Yamaha Pacifica 112

Made in Indonesia
22 frets
Volume knob, tone knob
S/S/H
Strat Style

I play old-school thrash metal. The humbucker is great for power chords and riffs, the single-coil neck pickup is great for shredding, IMO.

I use a plain mini Marshall amp. I have a distortion pedal, a Vamp effects processor. Sounds great on everything. I would recommend active pick-ups once you can afford it, preferably Seymour Duncan.

Everything's great. I personally don't use the tremolo (it de-tunes the strings). The neck is also lightning fast... almost like a Jackson :O

Owned it for years... I played live a few times. I don't have to switch between my Jackson DK1 and my Fender Stratocaster. However, with this guitar you get a less quality sound compared to the high end models just mentioned. I could also play around it cuz it's cheap. It's still like brand new. The color I own, you can barely see the scratches.

Great for the price. As a previous user stated, it kills the Mexican Stratocaster (I was planning to buy the HSS one)

'07 model PAC112. Made in Indonesia. A stratocaster-style electric.

- 22 frets
- single coil pickups in neck/middle positions
- Humbucker in bridge position
- Vintage style tremolo
- 1 volume/1 tone knob
- 5-way selector switch
- Alder body
- Bolt-on Maple neck
- Rosewood fingerboard
- Chrome tuners

Included a manual, a cheap cable, allen wrenches for truss rod and bridge saddles, and a trem bar. Mine is in "Lake Blue" which is a decent imitation of Fender's "lake placid blue".

These days I am primarily a bass player but bought this guitar to serve as a cheap electric to mess around on at home. Didnt want to spend more than $200 but didnt want to get a piece of junk either. Tried a ton of squiers, lower end ibanezs, etc. but they all just felt cheap and sounded dull. Finally went to a local mom and pop store and found the PAC112 hanging on the wall for $199. I knew yamaha made decent lower end stuff so I figured id try it out. I plugged in, hit a E chord, and knew I had found the right guitar.

For a cheap guitar it does a very good job at capturing the stratocaster sound. The neck and middle pickups give some nice bright strat-like clean tones...and also have a nice bluesy grit when played with some light overdrive.

The humbucker sounds a bit dull when clean, but really shines under moderate to high gain, providing good sustain and nice chunky palm mutes.

Of course these arent hot high-end pickups but for $199 I really cant complain. Might someday down the road swap the humbucker for a aftermarket, but happy enough with the singles to leave them in. Pretty low-noise for a cheap guitar...of course theres a bit of hum from the single coils but thats expected. The HSS configuration and 5-way swtich gives you a nice variety of tones.

Instead of using a crappy body wood like what is common on many lower-end guitars, the PAC112 is a nice solid piece of alder with a good weight to it.

Factory setup was actually not too bad...intonation was near perfect, though the action was a bit on the high side. I put on new strings, gave the truss rod a quarter turn to lower things a bit, and adjusted the pickups a tad. Neck is comfortable and appears to be a one-piece maple with a very light satin finish.

Fretwork is good, hardware seems solid. Went over the guitar and tightened up the tuners, input jack, etc...but everything was mostly in order. I thought replacing the tuners was going to be mandatory, but to my surprise the stock ones hold tune pretty well. I don't ever use the Trem bar, but id imagine that might throw it out of tune. Only cosmetic flaw I could find were some barely noticeable spots of excess glue by the neck joint...but for a $199 guitar, who cares?

With a good amp, I would feel comfortable using this guitar live. Hardware and finish seem like they will hold up as long as you don't thrash the thing. Might someday put in a duncan or dimarzio humbucker and throw in some new pots, but the guitar gets the job done in stock form. The quality body and neck would make it an excellent candidate for hot rodding or customization. This guitar is definitely worth the extra $50 over the entry level PAC012 in my opinion.

Ive been playing bass and guitar for about 8 years. I own or have owned in the past various gear from Fender, Yamaha, Cort, Peavey, Crate, Marshall, Tech 21, etc. This is my third yamaha instrument and ive noticed their lower-end models are generally solid and really good for the money.

It would make a great guitar for a beginner, or as in my case...a player with some experience looking for an inexpensive guitar to mess around, a platform for a project, or as a cheap backup.

I'd had this Yamaha Pacifica 112 for many years now...I may have one of the first made...not sure. Very easy to use.

I am still impressed with this guitar after all this years. It sounds great. For the ~$200 I paid for it...it's damn good.

Very nice guitar for the money. The action, etc...was great and still is.

Again...had it for years now and the only thing I've had to do is a simple repair on the jack as an inside connection came loose. Otherwise....great.

Never had to deal with them.

I have a lot of really nice guitars and I bought this as a living room knock around...and its way more than that. I also own some other Yamaha products (not guitars) and they seem to take real pride in their work. If someone is just starting out with their playing...or wants a handy guitar that sounds great and is inexpensive...this is it. I'm not gonna fool you...my "go to" guitars are my Eric Johnson strats or my PRS Eagle...but this $200 guitar will blow you away.

Mine is a 112 YNS (Yellow Natural Satin), White Pickguard. I love the look;-)
Strat Style, Vintage Tremolo. Don??t know exactly about when this was built, I think in 2005.
To understand my "point of review", please note that this was my first guitar (started playing guitar at the age of 35). So this is from an absolute beginner??s point of view!

