the same league as the upper end guitars, the elctronics on this baby provide you with a good number of options, ideal for a beginner-intermediate guitarist.

Now here's where this baby scores like hell. I play mostly metal/rock/alternative and some blues and it handles eveything real easy n smooth...no hassles...no problemo. However on some distortions, the noise gets a bit annoying but maybe thats my Zoom 505 II, dunno really. Otherwise the sound kicks major ass. And the tone is brilliant.

No problemo here too. Brought my piece right off the rack of the store after trying it out a few days. Perfect action, good intonation and overall a very good finish too. No flaws I could make out.

Here I wouldnt know what to say yet coz I have had my guitar for only 2 weeks now but it looks like a solid piece of wood. I'm not the sort to go around banging my precious little pacifica anyway, so thats it. I expect my guitar to last for a long long time.

Not used it yet

I have been playing for 3 years now and have played a variety of guitar incl. Gibsons. I honestly think that this is one of the all-time great budget guitars. It's got everything you need to start off if you are a beginner and if you are past that stage, it has more you even still. In short, go and buy it now.

Sounds great for what it is. Has a strat sound.Play it through an older Yamaha 50 112 also have a Korg effects board which to me makes any guitar sound like anything you want.

I disassembled the guitar which it didn't really need and put it together to my taste. While the neck was off I masked the frets and neck and urethaned the finger board in high gloss(sprayed) ....so far it has three coats and feels great...also filed the fret edges down and have a superb neck...still not complete... it's all assembled and playable but want to give it a few more coats. I love a low action neck with frets you can hardly feel.
tightening nut is always loosening up at cable connector

Will this guitar withstand live playing? why not?!
Would you use it on a gig without a backup? Who plays with just one guitar?

started playing almost 3 yrs ago after having not plaing consistantly for 25+ yrs. Also have a 38 yr old Richenbacker 12 that I have since almost new as well as a 1980 Yamaha SBG2000..Bought a Yamaha 112m at the same time as this guitar...biege still in the box made sure I recieved the full accompanyment of factory acc.....cable, allen key ,vib bar and catalog....dealors seem to have them 'MIA'
Have many accoustic electrics which is more my style these days. I have a Yamaha FXG412ce12 on order which I should have this week..I had thi 413 last week but brought it back when I discovered the 2002 models were solid tops and a bit more refined.

This is my second 112, sold my first one to help pay for a Gibson SG, writing another review because im bored, and know more about guitars now. 2001 made in Taiwan, 22 frets, solid alder body, 1 vol. 1 tone, 5-way selector, no coil split, but hum-cancelling when humbucker is selected(obviously) and when neck+middle pickups are selected. Humbucker in the bridge(i replaced the stock one with a black seymour duncan JB), 2 singlecoils (all passive).Neck is maple with a rosewood 'board.Mine is finished in 'lake blue' which is really nice, i love this colour!It's a more angular strat shape, so its a little different from 'the norm', which is cool.Dont like the headstock as much as a strat headstock though, but its not ugly.'Vintage style' whammy bar, hold tuning really well, but i dont use the bar much, i press down/pull up the bridge with my hand.Non locking tuners that keep it in tune well, only needs little tuning adjustments every second time you pick it up.No accesories included, unfortunately-i paid #199, which is a lil too much, but it was a small store the guys were really helpfull, and i was in the town where i was born.

The stock bucker in the bridge was decent enough, but i wanted to change it to a JB for a few reasons, and because i had money to burn.The sound i can get from this thing rules, its great for punk, rock, whatever, depending on amp settings and what pickup you want to use.Its not noisy, the single coils dont hum too bad, just when near sources of interference (eg. PC monitor, lightbulb dimmer switches etc) Really pleased with the sound.

It was set up well when i got it, but i changed to 10's and chucked an extra spring in to the tremelo cavity to pull the bridge down more(it was way up when the 10s are on).Pickups were adjusted well, the Guy that put in the JB set it pretty high, so my cleans are slighty distorted, which is cool.No flaws in fit or finish, although there are numerous small dents in the finish thanks to me...

The gutar would definately withstand live playing, its solid as a rock and i wouldnt be as protective over it as i would over my SG.
The hardware is gonna last, i cant wait til it ages, I've taken chips out the paint with a knife to 'age' it more, so it looks beat up.I'll probably regret this, but oh well...I put Dunlop 'Lok-straps' on both my guitars, keeps the strap on without modifying the guitar , unlike strap locks which require drilling.I would use it at a gig without a backup, as i wouldnt want my SG sitting about, as i live in a really shitty/dodgy area (Glasgow in Scotland).

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I've been playing for over 2 years, i own-the Pacifica, a Gibson SG Standard, a Marshal MG30RCD, an Ibanez TS7 tubescreamer, a U.S Electro Harmonix Small Stone, and a Danelectro Dan-O-Wah.If it was stolen the id get one again, but id be gutted about losing this guitar, it kicks ass.I usually choose to play this over my SG, its that good! It gives me everything it should and i wouldnt really want any more in the guitar.Awesome guitar! If anyone is a fan of SG's, i have a discussion board at: http://pub41.ezboard.com/bhouseofhornssgforum

Great starter guitar, but its not just for beginners-but one!

