All user reviews for the Yamaha Pacifica PAC112

the bridge: alder wood
maple neck rosewood fingerboard
22 frets
2micros a simple single coil pickup
volume control, tone control, microphone selector

UTILIZATION

the handle is nice, it's easy to slip on the handle for greater speed, it is smooth
the guitar is pretty light weight is mostly on the body, but it is fairly balanced. body shape is very convenient because the hollow body provides comfort (the line is soft and fluid)
the highs are accessible even if they are a little tight but c is not really a problem

SOUNDS

the sound is great for a beginner, excellent highs, relative to the price not that expensive, c is correct.le sound is versatile, with an advantage for the lead. can be no matter what style of music, a hard rock ballad (except metal) it lacks a little character but good for a beginner guitar ...

I play with an amp ELYPSE E-15 R

OVERALL OPINION

as I am beginner I used the last three months.
value for money is very good
I recommend this guitar for beginners or more except for the metal, which I think did not have enough character

Everything said prcdement t

UTILIZATION

The neck is super smooth, enjoyable trs, the agreements fall well

Access in acute is not difficult (although I rarely go!)

Ergonomics is good, not too much weight

we get easily a good sound

SOUNDS

What is certain is that it is trs versatile, I play a little bit of everything (at least I try), I play on a VOX AD30VT and its panel is large, all types spend ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use this guitar for 6 months, in fact I handed the guitar APRS over 20 years of stopping, I play music in leisure and I needed something that was versatile, not too expensive but a pretty good quality, so I went around the net to look at the view, pacifica emerged each time.
I tried others in the same price range and frankly, without being chauvinistic, it's true that the game takes its Pingle (eg when no amp makes it sound, the sound is l, compared to some other or means little or nothing ...)
I chose the model CPJ (black, neck and head black, chrome pickguard) has a great face in this configuration
sometimes it hangs the slecteur when we go a little strong but the is not his fault!
I do not regret my choice, on the contrary, I would gladly recommend

All told prcdemment t adj.
I have a dtail pacifica 112V with double splittable. It is a good option. The knob lightweight but I think the microphone is in both configurations.

UTILIZATION

Channel super enjoyable is what was partly motivated my choice
The frets may be a bit high (a little aggressive for the fingers)
excellent ergonomics, contrary to what some have experienced, I find lgre (jou that I had an old Fender Stratocaster)
good sound versatile

SOUNDS

It's versatile architecture
I use a VOX AD30VT with. The diffrent configurations of microphones and amplifiers premettent me out a multitude of sounds Different. It allows me to play any style

I love the humbucker in bridge and just run. I never use the microphone simple medium alone. I prefer that the handle or both simultaneously

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for months qq
I love his versatility and range of sounds available
report quality price is excellent!
this choice I would do without hesitation!
I think even if one day I buy another guitar I will keep it even when the ...

- How many frets, what kind of micro as well as their configuration?
22 frets, 3micro including one humbucker at the bridge.

UTILIZATION

- The handle is it fun?
Yes to some extent. The frets are too high, even if it did, I realized that I play much faster on a better run.

- Access to acute (recent freight) is it easy?
Yes, but the frets are too high to ring prevents much, in short above the box 18 or 19 it becomes difficult to get it right treble.

- Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
Yes there really is not much to blame on this point.

- Gets it easy to sound good? ...
The clean sound for that song are not too blues or jazz is good. Distortion and metal sound good with the bridge pickup, but once you level up, and its power as touched the handle you will notice that the sound reaches it's limit and will draw you do not have much of mieu.

SOUNDS

- They are suitable to your style of music?
The sound is more metal will enjoy, and do very little playing jazz or blues sound with me. This guitar is very versatile.

- With what (s) amplifier (s) or effect (s) do you play?
I play with a Roland Cube 15.

- What kind of sound you get and with what settings ("crystalline", "bold ",....)?
In metal distortion or the middle I put a 0 and the other (high and low) to bottom. The sound is pretty good, metal stack I put the middle in the middle.