I??m playing that guitar through a VOX AD30VT Amp Modeler and also through my Laptop (NI Guitar Rig 2). I??m trying my best at Blues and Rock and the guitar is never the limiting thing;-) This can produce fine tones from clean to heavily distorted . but I prefer the clean ones.
There??s no noise from switching between PUs.

My guitar teacher tries his best to teach me all the things that matter technically: Bend, Hammerons, Pulloffs, Slides, Chords. In the last two years I had to make some modifications to the guitar:
- Remove one of the three tremolo springs, adjust the remaining two. Reason is, this made bends a lot easier (and yes, I??m playing .009 strings)
- Adjust the neck bending and bridge for absolutely MINIMUM action. The small screws for adjusting action on the bridge had to be taken out so far, that I had to remove them, cut them with a Dremel and then reinstall them. Reason was, that I could not get any usefull right hand dampening with the screws so far out.

Both are no flaws, had to make the modifications to make playing easier for me personally.
Had some broken strings in the first few months. They broke exactly where they??re entering the body. Some filing solved the problem, no broken strings since then.

Well, don??t know about live playing, but I think this should withstand "normal" stress. I??m trying to treat it not too badly, and apart from the beforementioned string problem, I haven??t had any others.
As I still consider myself a beginner, I haven??t played a "gig" - but certainly I would NOT depend on it without a backup. Not because I don??t trust the guitar - simply because s... happens. No need for any risk.

Don??t know about warranty, really doesn??t seem that I would need any. Didn??t have any contact to Yamaha yet.

As I said: Bought that guitar as an absolute beginner, didn??t have a guitar in my hand before, so I had to completely rely on the words of the dealer - and after two years I feel that I got a lot of guitar for a VERY moderate price! I also own another Strat-Copy (Vision) just to have a guitar for practising, when I??m away. Well, the Pacifica is 2 times the price and 4 times better;-)
Also own a Ibanez Talman for those simple 3-5-Chord-Songs;-)
If lost or stolen, I would definitely buy another Pacifica 112, and again in the YNS-finish, which I think simply looks better than anything else.
I also play a lot of my teacher??s guitars, mostly Fender Strats - and there??s only one which plays better for me. Ironically it??s his cheapest Mexican Strat;-) So, forgetting about the price, the Pacifica would get an 8 or 9, but for the price this is a 10!

A no-frills basic strat-style electric with a solid alder body that sounds great unplugged. In fact, I didn't even plug it in before I purchased it. I personally like the one volume, one tone pot configuration, nice and simple.

Came with two single coils, one humbucker which worked, but I eventually changed. I tried to use the whammy system, but finally gave up and I don't touch it. Seemed that no matter what I did the tuning went out of whack. I even put a locking nut on it.

One of the first things I did was replace the saddles with Graphtech String Savers as the originals were cheap and ate strings.

Don't know what year it was made and don't care, I've had it for two or three years. Neck is maple with a rosewood board. Plays very well.

Like I said, it sounds great unplugged, that and the way the neck plays convinced me to buy it. The pickups sounded OK, but no character to them, very mid-range with no definition. I found the same thing with both the humbucker and the singles, although they worked fine, maybe just my own bias.

While my real love is blues, I play a lot of different styles depending on the gig and this axe functioned as a backup quite nicely before I changed out the electronics. I use it with a Fender SuperChamp and a Musicman RD 112 (running simultaneously). Effects vary but usually a couple of Tube Screamers, delay, chorus and a Trace Elliot compressor/boost. The guitar was a bit noisy when I got it but I shielded the hell out of it and it worked fine. The other thing I finally did was replace the three pickups with two el cheapo (price-wise) P-90's off e-bay. I had to shield the pickups too, but now the guitar really sounds great, especially with both pickups on. Rather than a just a backup to my regular axe (a home-made FrankenTelly with an extra mid pickup and a series switch for "humbucking" mode), it has its own sound which I tend to use for blues and heavier rock stuff. Now that I've re-worked it I can't think of anything I dislike about the sound. It doesn't sound very country, but that's OK, it kicks ass on rock 'n roll and has plenty of growl and bite on the blues.

It was set up very nicely from the factory, surprising in a low-budget guitar. Pickups were set up decently and action was great. Work "under the hood" looked fine, routing and all that. The volume and tone pots looked kind of cheap so I changed out the volume pot and will eventually change the tone when I get around to it. The only complaint I had was that the neck was very slightly off kilter to the body so that the strings were a little too close to the bass side of the fingerboard, especially higher up the neck. A lot of people probably wouldn't notice, but I found that every once in a while I'd push the low E string right off the neck when playing high up on the neck. My solution was to put a little brass shim in the neck cavity which pushed the alignment over ever so slightly. Haven't had a problem since.

Oh yes, the output jack is set into a plastic plate which seems to move a little and I've had to re-solder the jack wires. I'll probably replace it with a metal jack plate at some point, you can get replacements for a couple of bucks.

I've played gigs with the guitar lots of times and the only problem I've had is with that jack plate. Otherwise it's been good.

I think the hardware will last, its not the best, but it's fine for the price. I don't have any problem with the finish at all, tough and looks like it'll last, although I really wouldn't care anyways. As long as it plays and sounds good who cares about the looks. (Besides, don't dings, scrapes and peeling paint add MOJO?)