I have a "Yamaha Pacifica 112 X Special edition"
(limited - 200 - instrument in UK)

Features: 22 frets, SOLID Adler body (sounds cool!) , volume, tone pots, 5 way pickup selector

Pickup configuration is S/S/H (Humbucker is great)
Maple neck, with buminga (what?? :) - quite exotic) fingerboard.
Double cutaway!

Color: Metal Gold/Black! (special edition)

The body is strat like, but with a little modern feel.
Vintage tremolo (standard - good)

Tuners is a oil-based ones, good.

My stile is "metal like", + some fine (not distorted) parts.
I using LEEM 1020R amp, and sound very good, even i dont have
any distortion pedal, just the amp bulit in distortion.

No noise!

Very Rich/Full sound! I just amazed how!!!
Whan i walked to the intrument shop, i planned a lots of guitars
in my mind...

Fender Squire Statocaster, Fender Squier Stagemaster, Ibanez GRX 40,
etc, etc...

In the shop i try a lots of guitars with the same amp!

Stagemaster is good but no personal sound, Ibanez GRX is produce only
a "pickup sound", not soo deep wood sound... not soo correct
in solos.

With the Squier strato i realize a "extremely not fat" feel.
Like a child toy, but the guy from a shop told me: ok it is not fat, but not bad.

I dont know, but is not good.

After this i try the Yamaha!

I just AMAZED!!!!

In the first postition of the pickup i realized a cool Fender Strato like sound, and the humbucker is just really vivid!

In the shop the other guy told us: this is really cool!!!!!

Very rich, very fresh, deep distortion sound!!!

I just amased.

I also try the Maple fingerboard version too.
This is good for alternative music, sounds very unique!

But distortion is sound better with the buminga fingerboard version.

Solo parts sound extremely cool! Far better than some very high priozed guitars (2-3x!!!) Very strong, and ritch solo sound...

I try to change a humbucker to a DiMarzio DP100 Super Distortion
(iron maiden like :) but the original humbuckers is very good ones.

Especially in solos!!

I just amazed!!!

Also the axe is one of the best axes i ever see.

The guitar is very flexible to every style.

I'm a producer.

I bought this guitar for studio use, (when i change the humbucker do
Dimarzio DP100) but whitout the pickup change, it is good for studio use too.

The squier looks like a toy compared to this.

Very heavy built guitar.
I dont have any problem.

Live playing is great.
3 kg only!!!
metal gold/black, very individual design for live play!!!
When i put the Dimarzios to this, godd for everything.
(up to 2 million people :)

I have no experience with Yamaha customer support.

I had this baby since 2 months. I have other 2 personal guitars.
But i am a producer so i working with others too :)
If stolen i probably buy again...
I love the quality of the wood, the build quality, the sound, the
special paint!

Better that squier Stagemaster, (except the tremolo)
Far better than Squier strato, Ibanez GRX, etc...

My friend have this guitar too.

Extremely cool solo-sound :)

I shall not go into too much detail except that my guitar is stock apart from custom scratch plate and knobs.I have owned the guitar since new .....bought in 1997.

Well wat can i say!....When i first got the guitar i was a bit dissappointed as i was expecting something with a fender like twang!How wrong i was....but damn it...this guitar had a great warm sound and dare i say that it educated me to play differently.Great for distortion on all pickups...the bucker has a great creamy warm sound without sounding mushy.Through my fender twin amp this is prob my best sounding guitar for a live situation

The only bugbear i have is that the natural satin finish scratches really easily....you can even sratch it with a fingernail.Treat the body with respect and it shuold last...The set up on the guitar when new was ok but i adjusted to my own taste.Faultless finish new....and oh yes the trem is excellent

Body scratches far too easily.....Have gigged without backup...
Now that i have played the axe for a few years it has a great played in feel ,something that a setup or reprofile can never do..I feel very at home with this guitar...like a pair of old shoes.Ultra reliable ....well built...i feel i can play this guitar with vigour and satisfaction..

Yamaha /kemble uk good.....A damn sight better than fender/arbiter uk

Ive playing 20 years now and have numerous fenders and other quality guitars.For the money this beats them all but the only big niggle that i have about this instrument is that it has no street cred...as people say that this is a beginers guitar...but just remember one thing, the general public dont know anything about guitars anyway,esp when there half pissed and watching you gig...This is is my best guitar...but not my favourite if you see what i mean....Have fun!