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
5 years ... This explains my mixed feelings, I note this guitar compared to my level. I'll buy a PRS SE Singlecut to continue to leave in a sound mieu mieu.

- What is so special that you like most and least?
The vibrato is fun and we do not expect a guitar like this.
I really do not like it freights acute that sound difficult and frets too high. But for the price we do not say anything.

- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
At about 2 or 3 competitors in this one. When I started the other was too typed for a particular type of game, now I know what suits me.

- How would you rate the quality / price?
Excellent. I held with 5 years ^ ^ (now I really need mieu xD)

- With experience, you do again this choice? ...
I advise beginners that they can have fun for 3 or 4 years without problems, beyond it gets too tight, you want better sound, better ... well stringed guitar players who play at least as long as I understand me ^ ^

PS: I note this guitar compared to my point of view now, after 5 years of play on this guitar. Obviously if I had just started crying I put 10/10 in miracles like the other opinion ^ ^.

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UTILIZATION

- The handle is it fun?
Yes, it is quite nice but I have not played many guitars, so I tried not too.
- Ergonomics is it good (in terms of shape, weight ...)?
The weight is just fine. The head does not look like some guitar. Form, we like it or hate it.
- Gets it easy to sound good? ...
Yes

I put 9 for the jack that has a tendency to come loose.

SOUNDS

- They are suitable to your style of music?
It's a versatile guitar. It can play everything. I play mostly rock, psychedelic rock and some grunge grunge.
- With what (s) amplifier (s) or effect (s) do you play?
I play with an amp Ibanez TBX 15R.
- What are the sounds you prefer, you hate?
It's a versatile guitar and it is doing a lot in distos, and in fact everywhere!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
7 months
- What is so special that you like most and least?
I like its versatility, its look is not bad finally
- Have you tried many other models before buying it?
Aside from my guitar teacher he has had in a luthier (not the same price range!), This is my first guitar.
- How would you rate the quality / price?
Very good
- With experience, you do again this choice?
Yes
edit: I changed some stuff with experience. It is true that after the 18th cargo, it is not very comfortable but it's a good scratch to start

Everything has already been said.

UTILIZATION

This guitar is very versatile. The handle is good, although for solos I have some bad scratches on this: access to acute is not sensational. As for sound, we get immediately a good sound regardless of the style. The presence of vibrato is very nice, you can take to Van Halen!

SOUNDS

I think the bridge humbucker sounds good for rock / pop with distortion but when we try to play some hard rock or metal is not too much here and there sound a little deaf. I do not use the microphone of the medium but on the other hand, the microphone handle simple sounds really great! For a small solo blues in his clean, we get a really good sound. This is what I love about this guitar to the blues.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this guitar for almost 4 years. This is a great guitar for beginners: fun guaranteed! The value for money is very good. I must say that I would do this choice, but after 4 years of guitar, you have to change the violin pleases me more and I will soon buy a Gibson SG Special Faded, it will change <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" /> I put 9 for excellent quality / price! € 250 is really cheap for a very decent guitar like this.

Yamaha produced a huge number of these guitars I believe starting in the 80's and 90's. They were in just about every single music store in the world. The were extremely cheap and just about anyone who saved up a few weeks worth of wages could slap down enough to own one.

They are build similar to the Fender Squire Stratocatsers. The are pretty loosely built in a way that they feel a little slapped together in the factory by some machine pumping out several hundred a day.

UTILIZATION

Specifications
Body Alder
Neck Maple
Fretboard Bubinga
Pickups 2 single coils, 1 humbucker
Hardware Chrome
Controls 5 position pickup selector, master volume, master tone
Frets 22
Bridge Vintage tremolo
Scale 25 1/2"

SOUNDS

The tone of these are much better in comparison the the HSS Fender Squire guitars. The pickups seem to resonate much better and have a better attack feel to them. They still seem to carry quite a bit of noise overall, but they have easily be switched out for a Seymour Duncan pick.

These guitars work in just about any situation you put them in. Since you have a humbucker in the bridge and two single coils going up you can pull off just about any tone or style of music you have a desire to play. These are versatile guitars and will serve the owner well with good tones for the money.