Strap buttons are OK, although I think I glued wood slivers into the screw holes to tighten them up.

Yeah, I think I can depend on it, although I generally don't gig without backup.

Warranty, hmmm... nobody said anything about a warranty... Seriously, I used to do repair work for a music store, so unless it's something way out of my league (or a really expensive or vintage guitar) I would just repair it myself. In this case, not expensive and definitly not vintage - I can do anything I want to it and I did. That's the beautiful thing about owning a low budget replaceable guitar!

I've been thrashing away for about 40 years now, I should have stopped a long time ago, but people keep offering me money.

Other gear: Yamaha AEX 500, '62 Guild C-100, "73 Ovation acoustic, '83 Fender Elite Strat, Frankentelecaster, Fender electric mandolin, Harmony arch-top, 12 string Fender piece of crap with an electric pickup and whatever else I can hide from my wife in the closet.

Yeah, I'd probably look for another if it was stolen or lost. I'd probably look for a used one this time, although I feel I got a good deal. The thing about this axe, and the reason I'm writing this review, is that for the price, it's really a great guitar. I've built a few solid bodies in the past and I don't think I could build one for any cheaper than what I paid for this.

All in all, despite the things I've mentioned, I really like the guitar a lot, in fact it's my main practice guitar. It sits beside my spot on the couch and I play it every day. I'd say that if someone wants a beginner's or intermediate axe, you almost can't go wrong with these things. Plus, if you want to do a shield job and swap out some of the parts like I did, you can have something pretty nice for a low price. Another thing is that the pickup cavity is one big rectangle, so if you want to change out pickups you can do any configuration you want without having to router out the body.

The only other thing I should mention is that the neck, while it feels really nice and everything, seems to bend a little easier than my other guitars. If I play an open low E and bend the 2nd or 3rd strings, the E takes a real dip in pitch. I don't know if the truss rod needs a little tweak to counter that because I've never touched it, but otherwise it plays really well. Not a big deal, but it seems to be more pronounced than my FrankenTelly. When you consider the price, at least a solid 9.

Made in Indonesia, 2003 I believe. Standard natural finish, S/S/H configuration. Alder body and rosewood fretboard. One of the most comfortable necks I've ever played on.

I never really noticed how good this guitar sounded until I played it again a few years after I put it down. I had used the Pacifica as a starter guitar and transitioned on to a Yamaha RGX 420, a Tokai Talbo, and a Fernandes Ravelle. I dusted it off one day when none of my other guitars were available, and I was amazed at the cleans that came from the neck and mid coils. Absolutely awesome for cleans/blues. The humbucker is a little weak when compared to my other guitars, but it's perfectly good for a starter guitar.

Setup is great, though a few years after buying it the input jack is loose. I'm not sure if this is due to a cable or what, but I have to get it fixed. Not that big of a deal though.

Very dependable, and I'm not afraid of banging up the finish like on my Ravelle.

No idea, though guitars are guitars. Usually they won't fall apart on you, since it is just a big slab of wood.

I've been playing for a few years now, and I consider myself to be fairly knowledgeable about guitar hardware. This is a great starter guitar, probably one of the best you can get. Yes, it definitely has it's problems. The humbucker is a little thin sounding and the single coils are noisy when distorted (single coils are noisy anyways, but some are less noisy than others). However, the hardware is great, as good as anything Fender can throw out. That's the most important point. You can always throw in some new pickups/tuners to get a guitar that sounds as good as any top of the line Strat. As for me, I'm doing just that, and scalloping some of the upper frets. Cheap Yngwie Strat, here I come.

-Strat-Style
-22 Frets
-SSH
-08/15-Tremolo-system
-1 Volume and 1 Tone-knob

A better tremolo and one more tone-knob would be nice.

This guitar suits 99% of my style:
- Funk-Rock (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
- Alternative Rock (Incubus)
- Blues Rock (Cream, Eric Clapton, Big Deal, Jimi Hendrix)
- Hard Rock (AC/DC, Led Zeppelin)
This guitar is very good for everything except for very Heavy Metal. I'd recommend a Jackson or Ibanez for those music styles.

The Neck-Singlecoin gives you a very beautyful clean sound.

If you use the Neck in combination with the middle you can get some very nice sounds like Hendrix on Castles Made Of Sand.

The middle pickup also gives a nice clean sound but with less bass. I use it for funky-stuff. Very cool.

The middle pu in combination with the bridge pu (which is a humbucker) also is cool for funk. If you pull up your gain you will get a nice vintage-distortion.

The bridge humbucker on his own gives you a great distorted sound and I mean really great for vintage and for heavier distortion.

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The guitar isn't noisy at all.

Everything fine here.
The input started to get loose after a week, but this is a really easy fix and now everything is perfect.

I bet I could go play some golf, beat up some punks use throw it from the 5th floor and still would be able to play a gig. (I never really tried though ;))

Once my guitar fell from the wall because I didn't assure it right. Didn't change anything, this guitar IS durable.

Never got that experience.

Been playing for 2 years (atleast 2-3 hours a day).
I played guitars that cost three times more money but don't sound that great and are that easy to play.
How the hell can this guitar cost 230 bucks? If I would have bought that guitar for 400??? or more, it still would be great for that price!