This Guitar is brillient for the money and way exceeds any other guitar within its leage. It has a solid Alder body, electric blue, 22 frets,vintage whammy (tremolo), SSH pickup (2 single coils and 1 humbucker in the bridge) and is a sound look-alike strat copy basically. Very good guitar for beginners! Has a great feel, loverly neck. I can not fualt this guitar in any way really. You get 1 volume 1 tone pots, only one tone but who really misses that second one anyway?? i never do!
The only thing i noticed was that the guitar has a very factory feel about it but for #170 what do you want??

I play various music styles from jazz to rock and blues and this guitar manages them all without fall. You get a very straty tone from the neck posistion then switch to the bridge to get a bit more bite from that humbucker pickup. The only thing i found was that the humbucking bridge pickup was slightly microphonic and fead back quite alot but otherwise fine. I know play a Fender 70's strat and too be honist the difference isn't that great!

The guitar was set up by my guitar shop altho was playable before had.
The neck is C shaped and is very comfatable and fast. Frets are average and tuners keep it in tune well. The guitar is a very comfatable guitar not too heavey by far and feels very natural. Finish was up with any midium priced Fender at around #500. Whammy is maybe a bit on the jurkey side but still remains accurate.

I have not found any problems with the guitar and would easly withstand giging treatment!
Everything on the seems built to last and u can easly depend on it. A great guitar!!

No dealings cant say

I own five other electrics being:
Fender 70's strat
Epiphone les paul
Gibson 335
De armond m75t
Ibanez Artist solid body
And the yammaha lives up to these within its price range so basically for its price a very astonishing guitar and i would defently replace it if anything where to happen.

Bought new in Mail for $130.00. Solid Alder body, satin semi-transparent brown with Rosewood board. S-S-HB. Neck has nice feel. Set up at local shop. Surprised by quality of woods. Hardware is cheap, but very funtional. 9 due to good value.

A lot better than I expected. Use cheap Dano 50 practice amp, cheap Tube MP, and direct with tubescreamer. I changed strings to Dano 10's right away - I'm just used to 10's. I actually like it fine the way it is. Good spread of sounds for me, and I like like the bridge humbucker with some tone modeling. Not noisy for me on 1 & 3, real clean on 2 & 4. Nice. I'm currently looking for a five watt class A amp now, it could only sound better with tubes.

Fit and finish were excellent. Needed set-up, but played out of the box. Had tremolo set to body. Useful for dives, and stays in tune that way. 9 due to value. Incredible for a guitar of this price.

Don't know yet, but seems like it will last fine. I'm easy on gear.

Yamaha isn't warm and friendly like some others. Neck is stated as lifetime warrantee to origional owner. Keep receipts, be happy.

I bought this Guitar as a project piece. I would be happy with a solid Alder body, and decent neck for $130.00. I was very happy with the woods. Semi transparent finishes will often get you better wood, and the neck is fine - not too thick. Rosewood is excellent quality.

I was going to change this, swap that, ..., but everything is really just fine the way it is. Pick-ups sound fine, stays in tune, looks fine, so, I'm happy. Refinishing, refit of pick-ups, better tuners, can all come much later. What a deal. Recommend it to any new player, or someone who like to tinker. It's hard to find a good neck by itself for this money. Nothing gets a 10 from me.

Mine is an instrument I regretfully "had" but traded. Bought for $235.00, traded for $175.00. Probably made around 1992. I think made in Japan?? basswood body, maple neck, rosewood finger board. H/S/H strat style body. Sealed tuners, good quality. Non-locking trem....I notice everyone rates it as crap....I ask you, is there a nonlocking trem system that works??? Some complain the frets are tall, I liked this! The neck was fast, the feel good. My model when used in position 2 and 4 of the 5 way system yeilded the middle single coil with a single coil from the bridge or neck humbucker. This mimicked a strat to perfection.

I play what used to be heavy metal and now is relegated to classic rock. I was a teen in the 70's. At the time I had it I had a Peavey Bravo, 212 stero chorus, Marshall JCM 900 head and 50 watt combo. O.K. kids, single coils alone are noisy. Out of phase in parallel they are not. (pos 2 & 4 on a standard strat) My guitar was noisy in position 3 only! Do you detect a lecturing tone in this review? If they don't hum they're not singles but stacked humbuckers pretending to be singles. The guitar sounded good. I liked it.

I don't know about factory set up as I bought it at a music store. A small one, not out of a box, set up by the stores staff. There were no flaws, it was a nice instrument. Metal flake candy apple red with white pick guard....Oh yeah, as for the pick guard scratching...isn't that what they're for????

It served me well while I had it. I did not gig with it but should have giving in to my bands pier pressure to use my Les Paul and Ibanez Radius. You should always A L W A Y S have a back up axe!!But it was reliable.

Didn't need any....but I bought it at Northern Music and Video in Potsdam New York and Alix would back anything he sells regardless of make.