OVERALL OPINION

The value of these guitars is what they are known for. Just about anyone can afford them. I would recommend this guitar over the fender Squire guitars of the same price. They have just a little bit better feel to them that makes me choose these over the Affinitys. They still are beginners guitars and you will feel that if you have any experience with real American fenders.

Easy to adjust, really solid, adapts to any type of hand (unlike Ibanez example I recommend pr hands of giants like me).

UTILIZATION

Channel super pleasant, c is not the guitar that is a hindrance here, c is clearly me, I have tested with another guitar, and c is on this one I feel best <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="" /> standing or sitting, I can play for hours ...
Weight is nickel, not too heavy nor too light, the balance is perfect.
The sound is nickel for this price range. The guitar is versatile,
The microphone in the middle is pretty bland cons.

SOUNDS

Yes, it suits my style of music, I'm still a beginner, and I did not look ridiculous in my rehearsals. Finally, if I am, c is not ala guitar ^ ^
I get it roughly the sound I want, except the hard dr and metal ^ ^
I play on the pod UX2 Line 6 and a roland cube 30 x, 2 nickel rings ^ ^
C is clean sound that I prefer, but the rock also goes well ^ ^ It comes out well + s - c everywhere even if not pr nickel hardware and metal.

OVERALL OPINION

I used last year.
I've also tried the Ibanez js satriani 100, well I prefer this guitar al use (no sound) it can not compete with a guitar than 800 euros, c normal. J have also tested an Epiphone Les Paul, very nice too.
I love the report qulite price! versatility, weight, touch ...
J likes least the lack of character design ds guitar, it looks like what year is important for beginner guitar pr her look, I would not take it in black and white. Finally, c far from being death, I laime anyway.
rapporteurs for money + +
With experience, I would take more in a pack. I would take the 112v has pacified the best microphone and take wood color.
I recommend this guitar to any beginner, it can not be wrong except metals which should be moving towards esp or jackson.

I believe this pacifica was made in either indonesia or china or taiwan, though I can't remember exactly it was over 10 years ago. This was my very FIRST electric guitar. My mom was nice enough to buy this very first guitar for me, which actually affected my buying decision considering I wanted an Ibanez. Oh to be young and have no money of my own..

Anyhoo, specs:

alder? body
maple neck with rosewood board
22 frets
ssh pickup config with generic pickups
1 tone 1 volume, 5 way switch
some unknown trem with a bar

on paper it's a decent list of specs, everything you'd get on a more expensive guitar, just lower, generic versions of it.

UTILIZATION

It's basically a strat shape slightly modified but still has all the contours so it's comfortable. The neck joint was a bolt on but the upper fret access I remember was either just as difficult as a regular strat would be or slightly more difficult.

Everything worked on the guitar, I actually kept this for a very long time after I started to take guitar seriously and realized how much of a rip this guitar really was. In today's world, a guitar that's $300 COULD be a pretty high quality guitar, everything's gone up in terms of QC, but when I bought this, I didn't realize how crap it was until I played the Ibanez that I always wanted.

The one positive about this guitar was that it was my first so it has sentimental value and I could beat the crap out of it without worrying (this was years after I played a lot and acquired more gear of course).

SOUNDS

I used to use this through a peavey express 112 and then a peavey bandit 112. Both of which are essentially the same amp with a speaker upgrade and slightly different features. I'm reviewing this as based on what I now know and the 10+ years of playing guitar.

Sound wise, it was nothing to write home about, I knew nothing about what a good guitar was supposed to sound like anyway. Though I did own the guitar for a long time and modded the hell out of it with a huge variety of pickups over the years which improved the guitar a LOT more.

Basically both the neck and middle pickups were useless individually, the 60hz hum was always there. The blending position did sound decent. Though I never used it. I was almost always on the bridge position since I didn't know any better. But looking back, it was shrill and sterile and almost always too trebly.

OVERALL OPINION

This is a complete beginner's guitar. The trend for beginner guitar players is that they usually get something cheap that's been recommended to them by the salesman and just play it and work with what they've got. Some of this attitude is greatly under-appreciated as most advanced players nowadays have become DIVAS over the simplest things, while some of this attitude needs to be corrected.