If you search a guitar for less than 300 bucks and you DON'T play heavy metal, here you go. BUY IT!

made in indonesia
22 fretz
ssh
maple body
translucent green looks best
strat style
i wished it had another tone knob

kicks mexican fender's ass. kills squier. beats epiphone

sound very good 4 a cheap guitar.

hmm, it sounds like a american strat. i am not lying.

i dont kno how yamaha sells this crap so cheap

perfect. own it 4 about a month now. i have experience with american vintage guitars. d body is just as good as any of them. another thing is the neck, betta dan d fender jaguar which i thought has d best neck

i played at a gig once. it buzzed and my frens laughed. its unpredictable when its goin 2 buzz annoyingly but hey, everything else is perfect

nah

i am playin for 3 yrs
i would buy 2 more if it was stolen - keep 1 for a spare
i love d neck
i wanted 2 buy a cheap guitar so i wont have 2 use d vintage ones. i compared it 2 every mex strat and every epiphone.
my family owns a les paul, fat strat, sg and a jaguar. pac112 is just as good as any of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dont know the year it was made, i suspect around 2000, or more recent...my model is the 112MX which is the natural finish available with black pickguard as opposed to white and a maple fretboard instead of rosewood. standard pacifica stuff otherwise

This was my first guitar and i bought it off a friend for #80 which was a bargain really, and straight off the sounds were great even through a crap little practise amp. neck pickup perfect for funk and blues stuff, bridge pickup great for rock. i mostly use this guitar to play metal and hard rock, and if this is what you intend to do i can certainly recomend this guitar, and what i did to it - i swapped the stock bridge humbucker for a kent armstrong motherbucker (ceramic ultra high output double humbucker) and put locking tuners on it, and set the bridge up so i had some headroom to move the whammy bar upwards. it now stays in tune almost as well as a floyd rose, and the pickup made a huge difference, im now considering taking it out and putting it in my les paul.

never had a problem with any of it at all, and i rele dont look after this guitar, seems to manage fine by itself

its never ever broken

never had to deal with them

if i had this stolen, altho i hav moved over towards gibsons i would probably buy another simply for the versatility

A very VERY nice guitar for the money, I tried a lot of squiers etc.. before getting it. Cost #170ish from Sound Control in Bristol.

Obviously nothing completely different from most guitars (first appears to be standard S/S/H not-quite-strat-copy), but what there is is brilliant.

Proper solid wood body (even sounds good unplugged), very nice mellow neck singlecoil that still is very clear, more trebley middle pickup, and bridge humbucker which is very good for distored tones (although i reccomend using neck for cleaner tones).

Out of the box was very well set up, plays incredibley, flawless finishing, stays in tune very well.

Big variety of sounds, it copes with everything i play (mostly rock, modern stuff, old stuff, even rare bits if jazz).
Neck pickup is favourite, can get almost any tone out of it. Its warm but also clear enough for notes to stand out, and its dynamically responsive.
Middle/Neck position gives slightly warmer bassier tone (pickups wired like humbucker) which is nice for rythmn parts
Dont use middle pickup much, its another nice singlecoil, and is slightly more aggressive, but still well balanced.
I used to use the humbucker most, as its very good at distorted tones, and is again responisve to playing dynamics. But now i use it less as my musical taste has changed, and it can be a little noisy and too strong in mids (can be sorted on amp eq easily though)

I believe that Yamaha set up all guitars they make as they leave the factory, and from this example they appear to do a brilliant job of it. Action was perfect, finish was flawless, pickups balanced just right to provide wide variety of sounds. Volume pot is a little noisy, but it doesnt notice unless you arent playing.

Built pretty solidly.
Never gigged it but in two and a half years of bedroom and rehearsal use its never broken.
A few minor straches from general clumsyness (smashing it into various objects at people) but Ive found you need to hit it pretty hard to even mark it (it remarkably wasnt even scratched when i dropped it down a staircase).

Only problem ive ever had is when i broke the output jack by bending lead (easily fixed though, simply unscrewed jack and bent metal back into place).

Never dealt with them. Never had to.

Brilliant guitar especially for beggingers or anyone wanting a very versatile guitar.
Superbly desgined and built, excellent value (beats many guitars costing over #400)
If it were stolen i would purchase another as soon as i could, this guitar is most worthwhile purchase ive ever made - i definately recommend it.

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my father owns a mex strat and this guitar sounds the same

i have hade it 4 a few days so i cant rate this

it is the best beginners guitar
it is cheap
it sounds great

Same as all the rest, maple neck version (112M) bought new in about 1997. No modifications.

I play in a covers band and use it for a wide range of pop, blues, and soul stuff. The sound is fine for this. I've always preferred single coil Fender type sounds, and this is basically what you get, but the bridge humbucker is handy to switch to for solos or for the heavier stuff. It's no more noisy on the single coils as the Fenders I've played.

This went into action straight out of the box - apart from changing the lightweight strings which manufacturers insist on putting on to something a bit more substantial. Action was great and everything was as it should be. The neck is particularly comfortable; you could play it for hours (come to think of it, I do).

