Yamaha RGX-TT

Should be a 9, except for the crappy plastic nut.

Diverse. All styles of music sound great thru this guitar. I found that I needed to adjust the single coil p/u's height in order to make the sound more balanced with the super hot Duncan humbucker.

Mirror-like finish, well oiled fretboard, LOW action without the buzz, very nice frets. The tuning machines were loose, had to be tightened.

Solid in every way, although the "Hagstrom" type thin nech bends easily. Never gig without a spare..........

At the price, I couldn't leave it at the store. I can't help wondering why it was so price reduced. When you add up the price of the hardware alone, it comes close to what I paid. I HATE the plastic nut. I have seen $100 guitars with better ones. I wish it had 24 frets and a maple fretboard. But at what I paid...I'm happy!

My 2000 Yamaha RGX-TT has the same features as all the others listed in other reviews...strat-ish body w/flame maple center and basswood wings, wilkenson trem, sperzel locking tuners, SD JB humbucker in the bridge, SD vintage rails in the middle and neck positions, 22 fret maple neck w/rosewood fretboard, volume and tone controls and coil tap for the JB, yamaha hardshell case, etc...
The CONs I have found while clubbing with this guitar are these:
My volume knob seems to stay at a lower volume when turned up quickly and sometimes I had to turn down and then turn up again to get it to swell all the way up. No big deal I just replaced the volume pot. Next, this guitar did not come with a graphite nut, it had a cheap plastic one and for this sort of money that ought to be standard, especially with a Wilkenson and locking tuners. I am in the process of replacing it now. Third, I am a huge fan of Duncan pickups and don't get me wrong, these sound great but the volume changes from the JB to any of the other positions is drastic. The JB is very loud and the rails are very quiet.
Now the PROs: This is my most versatile guitar! This thing does it all. Country, Blues, Metal, Progressive rock...everything. Pickups are great and have converted me to Seymour Duncan freak. I also love the wilkenson trem, and having been a floyd rose guy, this thing suits all my needs fine with the right set-up. The neck took some getting used to with its smaller size but now I love it. Some people want strap-lock buttons as a standard feature. I use Dimarzio cliplocks on just about every guitar I own so this was not a factor for me. Lastly, the angle side jack is great. I have played Ibanez Jems for years and have really gotten used to this type of jack.
Bottom Line: Even with the minor problems I have had it is still a fantastic instrument capable of a myriad of different sounds and styles.

This guitar suits my many musical styles perfectly. I play through a Carvin 100 watt head and 4x12 cab w/multiple Boss pedals when I play out. At home and for recording I use a Johnson Millenium 150. As I mentioned earlier the volume differences between the JB hum and the Rails singles is very noticeable but that has not stopped me from finding a volume middle ground. The JB just wails and is very harmonicaly balanced. It feeds back in just the right ways and the Vintage rails can be adjusted to get great Strat and Tele sounds. Oh yeah, the two best sound related features in my book are the coil tap button for the JB and the volume and tone knobs. You can really notice a sound texture difference when the JB is tapped and I have never had a guitar that does such clean and even volume and tone swells. Fantastic possibilities in sound come from just these two features alone.

From the factory, the action was great. I couldn't have asked for more. Medium low action and good trem play were set right out of the box. The deep, green dyed finish is beautiful and really looks cool under lights. The volume knob was the only concern I had early on in my experience with this guitar. All the routings were very clean and this guitar really looks top notch. The fretwork was very solid. They had a great level and polish on them and the rosewood was just beautifully oiled when I got it.

The instrument feels solid and the hardware seems like it will really last. I replaced the strap buttons with Dimarzio clip-loks but the factory buttons seemed really solid. Overall, it has been a very dependable guitar. I never go on without a backup because I use other guitars to get other tones(Ibanez 7 string and fixed bridge Mahogany Hamer in dropped D tuning). If you have one backup guitar you could play this one all night and never touch the other one but having a backup is always a good idea.

I've never dealt with Yamaha directly so I really can't comment on this.

I have been playing for 13 years now and have owned many other guitars(Ibanez Jems and 7 strings, Fender Strats and Teles, Hamer flattops, Zion Radicaster, Seagull acoustic and a few Squire Strat pawn shop project guitars). If this guitar were lost or stolen I would definately replace it with another one just like it. I love the wood and pickup interaction and the wilkenson trem. I really don't like the plastic nut but compared to other guitars this thing really delivers the goods for me. It is now my main guitar and just screams from across the room "PLAY ME, NOW!"

Already listed below. Pretty complete guitar for most player's needs. I will specifically point out is that I really like the jack cut-away and the rubber grips on the knobs. These details make this guitar fun to play. I think strap locks should be standard for a guitar in this price range, so I will drop this down to a nine.

This is definitely a rock and roll guitar at heart, but the pickups and controls allow for a large range of tones. The single coil rails have served me quite well in playing both blues and country. Toss down to the SD JB pickup and this thing wails. The coil tap actually produces a noticible change in tone; I've had several whether or not they were tapped. I have half a dozen axes and I just can't seem to stay away from this one for long.

Lovely instrument with a lot of attention to detail. I lower this to 8 because mine had a minor flaw in the first fret of the fretboard. But I did get a reduced price for this. It doesn't affect play at all and can only be seen if you are looking for it. I added two more springs to the trem unit and adjusted it to my personal likes. It was set up great from the factory, but I like things different than most folks here. Intonation is solid.

I have been playing this guitar for six months now. I have never had any problems with it as of yet. The only nag is the nut for the jack works lose now and then. As for playing a gig without a backup--never. I don't care how much I trust the gear.

