Yamaha Pacifica 112

This is an addition too my last posting, I rated it a ten before, but I gotta change that. I've gotta rate it a hundred, cause I've have litteraly thrown this guitar to the groung numerous times (I have soom personal problems) and the guitar still plays well. For $300, what more can you ask for

1999 Japanese Guitar. Nice. 22 Frets. Solid-Top. You get volume and tone controls. Only one tone though, compared to the fender strat with 2 tone controls. It is a SSH pickup configuration with a surprisingly good sound for a guitar this cheap. I have no idea who made these pickups, and they're not the best, but for the price, they are. It has a white fretboard, dunno what that is though. It is a strat style body. Locking tuners. No accessories except a cable.

I love the sound of this thing, it does everything from Tom Petty to Creed to Metallica and back to Brian Setzer, it is a very versatile guitar. The only bad thing is my amp, some cheap 10-watt Crate. But I used my friend's Mesa-Boogie with tons of stompboxes and it was great.

Guitar was set up fine except for the pickups, i had to adjust those myself. The top notes were too drowned out by the lower notes. Other than that, no flaws.

this guitar can withstand a steam roller. Kidding. It is about as versatile as a strat, and those are very versitile. The hardware seems like it will last forever. The finish will never come off, you can be bad to this guitar, and it is very forgiving. The strap buttons seem to project from the body, but no big deal. I would use this guitar at a gig without a backup, mainly because I don't have a backup.

haven't dealt with em yet

nutty

a Strat style guitar with Passive Sing/Sing/Hum configuration, traditional trem, one tone, one volume. Seems to be alder body with nat. finish, white pickgaurd, maple neck (presumably Warmoth) with rosewood fret board. Non locking tuners, slim neck. Simple and effective.

Suits my rock style well. microphinic at high gain levels, but good dynamics. 5-way switch is very versatile, but it could benefit froma pickup change. Slim neck has great feel.

I do my own set up. I use light top heavey bottom (.010-.052) strings, and the neck feels great. brige saddles break alot of strings though.

look, feels solid. I'd use it on a bunch of gigs.

Never had to deal with them-very reliable

I would def. buy yamaha again in the future.

Well lets see, its a 1998 model and it was made in Taiwan. It has 21 frets and is a solid top. Only has singel volume and another single tone control. Pickups are S/S/H. Has a beautiful Alder wood body with a satin poly finish. Neck is a light wood (blonde)with dark fret markings. Basically a Strat type finish with a nice alteration by Yamaha on the cutaways and the bottom of the body. Got it with cord and gig bag.

Nice sounding guitar has a good reach from blues to heavy metal. Even has a clear clean sound when playing country or lighter tunes. Been playing with a 15 Watt Randall amp so I can't go nuts.

No mechanical/electrical problems. Light action all around. No adjustments required. Nice matchbody to neck. Had a problem getting the plastic protective film off the pick guard. One small finish mark on the top of the body (very light) smaller than an eraser.

Seems solid in its construction. Hard ware is nice/looks sturdy. Finish doesn't show wear easy. Looks clean even after heavy handling. Strap buttons appear to project a little, but are very solid. Dependable I wouldn't need a backup. Pretty new but using it alot.

Never needed. But it has a lifetime warranty

First Electric. I have an Alvarez Accoustic and a Hofner classical. Wish I knew what type of wood the neck was made of. Shopped around ALOT. This a best buy in price and quality. I stronly urge first time buyers to seriously look at this instrument. If it was stolen I would hunt the fool down, beat him, and get it back! If I knew someone looking for a beginner guitar I would have him/her look at a Pacifica. Beautiful guitar...It grew on me. I looked a Hamer, Squier, Dean, Johnson, and several other entry level guitars. Yamaha put them to shame. Wish it had dual tone controls (like a strat)and better looking pick guard (Maybe something I'll get later) I didn't love the white plastic.