This has been gigged a fair bit in the last 8 or 9 years and apart from a small dent on the side of the neck from being knocked over on stage it's hardly marked. There's a bit of fret wear but I don't think that's too much to worry about after all this time. It's dependable; I'd never do a gig without a backup simply because of the risk of string breakage on any guitar, but apart from that consideration I would happily rely on it.

Never needed it.

I've been playing for 34 years, and currently own over a dozen guitars and basses, nearly all of which cost far more than the Pacifica. I actually bought it because at the time I had a residency in a restaurant and was worried about my Schecter being damaged, so got something that I thought I wouldn't lose too much sleep over if it were damaged or stolen. Ironically I prefer it in many ways to the guitar I was protecting, and have recorded with it in preference to Fenders and other available guitars. It's not the best tremolo in the world, but then again this is a very inexpensive guitar and the trem is still perfectly useable. I've also never been too keen on the headstock shape, but now I'm really trying to think hard to find things I don't like.

This is a ridiculously good guitar for the money, and it's also easily upgradeable if the pickups etc aren't to your liking. I've recently bought a Pacifica 612 simply because this one is so good that I wanted to see what the higher end model was like (answer - I wasn't disappointed!).

When I think of the rubbish that you had to play when starting off guitar in the early '70s, I can't believe that you can get something this good that's cheap enough to be bought as a starter guitar now.

Its a very cool gitar for the price

- I dont now the year of birth
- It has 22 fret with rosewood fingerbourd and maple neck
- Alder body with white pickguard
- nonlocking vintage tremolo (ONLY DIVEING!)
- H-S-S pickup configuration
- Natural finish with sunburst

Well this guitar sounds good for me, it suits for all styles, the humbucker is good for metal, and rock, the singlecoil are cool for blues, old-rock, jazz. I used a Peavey Rage 158 15W combo And it sounds good... again. As a said I use the humbucker for metal, and any other heavy stuff, or when a want the humbucker sound :) Its not too noise (fore the prise). The singlecoil is cool for playeing AC/DC, Black Sabbat, Tool, and I use them when I'm in clean, I like they'r sound. The TONE and the PU SWITCH is very inpresiv, silent, and it gives many varietys.

The guitar was set up right, no buzzing, the neck is good, but I dont no thet it was factory setup, or the guys adjusted it up. The finish looks strong, the pots are thight. I have only 2 dislikes. First, the pickguard was dirty and dusty, but pianfully I removed the foil cover from it and now its clean. The secund, many weaks ago, the string started buzzing at the brigde, but a played a while and then its gone, and it didnt come back.

It will stand live playing, if you are carefull and you have a strong strap it won' fall, but you should install straplocks or buy a straplocking strap. The strings are rusty now but they didnt break, so the bridge is ok, AND its only capable for diveing, it wont detone fast :) The PU-s are OK-t, and my dad thighted the input-jack, so it wont ge loos.

The Yamahashop where I bought it was a very nice place, the shopkeepers where nice, and I get 2 YEAR WARRANTY, so its cool :)

I play guitar just a few mounths but I played bass for 1 year. I want to stey at Yamaha products, they are great! Its the best beginer's guitar, so buyit, OR buy a Squier Showmaster (with vintage trem, NOT FLOYD ROSE!!!)

(And sorry about the writeing but I dont speak English well :)

-23 Frets
-Volume, 5-way selector, tone
-Alder Body, Maple Neck
-Strat body style

Solid, bright, vibrant sound. When distortion is turned up full on your amp this guitar is brilliant for grunge or heavy metal - and I'm only using an 8W amp! The guitar makes a wide variety of noises and the five-position toggle really helps seperate them all. Only one tone knob, which is a bit of a downer considering the cheapest of the cheap guitars have two.

It suits my style of play perfectly however, which is rock (Guns N' Roses, Audioslave, Velvet Revolver, Queens of the Stone Age) and with some fiddling around on your amp you should be able to get a wide range of sounds.

On the downside, it has a tendency to buzz on the lowest E string, but this isn't too apparent. However, when you start playing down the highest frets there (which is rare, admittedly) it really becomes bothersome. Other than that, the sound in this guitar was great.

As I was new to guitars and this was my first, I can't be too analytical here as I'm not a pro. However, everything seemed satisfactory (apart from the aforementioned low-E string buzz). The guitar stays in tune well for up to three days in my case, which I felt was very impressive.

Everything was smooth and worked perfectly. Not to mention there is a huge variety of colours (I chose black) so it's clear that the guys at Yamaha have put in a great effort to make this the best value for money guitar you can buy. Thumbs up all the way!

I have owned this guitar five months now, and it still seems as good as new. No scratches, no dents, solid strap buttons and as of yet no string changes or adjustments needed.

I have yet to play any gigs, but I would depend on this guitar regardless. It's not the type of guitar you would be ashamed to show your mates or play with - it has a stylish presentation, and feels solid and extremely comfortable while playing it. No careful preparations of the strap or tuning pegs is needed - it's pick up, play and rock out.

It's been dropped only once and with quite a thud as well (due to a poor strap, not the buttons themselves) yet it came out well without any damage.

A reliable, sturdy design that is incredible value for money.

Yamaha are a very reliable company who put 100% effort into practically everything they make. I've yet to need to use their customer support, but their website is very helpful and informative.