I've been playing for 25 years. I've owned in the neighborhood of 25 - 30 guitars. I've had 2 Les Pauls, a Strat, an Ibanez Raduis and so on. I confess I do like cheap guitars. They are not as good as their USA made high end counterparts but for 1/4 the price you get 2/3 the guitar. I just ordered a new Pacifica 112. I'll miss the second humbucker but will correct my past mistake for a poultry $129.95 thanks to a sale at Musicians Friend. I may replace the pick ups but if the neck is like my old one I'll have a killer axe for way under $300.00. You will noticew the kinder reviews here are from the more experienced players. Don't listen to your friends, don't go on a brand name or model. Use your hands and ears. Sound comes from within, not from a brand name. The most critical component of your rig is your fingers and soul!!!

i love this guitar you can do anthing to it and it still makes great sounds

its got such a great sound considering its got the stock pups in it and its not a fender or gibson, i sorta realize that when i put the toggle switch on certain settins i get a louder hum than i do on other, the only settings i use now are on the bridge or one the neck/mid, i'm

um the first time i took off the pickguard i noticed that the magnet on the neck pickup was broken under the 5 and 6 strings, that sorta makes me mad cause i like the sound of the stock pups, but i was gonna change sometime anyway

its held together for me, the baody is alder and seams very strong i abuse it mildly and its fine

i haven't dealt with the company i took it in to the store i got it from a few times just to sorta check up on it, they didn' do too much

its my first real guitar, its my only guitar at the moment, i can't say anything bad about it, i love it, wonderful for the price

Best guitar for its price. Outstanding fretboard. Solid wood cut body.

Replacing the 2 single coils is the only thing I would do, but i think they are way better then there reputation is.

Playing it just out of the box with a sound so rich was amazing. When my friends played it they couldn't beleive how good it was just out of the box.

Haven't had any problems with any hardware. Solid!

Haven't had to deal with it.

This is a great guitar for any level of player but makes a great first guitar at an outstandingly cheap price.

Updating once again... see my reviews from July of '99. Quite a bit has been done to this guitar since the last review. Along with the SD Alnico II and the Fender Tex-Mex, I replaced the bridge humbucker with some unidentified HB. It looks pretty cheap, but it's got some hefty output, and a bit more character than the stock humbucker. I'm strongly considering putting a P90 of some variety in that position though. Also, the tuners have been replaced with locking Sperzels, which was pretty easy to do. However, I needed to add another string tree to the headstock to get enough tension over the nut on the G and D strings. Let's see... I replaced both potentiometers with larger, heavier-duty pots. This was more of a reliability issue, but the sound seemed somewhat fuller after I did this. The jack and jack plate have also been replaced with better quality parts. With all of these modifications, the guitar is only getting more and more reliable and more and more toneful. As I said in a previous review, this guitar is an excellent base for modifications.

It only gets better with time. With the above mods, it has a very pleasing bell-like tone from the neck, sparkling quack from the neck/mid, a bit of dirt and edge in the mid, and a raging punk sound in the bridge. Very very versatile. However, there is the nagging 60-cycle hum to deal with, and the guitar isn't shielded for crap. This is probably next on my to-do list...

I can't stress the adaptability of this axe enough. As I grow and improve as a player, so does the guitar through my modifications. It's a real player's guitar, one that I refuse to ever part with. Even as my guitar collections expands, the Yamaha always finds its way into my hands on a regular basis. It has sounded excellent through just about every amp I've put it through. However, I've still got a few mods I'd like to perform. The neck, while being an excellent player, is just too thin for my rather large hands (I'm 6'4"). The frets have also squared off, and $300 for a refret just doesn't seem worth it. Thus, I've been looking at purchasing a Warmoth neck with jumbo frets and a thick-ass profile. I'll post if and when I complete this project. Shielding is also a necessity. Finally, the bridge pickup will probably be swapped out in the near future. I'm considering a custom pickguard cut for two single coils and a P90. Should be an interesting project. Email me if you have questions.

Several gigs on I broke a string...one of the originals...and replaced the lot with the set of dddddddddddario XL 10s that the shop gave me with the guitar. After a bit of messing around adjusting the bridge as a result of the heavier gauge, the difference was truly amazing. Now I'll give it a 9. Do yourselves a favour...don't stuff around with the originals.

Made 2001 I assume...in Taiwan. 22 frets. Solid top. Volume and tone and pickups S/S/H. 5-way selector. Alder body, maple neck and bubinga (African rosewood) fretboard. Hard case, strap, stand, couple of Allen keys, 2 leads, truckload of picks. Mine's black...looks good.

Only had it a couple of days but used it at a gig. The sound wasn't as good as I expected. Couldn't get a clean sound. I took it back and the man said the nut wasn't slotted correctly. He gave me another guitar. I made the mistake of not buying the guitar I originally played at the shop (which was a little beauty) but took home one straight from the box...durrrr! The second new one is a bit bright if I have the volume up full but much cleaner. Must say I'm not used the the Fender-style sound having had a Yamaha SA2000s for 20 years.