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Well, I've gone off the sound of this thing since I got my 50s Reissue Strat. I bought this second-hand for under #100 with a Crybaby thrown in for free, so it was a bargain. The sound? Well, I like a strat to sound, well, like a strat. And this doesn't. Aneamic sound, with little sustain, and I really hate that bridge pick-up. The other PUs are OK, I guess, but the clean tone, which I'm getting more into these days, is pretty weak. Good for the price, though.

Well, pretty much faultless, again for the price. In fact, most fenders aren't set up this good. Lovely neck, extremely fast and playable. Action is better than my Fender... very very low with no buzz. But since I discovered teh joys of Fender baseball bat maple necks (and maple fretboard) I hardly play the Yamaha anymore. The natural finish isn't that durable, scratches and dings quite badly. But hey, it was #90.

Gets a 7 for the finish. Otherwise, a rock. I gig with it.. I use it for alternate tunings on some songs I wrote back in my trying to sound like Pavement/Sonic Youth phase.

Never dealt with them

I thought it was stolen when I bought it, but subsequent talks with the seller proved otherwise.. I was just lucky to bump into him on the tube at 10:30pm one night when he was coming back from trying to trade it in for something in London.
If it was nicked, I wouldn't get another... I'd hunt down another 50s or 60s Jap strat in the unfashionable colours that get discounted heavily over here (Hey, I like Shell Pink! Who knows, Seafoam Green might grow on me too).
A nice guitar, excellent neck, but nothing spectacular. Oh, blows anything in its price range away, apart from dodgy-coloured Fender Strats and Teles.
Gets a clear, solid 10 for it's sheer quality and value for money. I know it appears I dissed this thing a little, but I still think it's hard to beat. Might get new pickups when I have money ...

As far as features go, this is a fairly plain guitar. It's got everything you would expect of a standard contemporary strat guitar including: 22 frets S/S/H passive pickup configuration (with 5-way selector), Fender-style vibrato system and non-locking tuners. Since I like my guitars to be as versatile as possible, my main gripe with this axe is how easily it goes out of tune with whammy use. I'll probably invest in some better hardware in the future to remedy this problem. The bridge on these guitars can be adjusted so that there is a little room for "upward whammying", which is essential for being able to perform natural-sounding vibrato. I think that the 112's S/S/H configuration gives it a considerable edge over Mexican Fenders, which are probably the most popular guitars in the 112's price range. I only give the guitar a 5 in this category because it really doesn't have any extra features; only the ones I absolutely must have in order to play the average gig with my band (pop music).

I first picked up this guitar as I was trying out a Hot Rod DeVille in a local music store (yes, I know you're supposed to use your regular guitar when testing an amp). I basically used it only because it happened to be right next to where the amp was, so I wasn't expecting much. Boy was I surpised! It sounded so great, I thought that the Hot Rod Deville was making it sound that way. After playing it through several other amps, however, it became clear that the guitar was an absolute steal. The stock pickups sound great. I've played quite a few American Strats, and I'd say that in all positions where single coils are selected, the 112 sounds as good as any one of them. The neck and neck/middle positions yield particularly full tones, with just the right amount of single coil sparkle. The humbucker is also nice for most applications, but it doesn't cut as well as I'd like it to through heavy (Peavy 5150) distortion. On the other hand, it's lack of cutting ability means that it isn't too trebly when played clean, or with crunch distortion a la AC DC.
I play all sorts of music, but I would say that the 112 is best suited to blues and rock. It sounds amazing clean through my blackfaced Bassman and also dirty through my 5150 (except at extreme gain settings)
I give this guitar a 10 in this category because, although it doesn't do everything (and what guitar does?), it does blues and rock as well as any other guitar I've played that cost less than a grand.

My 112 played well right out of the box. Actually, I didn't even have to tune it before plugging in! Before this guitar, I've never played a new one that I didn't have to adjust to my liking. The action was set just right - at that level where fretting is easy, but big bluesy bends are still possible without catching the other strings. Fit and finish were both satisfactory for a non-custom made guitar. The neck plays wonderfully! Maybe I'm just used to playing guitars with wide necks and Floyd Roses, but man this thing seems easy to play.
For a guitar in its price range, it deserves a 10 in this category. It's no PRS with bird inlays though.