I called once just to see if there was some extra literature availble on the instrument. Had to wait on hold for 10 minutes before talking to a human. They seemed rather knowledgable about the gear. Very polite and professional.

I own more guitars and amps than my wife is happy with. I like having a variety of gear on hand for my home recording projects and for the various groups I play with. I have guitars that I tend to grab when I know I am going to be playing mainly blues or country. While I got this to have a rock-n-roll machine, I grab it when I know I will be covering a variety of styles. This would be a great general purpose studio axe or a cover band mainstay; it will handle most of what you throw at it.

Yamaha's latest 2001 foreign made Ty Tabor influenced signiture model. It has a stealthy designed basswood body w/ a strip of quilted maple accenting the center of the body. It has a rosewood fingerboard sporting 22 frets and a maple neck.It has med/jumbo frets. The radius is 13 3/4" or 350mm. Tuners are lockable and cleverly recessed and placed to line the strings down to the bridge, which is a VS100G tremelo similar to a Wilkinson. It is set-up with 2 Duncan SVH-1N(vintage double alcino blade single coil)in the neck/middle positions and one Duncan SH-1 (JB humbucker)at the bridge. These are controlled via a 5 position switch and 1 volume and 1 tone pots and 1 coil/cut button for the JB.

This combination of Seymour Duncan pickups leaves this guitar to a variety of styles ranging from blues to metal. I found the SHR-1N to be a good medium between a single coil sound and a humbucker. It doesn't ring like a EMG-SA single coil, but has a clean overdriven single coil sound. The JB(SH-4)is very much the same way in balance,as a humbucker. It has a classic heaviness, but distictive not overpowering.What it boils down to is this setup of pickups leaves it very open to your interpretation, but not really committing to any one style. The resonance of the body and neck was average. I have a Japanese Squier and a Yamaha 120SD with a similar neck/body materials that sings far more acoustically.

Action was set somewhere in between high and low. Details to the body were good, but the neck was rough. The edges of the frets weren't well finished. The neck could of shrank, being rushed out to the store. I have had other Yahamas, a 120SD electric and a LS10 acoustic, both better in neck quality.

I didn't have the chance to test this guitar. It is very light-weight, and I don't think dropping it would be a good idea. Although it is solid wood, there is less of it on this very sleek/thin guitar body.The finish seems to be like the body, very minimal. Personally I think it would wear-in nicely, lasting would be something else.

I haven't had to deal with them, ever.

I have been playing only a few years, but I have collected guitars for far longer(Peavey,B.C Rich,Ernie Ball Musicman, Fender,Sigma, Yamaha,Ibanez, Jackson,Charvel,etc). I have had quality Yamahas before, but expectations of this new model was disappointing. The potential of this guitar is great electronically, but I the feel the model I bought wasn't up to standards normally set by Yamaha. It could of been just the one I got. The resonance of the overall guitar and the feel of the very rough neck is what caused me to return my purchase of the Yamaha RGX-TT. I purchased a Godin Solidac instead and am 1000 times happier with it in every way.

Strat style, made in Japan & designed by/for Ty Tabor, guitartist for King's X. Basswood body with a 4" wide Maple center cap extending from end to end. SD Vintage Rail neck & center PU's & SD JB Humbucker bridge PU. Maple neck w/rosewood fretboard. 3 + 3 Sperzel locking tuners. No position markers on fretboard but has black position markers 1/2 inch long & 1/8 inch wide starting at edge of fretboard & extending onto the maple which you see as you hold the guitar in playing position. These work quite well in a dark room. 4-bolt neck with no neck plate. Wilkinson trem, 1 vol, 1 tone, 5-way PU switch & 1 push button switch to put JB in single coil mode. Vol & tone controls have rubberized sides so you can use to vol control for swells very easily. Nice & light. Pretty decent see-thru purple finish on mine. Gripes- neck not quartersawn, plastic nut, strap buttons not strap lock compatable, jack socket in in a v-groove cut into the back of guitar on bottom edge.

Great sound for me. I play rock, usually hard & heavy. But I can play country & jazz on this guitar no sweat. Very quiet. The vol & tone controls have great range. The vol control is absolutlely superb for using to get volume pedal effects. I'm using it with a Peavey Classic 20 & a Budda Superdrive w/ a Kendrick 2 X 12 cab. The coil tap switch actually is useful. I played a few guitars where that function didn't give a decent sound. This one gives a added dimension to the bridge PU. I've played with these pickups before & have always liked them, but I was surprised at how much better they sounded in this guitar than I was expecting. I like the sound of this guitar more than the Zion Ty Tabor I own, mainly because the sound is more versatile. This guitar is designed for the gigging man for sure.

Set up was first rate, came with 9's & I have not had to make any adjustments yet. The finish was OK. It just doesn't have that almost artwork look to it that so many of the high end American makers go for. But I don't want to be seen playing a 'pretty' guitar anyway. Fretwork was great. I forgot to mention earlier that the hardware is black. Overall the finish is better than the Zion Ty Tabor model I own.

No problems yet, first Yamaha I've owned so I have...

I haven't ever used it so...

Been playing 35 years & I have owned some top quality guitars from Fender, Gibson, Collings, ESP, Zion, Breedlove, Martin etc. This is now my main electric due to the great sound, versatility & comfort (fretboard,ergonomics & lightness) I really would replace this guitar with the same model if I needed a replacement. Would definately recommend anyone looking for a guitar in this range to give this one a thorough tryout.