The first one was none too well set up. It had very high action which I lowered. This made the already unclean sound less clean. I also raised the pick-ups to the recommended distance from the strings. The fit and finish on both guitars was superb though the scratch plate is a bit average-looking up close. Cheap guitar...cheap scratch plate...I can live with it. The newer one has a great action straight from the box. As other reviewers have said...great neck. The guy said he got a shipment of Squiers which had all had the same nut problem. My rating here is for the newer one.

The unclean sounding first guitar went well at the gig...other than the sound...which I had trouble hearing anyway...we have a very loud lead guitarist. Stayed pretty much in tune all night. Didn't fall off the strap buttons. Much lighter than my SA2000s but not as mellow. I'll use that guitar for the 'dinner bracket'. I reckon I could use the Pacifica without a backup but I won't.

Haven't dealt with Yamaha but Better Music was excellent.

Been playing too long to remember. Also own SA2000S, Martin D28, Yamaha acoustic (dunno what model...360 something or other), Ibanez F5-style mandolin, d'apres Stradivarius violin, Honda VTR1000F and a big box of blues harps. Would replace it...but would play it first and take home the one I played. Nice neck and action. Must play a Strat and see how it sounds through my Bandit.

satin reddish-brown finish .chrome hardware.maple fretboard.pretty good pickups and neck for a guitar under 200 dollars.the stock tuners suck and the tremelo bar saddles are horrible (but those are easily and cheaply replaced.)the fretboard is incredible and rivals my friend's 61 strat.a great first guitar or cheap backup.Also a solid piece of wood at this price--AMAZING!!

the stock guitar is descent but I changed several things to improve it.I put Dimarzios in it(Air zone-bridge;hs 2-middle;hs 3-neck).Put a wilkenson bridge with graphite saddles.Sperzel locking tuners.Now this guitar is my main instrument and anyone who plays it ia blown away.I basically bought it becouse it was a solid piece of wood,the fretboard played beautifully,and it was dirt cheap.

the action was set up perfect from the factory when I got it.the satin finish on the guitar actually made it seem way more expensive than it was.the single coils were a bit noisy but well balanced with the o.k. humbucker.my only complaint was the pretty bad saddles,if it weren't for those the tremelo might actually stay in tune.

this axe is really well built.the wiring is pretty clean.but don't use the stock tremelo or you will go out of tune.

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If you want a guitar to "Frankenstein" this rivals a standard strat any day of the week.this guitar is very underpriced.if this guitar was stolen I'd replace it as soon as I could afford to(at this price I could easily do so.)I play 2 telecasters and my Pacifica is my workhorse.The fretboard alone is worth the 200 bucks.stock it's o.k but it's a great fixer upper.

i bought it few years ago, 1999 i think.
these are the specifications before i modulated it (changed pickups, tremolo system, nut, neck and body clued together and rewired)

Body: Alder
Neck: Maple
Fretboard: bugina
Pickups: 2 single coils, 1 humbucker
Hardware: Chrome
Controls: 5 position pickup selector, master volume, master tone
Frets: 22
Bridge: Vintage tremolo
Scale: 25 1/2"
Finishes: Natural Satin, black pickguard

no included accessories.
basically like a guitar should be.

i play blues.
it has a quite like stratocaster sound, i think i got a pretty good one. if you got two guitar, they are supposed to sound the same, but they do not. the wood cannot be the same on both guitars and some tiny details. anyway, the sound was, as right from the factory pretty good, it has good wood and thats why i bought it. factory made pickups sound bad, on the expensive guitars have good pickups right from the factory. but it sounded anyway suprisingly good for the money, i'm putting the rating for that 7.
(but it cannot be compared to my guitar now)

as said, it has pretty like strat sound, great playability, great distorted sound.


but what i've done with my guitar:
first of all, changed all the pickups, local guitar-technician made them for me, they are as good as fender pickups.
that changed my sound already significally, more power and thickness.

and with that i let it to rewire, under the volume and tone knobs are push-pull knobs. one is for switching in the neck single coil pickup. it gives 2 extra pickup settings (i want it to be sometimes the bridge pickup and neck pickup, sort of a tele sound).
and under the other push-pull is phase switch for the neck pickup. adds some cruch or something.

i changed the tremolo and not too.
tremolo now: Fender Deluxe Locking Tremolo Assembly
(the only thing what looks&sounds as i want)
i let the nut to be bone. the nut and new tremolo affected my sound greatly (for good ofcorse) , more opened.


i play with Marshall and Trace Elliot Trident (4x12 cab).
i like the sound i get. it's getting to something i wnat it to be. i play heavy gauge strings (12-54), so clean sound is what i'm after, i remember,i could have an great distortion sound too, but with these fat-ass strings, the highgain gets muddy and to fat. (thats not the fault of guitar ofcourse). it's great for rock, harder rock, if you want it to be. i play blues, to mee it's blues guitar. like-a-strat guitars ar the guitars to play almost anything.

it is made very nicely, plrofessionally designed and stuff like that, i don't know how were everything adjusted right from the factory, pretty weel i think. in the shop i bought it, there they adjust every guitar.
i haven't noticed any flaws on it. everything is great.
btw, i painter the neck top black, and one pickup is white, pickguard plack, hardware chrome, i love it like that !

i can't see a reason, why i should have a backup on a gig.
it's a strong guitar. my guitar had some falls and things like that, nothing happend, it's quite a strong guitar.