I gig quite a bit, so I'm hoping that the guitar will hold up in this category. This remains to be seen, however. I'm a bit nervous because I can't believe that this axe can be as good as I think it is and yet be so cheap. I hope and pray that this thing won't fall apart on me, but I have no reason to believe that it will. As I have no previous experience with Yamaha solid bodies, I can't really offer a valid rating for this category.

Never dealt with them, hope I never have to.

I've been playing for 8 years, and I enjoy playing everything from the Beatles to SRV to Pantera (as well as my own music, of course). I've checked out most of the "must play" axes - (Fender, Gibson, PRS) as well as your typical shred guitars with Floyd Rose tremolos and the like. My Pacifica 112 would stand up respectably against any one of those guitars, although it wouldn't beat any of them at its own game. I love the fact that it sounds fantastic, and yet costs so little. I got it because it's the best guitar value on the market in any category, bar none. If it had a tremolo system that stayed in tune after heavy abuse I would be even happier than I already am. If this thing were stolen/lost, I'd get another one, and if I walked into the music store with a grand I would still probably walk out with a Pacifica 112. What a deal!

Don't know when they made it. For features see the other reviews.

Play all kinds of music. This guitar does a good job on sounding like a strat guitar should.

This is the strong point. This guitars are very consistent. I compared five of them in the store and they were all about the same. I can't say that form Fender's American Standard Stratocaster. This guitar has one of the best strat-necks you can buy. It plays great, fast and confortable, low action, no string-buzz. Right out of the box, I didn't have to adjust nothing. The finish had no flaws either. Tight neck-joint, no bow, well dressed and polished frets.

No probs. Stays in tune.

No need.

I play since 25 years. IMO too many people are spending too many bucks for solid-body guitars. I don't see any reason to pay 1000 - 3000 $$ for a solid piece of wood. If you don't have your chops together even a Custom Shop dream guitar won't make you sound better.
For its price the pacifica is one hell of a guitar and I would buy it again in a heartbeat.

It was made inTawain, which is labeled on the back. I have a natural wood finish with a white pickguard, 22 frets, 2 single coils and a humbucker, locking tremolo, one tone and one volume with a five way pickup adjuster. It's basically made like a strat. If you want any more info on this guitar, I suggest visiting the yamaha website on www.yamaha.com under musical instruments and then under the electric guitar section. Just letting you know. I actually wanted to submit my opinions to first say that researching on this database helped me chose my first electric guitar that was inexpensive but also a good quality guitar. I ended up with this one because frankly, it's the best $300 axe. Oh and the reason why I got this guitar so cheap is beacuse they had an inventory sale.

Well, I am a die hard Metallica fan. Most of the time I play songs from Metallica especially the instrumentals and it has a nice, clean sound when you want it and can handle distortion pretty well. I use a Metal Zone MT-2 distortion pedal and it has a great sound, very heavy and loud...Very Cool. I've tried other guitars around this guitar price range and nothing quite has that quality than the Pacifica. It also sounds good unplugged. I also play some Megadeth, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Testament and Beethoven, Yes Beethoven! Try the Moonlight Sonata on this thing. It's incredible!

I found that my axe was set up pretty well, unlike other guitars.... As far as tremolo and pickups were concerned, I believe they could have been better, but that's easy to fix, I'll just have 'em exchanged and put in better ones. I'll do that for Christmas, treat myself to customize my 'ole axe. I didn't really like the natural finish when I first bought it since it seemed too plane, but under the light, it looked so sleek & shiny and under a dimmed light, it was even better. It can get scratched easily if you leave it lying around but so far I don't see anything wrong with it.