From what I've learned, and to be very specific, it is generally not a good idea to get a cheap guitar begin with. Not only is the setup most likely going to be horrible but it has no resale value. Thus you will end up with extra junk in your household AND the way it plays can be a HUGE demotivator for the beginning guitarist. If you're gonna buy a cheap guitar, get it setup right AT LEAST, to get it going!

After I played on this guitar for years and learned more and more about guitars, setups etc. and modded this guitar, performed many experiments on it I came to realize that it's a good beater guitar for experiments. I've gigged with it too, and remember having tuning problems. So it's definitely not a performing guitar, at least, not for me it wasn't. I wouldn't buy this guitar again, it was too expensive for what it's really worth and I shouldn't have chosen this guitar as my first. I only did for the price point, but you get what you pay for. Haven't told my mom of course, she'd weep!!

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UTILIZATION

Channel pleasant, good ergonomics, I discovered the guitar by trying it in the magazine "The Foot" in Paris, Pigalle, where they used it as a guitar to test their effects.

SOUNDS

I use it only for recording, I go easily to any type of sound with a humbucker sound, and her 2 other mics simple.
Compromise between a Start and a Les Pauls.

OVERALL OPINION

for nearly six months, I preferred it to the Squier Stratocaster in the same price range, and Epiphone Les Pauls.

For my part the price / quality ratio is excellent (for the 180th OCCAZ new), I highly recommend this guitar!

Nothing to add

UTILIZATION

After more than 13 years, apart from a little oxidation, it has not budged

SOUNDS

It's been a while since I played the most regular just for fun. But I remember my first repeat, I plugged my little yamaha on a Fender HotRod Deluxe, with a buddy next to a beautiful Fender U.S. hand on the same amp, and thinking, "whouah, but I ring as well as him! " Good but probably not a factor of 10 to the price and a logo in less as I did not blush. Like others, I have a weakness for the neck pickup that sounds good, especially on a Roland JC120.

OVERALL OPINION

Was my first guitar as much, I had other entry from the famous brands of B brands can cost up to 2 times more expensive, I have them all for repair at least once before I separated. Good on stage, by far, you do not seem to play a Gibson ... but it is no coincidence that most music stores who respect it as their entry-level reference.

(Originally written by haima/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
- Made in Asia

- 22 frets, two single-coil pickups and one humbucker

- XD (I don't know)

- Volume and tone knobs

- Slim neck

UTILIZATION

- The neck is perfectly shaped and I strongly recommend it to people with small hands because it's very slim

- Good access to the upper frets

- The guitar is very ergonomic and easy to play sitting down. It's very light (but I'm a boxer so everything seems light to me... and then I break everything XD)

- Great sound. I use mainly the single-coil pickups: the sound is very good and versatile. I can play Rammstein or Noir Desir and a friend of mine even plays reggae with it. I use a distortion pedal and the clean channel of my amp. It sounds great.

SOUNDS

- From rock to heavy metal and reggae, the guitar is very versatile. If you want to play death metal, choose another guitar.

- I play it with a 15 watt Yamaha amp and a FAB distortion pedal. The sound is perfect. I use the distortion of the pedal and the clean channel of the amp.

- The guitar sounds aggressive with strong highs when distorted (perfect for industrial metal) and its clean sound is smooth and articulated (wonderful for "Nothing else matters").

- I like smooth clean sounds and aggressive distortion sounds. I hate it when the clean sound is too aggressive and the distortion sound too fat and round. And this guitar perfectly matches my taste.

OVERALL OPINION

- Three weeks ago

- Pros: versatility, sound... Almost everything except its look, which is too basic

- I tested a Les Paul, a Cort and an ESP. This guitar didn't disappointed me because it's the most versatile one.

- Perfect value for money: I bought a pack that included the guitar, an amp, a cable, a gig bag, a guitar strap, a tuner, two string sets, three picks and care accessories... Everything from Yamaha!

- I won't hesitate to buy it again if mine gets broken.