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i have been playing for 4 years, all i want for playing is, a great guitar, bluesy overdrive, wah-wah, little delay/reverb.
my most important thing is the en-voice compressor/preamp/equalized. it's studio stuff, but that what i want for my playings.

the only thing i would want, it that i could try more than one guitar like this. i ordered it, i got it and that was all. i trusted the yamaha quality. but as i said, two even the same named guitars do not sound the same.
if it were stolen, i would find out who stole it, then i would kick his ass, hit hard, and get my guitar back. that's what i would do.

when my guitar was in repair, for a 1 and a half week, i got depressed.
but then, when i got it back, i had the same feeling for few seconds as i had when i tried my teacher's guitar at the very beginning, wow, that was something i cannot decribe.
most of the sound comes from the fingers, my friend tried to play my guitar and other great guitars, but i didn't like it, i didn't like the sound, well, i don't like his playing too.

it's the best guitar you can get for the money.

Purchased this guitar mainly for travel and practice, fine instrument for its price. Made in Yamaha's Taiwanese factory, don't know the exact model year though. Pretty basic features, could have used the 2 knob Fender style tone controls. Alder body, and maple neck (22 frets). Strat clone, vintage tremolo, volume and Tone controls, s/s/h, and 5 way selector switch.

I play blues, punk, and folky sounding pieces. I play this on my travel/practice amp, a Fender Frontman 25r. Fantastic sound for a cheaper guitar. Undeniably one of the best choices for a beginner, or someone looking for a practice/travel guitar.

Now an important note is that I also play a nice Gibson Classic SG as a primary guitar, and it basically makes the Pacifica sound like garbage. So don't expect any miracles! But get every guitar in the store that is under 200 dollars and play them all, you will know just how underpriced this guitar is. Yes, even the famous all American, best selling, Squire Strat gets slapped around by this gem.

One minor gripe is that the single coils can be a little bit "scratchy" when the strings are attacked too aggresively...but with a sub $200 guitar this can be expected, and I have an insanely aggresive attack. And if you use the whammy bar, expect things to get whcaked out of tune in a hurry...but I really don't use it at all, so it does not apply to my sound rating.

The guitar had comfortable action, although it could've been faster according to my tastes. It wasn't too hard to modify though, so no major biggie.

The bridge was not set as I would have liked it to be. The tremolo bridge was floating way too high when I had taken it home. I am sure it would have been awesome to use with some backwards dive bomb sequnces, but it made tuning a nightmare. That problem was easily solved though, it only took a few screw turns to fix. I suspect that some employee at the store had fooled around with the guitar though, my friend(under my advice) also purchased a Yamaha Pacifica and it had flawless setup.

The finish on the guitar is beautiful, I did have a scratch under the pickgaurd that seemed to appear out of nowhere...but you don't notice it unless you get real close and tilt it against the light.

The knobs are a tiny bit loose. They can easily be bumped around during palm muting sequences, but you get used to moving your pinky out of the way really quick.

Other than those minor problems, the guitar is definately made with more care than a budget guitar deserves. That is not a suprise though, as Yamaha acoustics have been know to carry a reputation as a fine instrument for the money...don't see why an Electric can't be the same way.

You pick this thing up, and it feels awfully light, but make no mistake this thing is absolutely indestructable! It has been knocked around so many times, I don't even bother counting, and it never fails me. It always puts out the same great sound, and it probably will hold up good enough for my future kids to play with.

Asked on question about extra tremolo claw springs(which I really didn't need anyway), they answered right away by email on the same day.

Look, if you are looking for a guitar to learn on get this one. If you need a guitar you can take outside and abuse, but don't wanna spend too much money, get this one. Like I had said earlier, play all the 200 dollar guitars in the shop, and most likely you will take this one home with you. If it wern't for the adjustments I had to give it right off the rack, I'd give it a 10, but those are only minor problems that when solved, will give a lifetime of reward.

Well,so many times its features were here explained.
Do I really need to comment it any further ?
I guess not.

The sound is OK.It is not a guitar wich sounds like a highpriced one.
But for a guitar of that price,it is really a superb instrument.
To trace it only a student or practice guitar would be wrong.
It has a good sound with nice variations.
As I play also other-more expensive- guitars,I know where are its
borders.
Anyway,this guitar is fine and sounds really good,for a beginner
instrument.That's why I use it also live and for recording.
Mostly I use it for my VG88 and GR30.
But also alone.