I've had this guitar for less than 6 months and I'm in no position to say how durable it is, especially with me. I'm the type of person who is very careful in handling it and I get hella pissing if it gets banged or has the slightest scratch on there. You won't see me banging it, but I take people's word that it's durable. I bet if I did accidently drop it, it'll still work good. It's real tough and solid, that's for sure. Yeah, I'd use it gigging. Strap buttons are secure. I give it an 8 cause I never really banged it to see how much abuse it'll take.

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Alright, I've been playing for 2 years on acoustic and transferred to the electric and have been playing with the Yamaha for less than 6 months. It is soooo... much better on electri, I mean try playing a killer Metallica song on acoustic, it ain't good, but I'm so much happier now with all those effects. It works great with my DigiTech XP - 100 for all effects. I love the neck, and the feel of it is truly amazing. If I had it stolen, yup, I'd buy it again. Sure you can get another guitar like a Les Paul of a Fender Sstrat, but a Yamaha is a good investment. It sounds just as good as those solid body electrics and sometimes even better. Some people just blow their money off on those name brand electrics without doing their homework. Just research on the guitar of your choice and see if it's as good as they say it is. That's the best word of advise and the smarter thing to do. And in the meantime, check out the Pacifica for yourself and you be the judge.

Nice guitar for being the first electric I've had, same basic features as said before, SSH pickup configuration, vintage tremolo (that goes out of tune unless used very, VERY properly), 22 frets, one volume, one tone, five way strat-style pickup selector, passive electronics. Strat style body, don't know about neck scale, although I think it's 25"1/2. Mine came in vintage white (makes me feel like Hendrix) With a gig bag, cable, tools. Basic normal everything!

I like to play blues/rock stuff, it has a very bluesy/vintage sound that I just love, my friends studio Les Paul doesn't sound as good and it cost a lot more. I've played through a Marshall valvestate (sorry, valve amps in Mexico are quite rare)It has a lot of sounds, from almost acoustic like, for rhytm, to very skawky for cool solos (if you play rhytm with that, it sounds like reggae)

This is were I'm a little concerned, it came very weirdly setuped at the factory, with a lot of intonation problems and fret buz on the low strings ( can anybody mail me and tell if they have a simimlar problem and how to correct it?) It's very cool wood, alder for the body, as a strat, and maple neck and finger board (love it, very sleek, the other day I was playing a tele with some red wood like mahogany and I couldn't do anything with it) Very nicely painted exept for the inner parts, but you never see them anyway.

Very solid, even though I've only hit it twice, but the electronics are the same

Never dealt with them, I should though.

It's great, I've only played once live in a musis festival, so I can't say anything about giging, but if I started now I would still take a backup, but only because of the string (i don't mind old strings except on acoustics)
Get it if you can, good investment!

Pretty basic. This is an exelent Guitar for beginners, so being basic is a good thing. I love the natural satin finish on pacifica's. The tuners are quite good but the tremolo could be better ( but still good for a low price axe ). The volume and tone controls work well. The pickup selector switch makes a bit of noise though. I changed the Bridge humbucker as the origonal broke. The intonation is average. The best feature of this guitar though is the NECK. I have not yet found a neck that felt or played as good as this one.

I play a lot of different music from hard rock to classical. I love the bluesy neck pickup. I stuck a Dimarzio humbucker in at the bridge for playing Zeppelin and other rock. The middle poostions are too weak for my liking but the neck only and bridge only positions are really good for a cheap instrument.

Intonation was pathetic when I got the Guitar, but that is because I bought it used from someone with no idea how to set it up. The action is exellent and every thing is simple to adjust. The finish used to be exelent, but I've dropped twice and banged and knocked it quite a lot. When I got the pickup repaired (the standard one before I put in a Dimarzio) they scratched the back of the body quite badly, so I compained and got the service for free. I was still anoyed though. Every Guitarist should try one of these guitars just because of the neck. It plays so well. The black wood colour of the neck is wearing away on the first four frets.