Is this truely the best beginners guitar you can buy? In my book, it's a definite yes. The low-E buzz seems to be uncommon and is most likely a problem with shop storage in my case, because other than that this guitar is perfectly manufactured. I would definetely recommend it to any beginner who's serious about playing and doesn't want to pick up a piece of trash from an Argos catalogue. You'll love playing with this guitar, because it's shape and sound are so familiar to you. Its design practically curls around your body making it very comfortable to play. It's light so it won't tear out your back.

For the money, this guitar has everything you want. If you splash out on a decent amp and look after the guitar, it will do you for many years.

A first-class job and great value from the guys at Yamaha.

This is the standard PAC112J configeration. 22 Frets, 2 single coil + Humbucker in the bridge.

This guitar has a deep, full sound with the tone switched to full. The volume control has plenty of range on it. I use this guitar with a Yamaha amp and the sound is fantastic. With amp settings volume 4, gain 4, mid & bass tone 10, and treble 0 you get a fantastic zz top like rock sound from the humbucker. On the clean channel of the amp with less bass and lots more treble with the guitar tone setting at about 3/4 you get a fantastic bright sounding tone out of the guitar. Excellent for jazz sounds.

Overall this guitar is well suited to a variety of sounds when used correctly with an amp.

The guitar set-up from the factory was satisfactory. Playable but normal tweaking required.

This guitar is a reliable work horse. Plenty of different sounds available to you, and good quality hardware. Strap buttons are about as good as you can expect without strap locks. Would be a very good choice for anyone who needs to gig with a single guitar or who requires a cheap and useful back-up guitar for their treasures.

The body on this guitar is where you are getting value for money. Fantastic first guitar that will last for years and can have electronics upgraded as one improves or desires better/more expensive gear. This IS the guitar for any beginner looking for a first guitar who needs a range of sounds or plays in different styles

Two Single and one double humbucker with 5 way selector switch. Body solid Alder natural colour, neck rosewood. Yamaha Strat shaped guitar.

Well setup at the factory. Tweaked the action a little to by preference.

Used live weekly for 18 months and never let me down. Strap buttons solid. Always been a dependable guitar for me and would use without backup.

Never had to use them, but website thorough

I play lead and Rhythm in a church band and have been playing over 20 years. I currently play through a Samick RC60 Amp which has been upgraded from an 8ohm to a 160watt 4 ohm, kicking out just over 100 watts. Currently use a Korg multi affects pedal. Also have a Laney Hardcore 65w. I love the versatility of the guitar and the varied sounds of the pickups. Also like the natural colour. Also own a Gould Les Paul style, which has a different tone, but equally as good.

Would definitely want to replace this is it got stolen.

all that has been stated by other reviewers....
natural satin wood finish...only wished that the fretboard was maple..

Stock pickups are nothing to shout about....you get what u paid for..
Nice distorted / fuzz tones [think of Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins] can be obtained from the humbucker easily but didnt perform as i thought it would when it's on clean mode...the neck single coil is sweet and ooze blues vibe...

the selling point of this guitar i think, would be the wood base, which is alder...same wood that is used to construct Fender strats...

SOme fine adjustments and tuning, especially the string actions...
after that, it plays like a million dollar guitar...

I play alot of experimental stuff, which sometimes requires me to put the guitar to its limit..i.e wedging foreign tools between strings...i have the guitar for about 2 years now...and it's still standing strong with a few minor dings and scratches...

nil...

This particular guitar in my opinion, is highly underrated...
It's a very good base guitar for modification...
nuff said...

Bought mine in 2002. Natural finish. Looks really nice and well built.

Stock pickups were only decent. I installed a pair of seymour duncan humbuckers -- cool rails on the neck, Screaming demon on bridge. They help the guitar's true sound come alive. I left stock pickup in middle position.

To make the guitar even more versatile I installed independent coil splitters and a special switch that turns bridge and neck pickps at the same time when I select the middle position. That way, I can emulate classic Les Paul and Telecaster sounds as well.

Unplugged, this guitar has a somehow harsh treble if I pick it hard, specially when compared to my Gibson LP Studio. This harshiness is sometimes picked up by the pickups when in single coil mode but it can be compensated by turning down some of the volume or tone.

Unplugged, this guitar is an 8. Stock pickups make it a 7, while the duncans elevate her to a 9.

Sonic evaluation was made though a Peavey Bandit 112 amp, Behringer V-amp 2, Boss ME-8 effects unit, and distortion pedals like the Marshall ShredMaster, Tech 21 Sansamp GT2 and Ibanez Tubescreamer.

No complaints at all, though the frets are going away reasonably quick.
I had an arm injury related to guitar playing years ago, so I always want my strings as low as possible. This guitar came quite playable out of the box, but still a little high for me. Mr. luthierman fixed it and now she plays really good with absolutely no rattle.

The tuning would drop consistently when I first got the guitar, so I tightened the tuners. Done that, I can play 4-hour gigs with it and I rarely need to tune it. I mean, I check the tuning between gigs and sometimes there's nothing to be done.

As for looks... well, this is not as eye-catching as expensive Gibsons, PSRs, or even Fenders, but it's not ugly or toyish. It's just... elegant, I guess.

I was stupid enough to carry it in the back of a car in a gig bag along with the band's equipment. It got some bad scars. It seems like the wood is a little too soft. The frets seem a bit weak too, as they began to wear out very quickly. Also, the metal parts got rusted very quickly, and I don't sweat much.