The guitar came fine tuned,with new strings.Were adjusted correctly.
A big plus to Yamaha.
The manual and the needed tools were all shipped together.
The manual is fine and explains a lot,especially for beginners.
A good experience,I wish other companies would handle it also like
that,but mostly not.
The guitar for itself shows,that the quality managment at Yamaha is
very strict.It came in perfect condition.I tried to find an error,but
was not successful.
The finish is perfect.Adjustments are done well.The neck is wonderful
to play and the body shaped well.

Quality control at Yamaha must be perfect,because this instrument is
perfect from craftsmenship.

I own the 112 now for 6 years and it works still perfect.
If you maintain a guitar correct,there is no reason why a guitar
should give up life after a few years.

Never needed.

I once bought the the 112 only as guitar for my VG8(now VG88) and
GR30 system.I never wanted it as pure guitar,only as a controler for
my VG and GR Setup.Because of its cheap price.
But after all these years I used it more and more as stand alone guit.
Not only as controller anymore.Nevertheless it is still its main job.

The Pacifica is recommended to all,who start with E-guitar.
A good sounding,handy instrument at a low price.
But it is more a s a beginners guitar.

Already been described adaquately, so i won't add to it.

I like to play blues, alternative, and bluesy alternative! Think collective soul, live, our lady peace, buckcherry, black crowes, etc. Anyway, this guitar can handle them all. I find myself mainly using the bridge humbucker, so i'm trying to get into more of the single coil sounds.

For a $200 guitar, this thing is badass. Its my first electric (been playing 2 and half years) and i'll probably hold onto it forever. I can't see a MIM Fender strat being better than this, let alone a squire!

The electronics are decent, but being a lower end guitar, they are about as good as you'll get in the price range. I plan on upgrading the pickups too, and will also install new pots and a new switch and jack just to go the extra mile, although i probably don't have to. I have actually reversed the humbucker so that the screw shaped pole pieces are closer to the neck. The sound change is subtle, but i like it that way.

I've been playing through a marshall vs230, which is a decent amp. I'm going to get a peavey classic 30 soon, and i'm sure this guy will work out just fine on there. The marshall isn't getting me quite where i want to be, but thats another story.

Good setup. The neck is awesome. I'm very impressed by the neck on this guitar, and everyone who picks it up immediately says "this neck is great!" My only gripe is the fretwork could be better. They stick out of the edge of the fretboard just a bit, but not so much that its really noticeable when playing. I have blocked off the tremolo, so i get better tuning stability and a bit more sustain. I've also replaced the tuners with sperzel locking style. The existing tuners were acceptable, but i have a tendency to pound on my low E, so i got the sperzels. I've also but in schaller strap locks.

In my opinion, after replacing the pickups, i'll have a guitar that is better than an american fat strat for about half the total cost.

A few dings in the finish and into the wood that seemed to come out of nowhere, but nothing that affects the sound. I kind of like the "worked in" look anyway. Havent played with it live a whole lot, but i have confidence in it in that situation.

I've scratched the finish up a bit too, but again nothing horrible.

Haven't dealt with them.

For the price, you cannot beat this guitar. As some have said, it is not truly a beginners instrument. A pro could use it with no problem. And after i finish my mods, its going to be a total machine!

To be honest, you've already read all of this before

Considering the Pacifica cost me all of #130 s/h, and is still sub #200 new, the sounds that are available from this guitar are most gratifying. The neck s/c is very sweet and it is possible to push a nice Gilmore tone from it, the middle pickup is slightly weaker in comparison and in a live situation just does not have the oomph req'd to cut through. The humbucker is again good for the price, not too shrill but can sound a little like sonic sandpaper if pushed too hard. Pickup noise is to be expected though it's not too distracting. The guitar sounds good unplugged - warm and pecussive - I always test them unamplified and if it doesn't feel right then it won't feel any better plugged in.

The finish is very good and this is in spite (or perhaps because of) buying it secondhand. I have no grievances with its quality, I think it can hold it's head up high ith guitars three times this price.

I have gigged this guitar a lot. It's great for two reasons - it's inexpensive so I'm not too precious about it and secondly I am confident that whilst I have a back up I am not likely to require it. Actually the back up is there for drop-d tuning but it's still reassuring.

Have never reqiured this

I have been playing the guitar for 15 years. It does annoy me slightly when I read of kids who have been playing for two years and they have more expensive equipment than they can shake a stick at. Sounds come from within and the instrument is the penultimate link in this chain. A good player can make perfectly passable sounds from a shit guitar. So rather than getting hung up on equipment, chose a guitar that feels like it wants you to play it. When your instrument can no longer produce the sounds that are in your head, rather than your technique can't produce the sounds in your head, then it's time to change. There's nothing more depressing than seeing someone only playing three bad chords on a grand's worth of guitar!

This baby was made in Taiwan. Made pretty damn well, too! :)
Strat-type body shape. The body is alder (one-piece), The neck is maple and the fretboard is bubinga.
Stock-pick-ups are neck and middle position single coils and a bridge humbucker. But I've since sunk a Washburn humbucker into the neck position. So now the pickup configuration is H/S/H with a coil tap for the neck humbucker in position 2.