This guitar is one tough mother. I've dropped it twice, the strap leather got worn and became soft, and all that happened was that it went out of tune. The tremolo is reliable until you try and play some Van Halen ( which I wouldn't play until you get a Floyd Rose, those things are mean ). The finish is already wearing which is my fault as I have only cleaned it once in 2 years. I use .009 strings with which I often break the high E string ( espetially when playing the outro in "all along the watch tower"). This Guitar is very reliable and it is my back up Guitar for giggs. I would never play a gig without a back up as that is just tempting fate.

I havent dealt with Yamaha directly. The shop I got it repaired at were a BIG dissapointment, you should see the mess of scraches on the back of my 112. I was so pissed off. My friend has once dealt with yamaha about a keyboard and he says that they were helpful.

I've been playing over 2 years. I have a Hohner amp ( do not buy these ) and a Marshall VS100. I also have a Les Paul standard. I also have a cry Baby wah and a boss ME-30 ( which I reviewed when I was drunk, so please ignore my review of the ME-30). If it was lost or stolen? I'd try the 812 which is gorgeos or the 812 DX which has a Floyd Rose Tremolo bar! I was going to buy a cheap strat but the neck on the pacifica is the best. I even preffer the neck on the pacifica to the neck on the Les Paul. If you are going to buy you're first electric guitar then get a 112. This is the best value for money guitar for begginers on the market. I will never sell mine as I learned to play on it.
P.S. The neck is FANTASTIC.

Made in '96 22 fret alder (solid!) body w\rosewood fretboard, maple(?) neck. s/s/h passive pickups of unknown make. Mine has a natural finish and a white pickguard. The frets are pretty fat, and the trem is pretty basic. Came with a cord and gig bag, but the bag was thrown in by the dealer.

Stock, it sounds pretty decent, although a little too fat for me. Some tweaking with the pickup height fixed that real quick, and you might not want to use this one without an eq.. but as I get used to it, I find it easy to get whatever sound I want from it. My Strat screams better, but I think that has more to do with the pickups than anything. It's easier to play than the strat too.. the neck feels smoother... but I couldn't tell you why. I play it thru a Crate amp with only a chorus, rat pedal, and an eq.. although I'll probably add a tube screamer soon. It's no more noisy then any single pickup guitar I've heard, and it works well with the blues & rock I like to play.. but it really started to shine when I replaced the pickups with some Seymour Duncans... I think I like it more than any other guitar I've played so far

Action was perfect from day one, but the pickups were too low. The bridge was off a little (crooked), but that was easy enough to fix.. and the tremolo was so loose, it was tough to keep in tune. Easy enough to fix.. a pretty short list for a $300 guitar, huh? I had it perfect in a single afternoon, and haven't had to touch it since. Oh, yeah.. the wham bar never did fit in the hole in the tremolo.. but since I hate the damn things anyway, I locked it down and never looked back.

This is one TOUGH guitar. It fell off the hood of my car the first week I had it, and it only got knocked out of tune! It has a very solid feel, and although the natural finish may not stand up for long, I'll bet that is the only problem it ever has. I bought it on the recomendation of a friend in a Country band who used to carry one as a backup, but now uses it pretty exclusively.

Never dealt with them...

I've been playing only about 4 years, and this is only my third guitar... but I see no reason to change. I love strats, but they are too finicky for me.. at least the one I have needs a neck adjustment about once a month or so. If it is stolen, i'd probably buy the Americana to replace it, just for the better hardware, but yeah I would get another in a heartbeat. I was looking for a used American Standard Strat when I bought this... and I have stopped looking.