However, it's very trustworthy in a gig. It won't go out of tune, strings rarely break, strap buttons are rock solid, it's really really light, and it feels very solid overall.

Never dealt with them.

I've been playing since 1992. My other guitars are a 96 Gibson LP Studio and an 84 Gibson Explorer.

This is a real guitar with the price of a toy, specially if you got the skills to customize it or know of someone who can do that for you.

I'd starve before I sold it. If I lost it, I'd take my chance to check if anything as valuable as this guitar had appeared in the market, though I doubt so.

Korea made, left handed, 22 frets, solid top, H/S/S/passive

I play all king of styles, mainly Blues, rock & Heavy Metal. Very nice! I actually bought it to install a GK2 pickup, as my Steinberger GL4T doesn't have space available. Felt in love with the guitar. Steinberger is now in the closet! Changed the pickups to Di Marzio and tuners to Sperzels, Also installed a swith for each pickup to run them in single coil. Endless sounds...

Action fantastic, loved it, very smooth. HAd a flaw with the first string witch always buzz a bit, and my guitar tech coudn't fix it. But i like it anyway. Nice tremolo, keeping the guitar in tune.

Seems that it's a work horse. I use it regularly ( keep Steinberger in the closet )

Nver hd problems with it

Playing for 25 years, i was impressed with the unplugged sound: very alive, clear, powerfull. They could deliver it with better electronics and pieces, it would be a TOP SELLER! Difficult to leave this guitar apart.

22 frets, SOLID ALDER BODY, s/s/h, 1xtone 1xvolume. strat style, but ganglier. yes. ganglier. passive electronics. Tremolo. comfortable begginners neck. i'd like a neck humbucker, with coil splits.

sounds great. i'm super impressed. best first guitar you can get. can handle everything nearly. neck and middle pickups sound exactly the same - shame. needs a neck humbucker dammit. trem isn't bad as it returns to tune well. just feels a bit yucky. but i've been spoiled by my ball-bearing tremolo on my main guitar i suppose.

quite well set up. very standardly set up. GREAT for beginner. allows you to see what you'd like to change, and makes it easy to choose next guitar. well made, well put together, very suprising. everything was happy, other than the finish dents very easily. doesnt seem to get scratches very easily. I wouldnt be that worried with this guitar. it's cheep and cheerful, and bumps seem to bump some character into it.

never breaks, only one of my 4 guitars (much more high-ended) which hasnt! i'd use without a backup. well, i wouldnt really use it live, but if i had to, i wouldnt worry about it crapping out. stock strings took a year and a half of playing everyday to break. its well done

nope

best guitar for the price. best beginner guitar in the world. great to play with - and this is the guitar that i can beat up, and play how i like, and not worry about it. i polish my other guitars and put them back in their cases after playing. just wish it had a neck bucker. but i'll forgive them

Strat copy with a humbucker at the bridge instead of single coil. Alder body and rosewood fretboard on mine. Read the review below for more info on the specs. It's what I need. Nothing fancy, a workhorse. I threw a black pickguard on the natural finish model I have and some black teflon trees and a few other cosmetic touches (knobs, switch tip...) A fun to experiment with guitar.

Sounds as good a most axes that cost twice the price or more. I just can't justify the price of a Fender or others compared to the Yamaha Pacifica line. Paying hundreds more for a "real" strat would give me the feeling I was ripped off for what I was getting. I could dump some prime hardware into one of the great neck/body guitars and still be dollars ahead.

Alder body and one sweet neck. A tribute to Yamaha quality. I can't stress enough how this guitars feel is that good. Perfect weight, balance, and feel.

Not afraid to haul this horse to the gigs. No fancy finish or big buck price tag. Hours of good sounds and reliable service.

No need

Had Strats, Pauls, and eveything in between. Couple of dozen years later and thousands of dollars and this is the best axe I've played. Looking to snatch one of eBay in a few days as a backup.

Ok, this is straight from the Yamaha website:

Neck: Bolt-on Maple
Scale Length: 25-1/2? (648mm)
Fingerboard: Rosewood
Frets: 22
Body: Alder
Bridge: Vintage Tremolo
Pickups: Single Coil x 2, Humbucking x 1
Machine Heads: Die-Cast
Selector Switch: 5-Position Lever
Control Knobs: Master Volume, Master Tone

Stratocaster copy with the exception of a humbucker in the bridge position as opposed to the single coil. The guitar was made in Indonesia.

I play mostly garage rock and grunge. The humbucker does the job but nothing special. Single coils are alright. Not far from the classic strat sound. A small amount of hum from the single coils, which is to be expected. Alot of tones can be gained from this axe.

Pickups are alright. When I got this guitar, I don't know if it was the factory setup or shop setup but the 6th and 5th string had fret buzz when they were struck fairly hard. Like wtf. The finish is alright. Nothing loose or rusted or damaged.

It's all good. Banged and dropped it a few times. Still plays like it should.

Never dealt with Yamaha directly. The shop owner on the other hand, was a total fag. I rang up to ask if he had any 112s in stock and he said no. I went to check anyway and what do you know - 112s in stock. Wouldn't deal with them ever again. But then again, maybe I would.