My style is basically jazz --- modern, swinging straightahead 21st century bebop. None of that mindless happy jazz fluff, mind you. Just solid straightahead jazz.
I also sometimes venture into bluesier territory. Robben Ford and Larry Carlton country, if you will.
And I've also been known to dabble in some hard-hitting fusion.
This guitar handles it all!!!
I've also been playing in Top 40 pop bands for years and this baby has the pop thing DOWN! :)
From clean-toned pop skanking to crunchy power pop to full-tilt rock to chorused arpeggios, this guitar is all I've ever needed to get the job done.
This guitar's neck and fretboard are simply killer!!!
Super comfy and friendly. Playing fast on this baby's neck (and believe me, on some of my jazz gigs I have to play FAST!!!) is a breeze. And Albert King perfect fourth bends are clean, true and buzz free.
I've been playing her for seven years now, and this guitar has NEVER given me any problems. And we're talking HARD use, man!!! Marathon practise sessions (12-18 hours of full-tilt playing), outdoor gigs (a couple of times in the rain) and five to six nights of weekly smoke-filled bar gigs all over the world. This guitar is my baby. Me and her ain't never gonna part.

Over the years, I've had the neck set-up for the lowest possible action without fret buzz. A very straight neck set-up with virtually no relief. And as presently set-up, this baby's neck handles anything I can throw at it --- from thorny Bill Evans piano chord voicings to Steve vai shred to Albert King blues to hardcore bebop (and even a dash or two of chicken pickin' country).
I've yet to play a neck as comfy as this one's.
And after 7 years of HARD everyday use, she has NEVER given me any problems. Real quiet onstage and in the studio. Clean, buzz-free tones all over the neck. And stunning intonation in all registers.
This one's a keeper.

Like I said, I've been playing my baby for 7 years now and we've been to hell and back with nary a problem between us. (KNOCK ON WOOD!!!)
I've never had as much rock-solid faith in any other guitar. I gig with her with no back-up guitar 'coz I've never needed one. :)

I've never had to deal with Yamaha. And I don't think I'll ever have to.

I've been playing for 16 years --- the past 7 of which have been spent with this guitar as my main axe. And these past 7 years between us have been a match made in heaven as far as I'm concerned. I bought her with the salary advance of a gig I had in Hard Rock Jakarta seven years ago and as soon as I picked up enough of an Indonesian vocabulary, I named this guitar Sayangku --- which means "My darling" or "My sweetheart" in Indonesian. And that she is. Sweetheart guitar.
If she were ever to leave my life for any reason, I'd never be able to replace her. She's a one-of-a-kind, my Sayangku.
;)

This is a follow-up review to the one that I made this last July. After a year with this guitar, it is still my favorite, still as enjoyable as the day I got it.

That said, I've made some changes that took the guitar from a solid, but basic instrument to a much better instrument.

The stock single coils have been replaced with a pair of Fender Custom Shop Fat 50's, and the bridge humbucker has been replaced with a DiMarzio PAF Pro. A heavier selector switch, and a Switchcraft jack round out the changes to the electronics.

Couple these fairly easy mods with the Pacifica's superlative neck, and this is an outstanding guitar.

I use this guitar for a variety of styles, from blues and shuffles, to power pop (and anything else that fits my mood/attitude). Depending on the music, I go anywhere from plugged straight into the amp (an Electar 30 or Vox Pathfinder), or through an assortment of basic pedals.

The modifications listed above (along with heavier strings - Dean Markley Signature Mediums, with a wound third) bring this guitar up to it's potential, with a fat, but still sweet sound. Those oft used terms "chime" and "quack" now have meaning. The guitar now makes the classic "strat" sounds, and the humbucker adds versatility.

The finish is showing spots of wear (and I baby this guitar, wiping it down EVERY time I'm done playing it, etc.), but I do play it a lot, so a little bit of wear is to be expected.

Otherwise, this has proven to be a durable, solid instrument.

I've had no reason to contact Yamaha, so I can't really say. I do miss their dedicated guitar web site, though.

Overall, this is a nice guitar, and, with a little effort, it can become a very nice guitar.

see other reviews for this. Everyones covered everything.
Basically the Yamaha's answer to a strat. A strat ripoff, but a good strat ripoff also got it with a 10watt epi amp

the thing handles everything pretty good. There is an annoying hum when not touching the strings when your using single pickups. But the humbucker is where this machine really shines. The sound is rich and the tone is sweet. It can handle lots of different settings and can keep up with whatever amp you plug into.

Bought used from a small dealer and was stringed horribly (the bottom e was almost tied on!) But everything was zen otherwise.

This things pretty reliable, but Ive heard horror stories where its being held together by tape and a prayer. For me so far, everythings all good. Karmas a bitch, so if you treat it like shit it becomes shit.

never needed it

love it