Made in Japan, this is pretty good for a Yahama. I would recommend it to beginners. One humbucker, one volume, one tone, but it sounds almost as good as a Squire Strat. Five way Selecter, pretty good for playing stuff like Blink 182, Eve 6, that kind of area. It doesn't work for harder core stuff like Jimmy's Chicken Shack. Not deep enough. Mine has an Ebony body, ebony finish, mahogany neck wood, pretty thin frets, no extra stuff except for an extension cord, and pretty much all guitars come with those

The guitar was set up great, but has a problem with scratchiness with the extension cord

Well, if you're gonna perform, don't use this guitar, it screws up quite often, you can't depend on it, and it's unpredictable

They gave me a good price and were very fair

Well, I've been playing for about 5 1/2 months, but i'm trading this in soon to get an Epiphone. If you are just beginning, you'll like this guitar. I wish it had dual humbuckers, another volume and tone button, but oh well

Pretty basic in the features department, alder body, maple neck, and a bubinga fingerboard. 22 frets, with pearl dot inlays. Stock pick ups in a single, single, hum setup. Chrome hardware. I got mine in a wood finish. Good looking guitar for the price. But in a strat copy you aren't looking for too many features.

I play a variety of styles from B.B. King to Metallica and for the price, this guitar suits them all. I use a Crate Gx-212 and a Boss Metal Zone, and it is quiet as anything (except mayby EMG's). The sound is bright when you want it to be ( It is a strat shape after all) but if you need a full sound, it can come through with some work with the eq. The variety of sounds for the price is ammazing. For the price, it's a ten.

The action was a bit high when I first got it, so I set it down a notch and it was perfict. The pickups were set perfectly, the neck was super smooth. Really can't complain to the guys a Yamaha.

I have beaten this guitar to shit and it still sound great. It is real easy on strings, and sure there are a few scratches, but that just adds character.

Never dealt with Yamaha.

I have been playing for about four years and this is my only guitar. One day I will make this thing a mother of shredder. I would say this guitar beats anything in the price range, and is the toughest act to beat in the bussiness.

This review is an update as a result of recent modifications that I thought some of you might find interesting. Read other reviews, including my previous submission, for information regarding stock Pacificas. With regards to modifications; I swapped the neck pickup for a Kinman SCn, the middle pickup for a Kinman AVn63, the bridge pickup for a Seymour Duncan Trembucker TB1, and the tuning machines for Sperzels. I also did a custom wiring job using the 4-pole Yamaha switch and a couple of push-pull potentiometers (available from Stewart-Macdonald Guitar Shop Supply), as well as shielded the entire cavity in copper tape.

This guitar now does everything, from head-banging shredder metal to righteous blues to rockabilly. It will even do light Jazz duty for those of you who, like me, prefer to leave their expensive archtops in the safety of home. The Kinmans are as quiet as any humbucker I've played, yet they sound EXACTLY like vintage single coils. Depending on volume and tone, I can emulate Stevie, Jimi, Eric, etc. The Duncan gets everything from Setzer to Betts/Sanata to EVH brown sound. See my pickup reviews for a few more adjectives.

Same as stock. See my previous review.

Same as stock. See my previous review.

Same as stock. See my previous review.

After an investment of about $250 for the guitar and another $300 in parts, I have an axe that will put any new Strat to shame; it's more versatile, quieter, sounds just as vintage if not better, and has a better neck. As I stated before, I don't know why anybody would want to spend more money on a solid-body. Just buy a Pacifica and leave it stock or, if you want something really special, change the pickups and tuning machines. I've been playing over 20 years and this axe now joins my permanent collection, which includes a Martin jumbo and a Gibson ES175.

My specific guitar is 22 frets on a rosewood or bubinga fret board (maple is available). The neck is made of maple. I believe that the body is solid alder or some other quality solid wood close to it. The pickups are passive in a single/single/hum configuration. It is a semi strat copy, meaning it is not an exact copy, but a better design. The tuners are just standard Yamaha tuners. The finish I chose was ivory white. It had a one master volume and one master tone and a 5-way selector switch. All the basic features you would expect on a guitar in this price range.