This is the second electric I've played. The first one was a Wasburn Force 3 which I borrowed for 6 odd months from a colleague. The Yamaha is definitely worth the money. My mate bought a MIM Fender Fat Strat and I can not tell the difference between the two. Kudos to Yamaha for making a great axe.

I've got two Yamaha Pacificas: One 112J from Indonesia and one 112MX from Taiwan. They are like night and day - very different, but also very good, indeed. The 112J spots rosewoodfretboard and white pickguard, while 112MX have maplefretboard and black pickguard. Both have two singlecoils and one humbucker.

The 112J have a very jazzy sound - first time I've picked up a Stratstyleguitar that actually can be used for jazz. The 112MX are very Fenderish. I like both - 112J for jazzchords, 112MX for soloing. None of the two are muddy - they stand out very clear. On both guitars I like the neck singlecoil and the bridge humbucker. The Middle singlecoil are only usefull for that Fender-out-of-phase-sound.
The bridge humbucker on both have that wah-wah-halfway-down-sound, that some Gibsons have.

Both fit and was setup perfectly. Although the guitars have been send to me from Germany to Denmark, they were still in tune! The frets are perfect on the fretboard, not like unbound Gibsons, where you are hurting your hand, while playing glissando.

I rely completely on those two beauties, so much, that my Gibsons are ti be retired, The finish, the hardware, all are bulid with care.

I've five guitars: Two Gibson Les Pauls, one Yamaha FG-423 western and the two Pacificas. All in all, the Yamahas are better build than the Gibsons, have a cleaner sound, have much more different sounds in them. They cost about 1/15 of a Les Paul Standard, but you can't seriously say, that Gibsons are better values. I've been playing for 25 years on different Gibsons and Fenders, I'm a little sad - I should have been buing a Yamaha SG2000, while they were on the market.

I bought this second hand so i have no idea when it was made, however probably sometime in the last few years, The layout is simple and uncomlicated, which is always best. Pickups are stock, alder body. Tuners are unbranded however superb, it takes a lot to knock it out of tune. Apparently this guitar was snapped earlier on in it's life, which is a feat in itself this thing is so solid. It has everything you need, an exellent all around guitar.

The pickups are very usable and sound good clean and dirty. i play loud with tons of distortion and it can cut it. The neck position is a bit muddy, though with a nice clean sound. middle pickup is useless and i never use it. You may with time wish to change the pickups, but if you keep them stock they can handle it. Not a huge range of sounds but it's stripped down and very usable.

I cannot comment on the original setup, however it was setup very well when i bought it. Due to the previously mentioned smashing the finish wasn't exactly AAA. However you can tell originally this was very well finished..and still is. the paint job is thick. Everthing feels solid, and top notch considering the price. all hardware is solid and reliable. I dont use the tremolo much but when i do it stays in tune. Exellent fretwork.

This an extremely solid guitar. I love the way i can just sling this on and not worry about how pretty it looks. The body is just the right weight..substantial without being spine snapping. This is a backup guitar but i often turn to it when my shoulder needs a break. I have had this for two or three years now., and have become very attatched to it, this is one i will never sell and it should still play like new... a very solid workhorse.

I have never had to deal with yamaha so i can't comment. I have had a bit of work done on it, i changed the tacky plastic plate on the output jack- i recommend you do the same these tend to crack after a bit. I have had a bit of issues with breaking up, something to do with the pickup selector so i will see to that. considering the mistreatment it recieved earlier on in life, i am impressed.

This is perfect beginner guitar, or for someone who needs a solid backup/workhorse. An exellent value guitar. The fact it still plays like new after all it's been through, is a testement to its solid constuction, and to be fair i am no light fingured strummer. So i am impressed. In the future i will change the pickups and try and solve the cutting out problem, i have others to deal with so this has been on the back burners for a bit.If you see one..Buy it, it will treat you well.

I'll keep the review short since I'm number 100 and something to cover this version from Yamaha's Pacifica line. It's a Strat copy with a bucker at the bridge and singles in the middle and neck. One volume and one tone control. I have a Pacifica Mike Stern tele copy and as many others have mentioned with all Pacifica models the necks are awesome. Pure comfort. Like a baseball glove go for feel, not flash. The guitar features what you need to get the job done.

Sound is as good as any other Strat copy I've owned and as good as some Fenders I've owned/played. Sound is 98% player and 2% guitar.
I like the humbucker at the bridge for blues and rock. No problems with the stock pickups.

This is where Yamaha rocks. There low price instruments have better quality than guitars costing ten times the price. Once again the necks are flawless. One thing that amazed me were some of the smaller details overlooked by most. The truss rod cover is a nice cosmetic touch that took and extra step or two. There is no doubt the Pacifica line smokes most of the other imports in the quality control department. My tele copy sold me on picking up a strat copy.

A workhorse! I know many that think of this a starter guitar. Wrong.. A set of strap locks and good to go without worrying about scratching the $1000 beauty in the closet. Bang for buck is a ten.

I always buy used... You buy it new and use it for a while then I get it from you at half price or less. Thanks

Been playing for 20+ years. Read other old timers that praise the quality of the Yamaha's. The fact they sell at such a low price either new or used is amazing. I've owned enough guitars, amps and other stuff over the years. This a best buy. Good job Yamaha and HC for the sounding board that let players share their information.

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.