It originally sounded good for the price of the guitar. For a beginner in any style it beats all guitars at the same price range and even some more expensive. I have recently upgraded this guitar to meet more of my needs. I installed an EMG select hum and a EMG select single in the bridge and neck positions respectively. I also installed a custom coil tap for the hum and a custom on/on switch for single that allows me to use the hum and neck single together or use all of the pickups at one time. I left the original mid position single, because I really liked its sound. I personally do all of my own electronics work and most of my friends work too, When I opened up the control cavity I was happily surprised of its neat and orderly construction.I use this guitar to play many many styles of music. I play it through many amps including: Fender, Laney, Kent, Hartke, and Peavey.

My guitar was surprisingly well set up when I bought it. The saddles did eventually bother me, so I did replace the saddles with graphite saddles which better served me and slightly increased on the guitar's tone and sustain. The pickups were set up slightly low when I bought it, but were very easy to change with the screw driver that came with the guitar. The neck is probably one of the best I have ever played on a mass production guitar. I personally could not find any flaws. The construction was amazing for a guitar in this price range. The neck joint was great.

My guitar was surprisingly well set up when I bought it. The saddles did eventually bother me, so I did replace the saddles with graphite saddles which better served me and slightly increased on the guitar's tone and sustain. The pickups were set up slightly low when I bought it, but were very easy to change with the screw driver that came with the guitar. The neck is probably one of the best I have ever played on a mass production guitar. I personally could not find any flaws. The construction was amazing for a guitar in this price range. The neck joint was great.

Never had to use!

This guitar stacks up with the best of them in much higher price ranges. If I had it stolen I would buy it again. My favorite feature is the neck. The only thing I sometimes wish it had was a locking nut. Over all one Great guitar!! This guitar stacks up with the best of them in much higher price ranges. If I had it stolen I would buy it again. My favorite feature is the neck. The only thing I sometimes wish it had was a locking nut. Over all one Great guitar!!

This guitar was made around 95, but it is the same as the new ones. It has 22 frets. It has a S/S/H configuration, with a volume and tone knob. It has a natural, unbuffed sunburst.

When I got this guitar, I had only played for a year, so I thought it sounded good. Recently, after my newer guitar broke, I was forced to play it again. It has a really twangy sound, it's really bright. I thing that the pickups are wound up weird, because they all have different volumes. I pumped up the bass on my Crate GX65 combo, and got a little bit more bottom end, but it still can't get a good punk rock or hard rock sounds. It's made for country.

Since this guitar was made somewhere in Asia, it is alot better than most student guitars, namely the mexican ones, but it was surprisingly well set up. The pickups are wound weird, but most beginners can't tell the difference.

It has held up pretty good for it's price. The finish still looks the same. I wouldn't use this at a gig without backup, unless I replaced the pickups with some better versions. The strap cord is pretty loose, and the angle is weird, so I would probably smash a toe or two dropping the damn thing.

I never used it.

I've been playing for almost 4 years, and this guitar has it's advantages over my Samick Radio Ten. The Samick wasn't set up well, it took alot of tweaking. The Yamaha actually was stolen by another member of my old band, or at least borrowed for too long. If anything, this guitar is perfect for a beginner, a much better choice than any Squier guitar, but if you have the moola, I would get an Epiphone guitar. Epiphone makes a Strat copy similar to this, but superior. Hi mom.

1997 solid body. Pretty generic strat clone. Single coils at neck & middle. Humbucker at bridge.

My style - blues/rock and 'classic' rock - is very well served by this axe. The neck pickup is warm, the middle pickup has great clarity and the bridge humbucker screams nicely. It gets a great strat cluck in the in-between pickup selector positions. (Of course, the single-coils are noisy - it's the nature of the beast.) It's easy to get all the requisite idiomatic sounds out of the Pacifica and a good tube amp (I use a new Fender Pro Jr. and a vintage Bandmaster Reverb); SRV, Jimi, Eric, Buddy Guy, etc. Add an Ibanez tube-screamer and you're in business!

Action, neck geometry and fretwork is where this axe really shines. I actually prefer the feel of the Pacifica to the Amer. Std. Strat. I have the unfinished, natural body and it looks great (although I expect it will show dings and scratches with age).

Seems to be built like a brick. The natural finish may not be as robust as some. Pete Townshend would be able to risk gigging without a backup.

IMHO, too many people spend way too much cash on solid-body electrics. If the wood is resonant and, most importantly, the neck feels good - hey, what more can you want. You can always change the pickups. This guitar is a great buy. It sounds sufficiently strat-like, it feels better than most strats and it's solidly built. If I wanted to spend more, I'd simply add a better tremolo and locking sperzel tuners to the Pacifica 112.

I think Korean made. Excellent neck THe only better neck is a fender Mustang. It has decent tuners with alright pikups (two singles and a humbucker) although I replaced the hmbucker with a Duncan JB in the bridge and now it sounds amazing. It has an alder body. I love the thinness at the nut of the neck. THe best guitar you can buy for 300$

Sounds amazing with the Duncan JB and a Big Muff or a Rat. I play mostly Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Zepplin THe neck is awesome for rythm playing. Has a full =sound because of the solid wood body(most guitars in this price rasnge are shitty plywood).

I didn't have to raise the action. The tuners are pretty good quality. When I first got it the pickups were raised too high so i was getting distortion with the Humbucker and I couldn't figure out what it was since its my first electric guitar. One thing the finish doesn' seem to be too durable(I bang it a lot)

This guitar is built to last cause I've dropped it sevedral times and it's fine It deosn't even go out of tune much when you drop it. I depend on the strap buttons and they havn't let me down. One thing again is the finish doesn' seem too durable. But other than that...most marvelous!!

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This is an excellent guitar. I bought it over a $400 Fender because the tone was so much better and, of course, the neck. This guitar is excellent for heavy alternative like Nirvana or the Foo Fighters Or Zepplin.

1997 strat, 22 frets, Made in Japan?, Passive electronics (S/S/H), Rosewood neck, solid body (unknow wood), non locking tuners, 5 way selector....

I play metal and rock with a Fender Frontman (duh!) and a BOSS HM-2 (cool fx!).
The sound is wonderful unplugged and plugged ! Pickups are noisy (my amp too!)...

Action is perfect ! This neck is one of the best ! You can't have something better than that for the price !
The finish is good (wood) but I don't think it's very durable..

Mmmm.. Live playing with this baby ? SURE !!!!!!

I don't know...

The best guitar ! You can't get something better whitout spending 800$ and more ! But I think I will change the pickups.... Not enough "metal" for me.. ;-)

well it has 22 frets and is made in Korea , it's a solid body (no ply) which greatly helps this guitars' sound, the pickup are 1/1/2 config, the stocks are OK but so far Ive replaced the humbucker with a Duncan Distortion which has made it's way through all my guitars, it's the best pickup ever made!!, the single coils are a bit noisy, i'll replace them soon, this guitar is very strat-like but with greater playablity, vintage trem, normal tuners, the body is alder I think, mine is black

It works well for my uses which vary from Death-metal to neoclassical to Calypso and Reggae, so this is a VERY versatile axe, I use basically a Marshall Jubilee Stack, sometimes a Mesa combo, and it sounds awesome on both, I dont like the trem though wish it had a wilkinson with sperzels, it sounds very rich and full and it can also give yu good strat quack, I use a Digitech 2101 for all effects

it's set up like a bloddy ESP man..perfect..ultra low, I think the neck is worth 10 times the money for the entire guitar...oops hope Yamaha doest read that...decent paint job

This guitar has passed the Shyam test for durability... it was soaked in rain, left in the sun on the beach, my dog pissed on it and it fell off the stack twice....and it still kicks ass!.... I gonna have my mom bake it and see what happens*L*

I dont need any!!!

I've been playing for about 15 yrs..I got a Ibanez 540sLTD, a Ibanez JEM777V, Charvel MOdel 2.....although my other guitars are waay more expensive than the Yam...I say if you need a GOOD axe with a GOOD sound with SUPERB playabilty with LOTS of upgrade options... this is the guitar to get...and It's Cheap too!