All user reviews of 4/5 for the Yamaha Pacifica PAC112V

Body: Alder
Neck: Maple screwed (single action truss rod -_- ')
Rosewood Fingerboard
Frets: 22
Scale: 648mm
Pickups: 2 Alnico single coil, 1 humbucking Alnico splitable
Contrles: Slecteur 5 positions
Contrle Volume and Tone (push-pull to split the humbucking)
Bridge: Vintage tremolo

Not trust the pictures of the black and white version of 112V, the key and the head of the guitar are much clearer. His particulire form Strat guy slams otherwise

USE

Then the word, very comfortable guitar debuter; very thin neck, very pleasant, without access to acute problems, not too heavy, little retuning frquent, ergonomic shape ... nickel.

SONORITS

This is where the drip pan is, jvous advises to buy in stores.

First having purchased the guitar in export in English there are 8 months, when the course of the book was downright sombr (current average price in France: € 250 € 180 against England oooooo) I retrouv myself with a guitar, certe grants, but not rgle AT ALL (I have never seen a handle as straight Oo Fretes touched the strings, the sound was degeu) so I started tweak the truss rod, easel and harmonics, with a few decent results prs, except for the handle ... like the handle of the truss rod is simple action, it was impossible even dessr up to have a concave handle. The original string set as the 9-42, tension n'tait not sufficient to handle bends naturally, I then changed to the 9-46 home ernie ball; its commenait become playable, but his always verged. I now plans to spend on the 10-52 or the 11-56 xD

The electronics is really bad quality knobs are really very bad notament the volume on mine (jvou not tell parasites), poorly made welds and botched little isols cables, push -Pull to split the humbucker not even functional xD Microphones ts have little prs okay for a low-end without this problem always Introduced pests; The humbucker is downright sloppy and not hotter than the neck pickup, just drinking the Tone max and only on the treble strings, the micro bridge is simple serves quasiement seen anything change the sound it makes no of the position (ah if it reduces some parasites pickup and reduces the interference characteristic simple neck pickup) and finally a few micro prs handle clean drinking but sorely lacking in personality .dropoff window

So who bought this guitar to dbuter, I bought at the same time excellent Cube 20x, which, say frankly, comes pniblement fill these gaps, but we get a good draw his in clean, overdrive and metal stack.

Appart sustain its not bad for the maple, even in 4 parts referred, and it sounds pretty good unplugged ^^

NOTICE GLOBAL

His six months must break everything I use my faith and it is a good guitar dbuter, thanks to its level of confortabilit and Superior nimporte finish what guitar this range view even above. Unfortunately, after the comments I've read manufacturing quality has DGRAD over the months, and feels especially on the default Recurring electronic ... low-end guitars is well, with and without microphones faibliards personalit but thanks to a good filled the beginner will override. For me the report qualitprix is ​​unbeatable (180 € the guitar: P) but would be more jme tourn to a model dowry expressive pickups and a mahogany body, but that price is the be found xD

Hobbyist. Love blues guitarists like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Buddy Guy, Walter Trout. Also like rock guitarists like Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Won it on ebay for $111.00 ($142 with shipping).

The overall look and feel is excellent. (Mine is the natural color with the solid wood body and rosewood fingerboard). A solid alder body at this price point is unheard of. It sports the look and feel of a natural colored stratocaster at a fraction of the price.

One minor complaint- I don't like the appearance of the tuning machines. They look a little cheap. However, the guitar stays in tune no matter how hard I hit it, so they do their job. If I ever change them out, it will be for purely cosmetic reasons.

The construction is solid. The alder body is rock-hard and is tightly bolted to the neck. The pickups show no signs of coming loose. There are no dead frets. The neck is thin and smooth, so easy to play. The guitar is surprisingly loud when you play it unplugged. The pickups, while not incredible, are more than good enough to play AC/DC-like riffs and blues licks, and the clean sounds are excellent. The quality is remarkable for a $200 guitar.

I have long wanted a Fender Stratocaster with a natural wood body. In order to get one, I would have to pay at least $500 for a Mexican 70s reissue (that's the cheapest version that has the natural finish). Until I can buy one, this Pacifica provides me with the same vibe and look for less than $150! Even after I get my strat, I will hang on to this guitar as my knock-around instrument. In my opinion, it is just as good as any standard Mexican strat for about half the price. I love this guitar.

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bought in plymouth, vibes music for £190
was my first guitar so picked it for the colour

i like the colour the price and its got a sweet neck. its also easier to play than my gibson les paul standard. its a good back up guitar with little faults and is practicaly indestructable.

the only thing wrong is its slightly stiff tremolo and has a slightly weak humbucker

it has an alder body with bolt on neck and a beautifully finished rose wood fingerboard

fully class for the money that you pay. a perfect beginners guitar and dam good pro guitar especially if you put a seymour duncan hotrail in it like mine

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I bought this guitar eight and a half years ago for 250 pounds at Westside Music Centre in Taunton because it had great looks and a good all round tone.

This solid body electric Strat copy guitar is FANTASTIC. It does everyrthing from Fender-like clean sounds through to Metal. The combination of two single coils and a humbucker work well and the neck radius is small. The rosewood fretboard is very fast and the tremelo unit although not 100% is good enough and the tuning stability is great. I used to check the tuneing once a week and found it was pretty much there. Mine also has a graphite nut which is pretty damm good.

Other Pacificas i've seen look plasticy and the rosewood fingerboards are not as dark as I think they should be. Maybe I was just lucky with mine. The pickups are reasonable and, if put through the right amp (I use a Peavey Bandit 75) can sound Hank Marvinish through to Gary Mooreish. Having said that, I waould like to change them in a while.

The Pacifica is built like a tank. It is very well made and mine has survived a couple of big knocks very well. I have looked after it very well though. It will last years if you pamper it from time to time to keep it sweet.

One great guitar but be careful that you get one with a decent finish, graphite nut, good trem and decent sounding pickups. If you find such an animal (shouldn't be too hard) then you are on to a winner. All in all a great starter guitar for under 200 smackers at the moment. It was voted Best guitar under 200 quid for a couple of years running actually. I'm going to be buried with mine thats how much I love it!

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2 micro simple
1 humbucker
Bridge: Floyd
22 frets

UTILIZATION

I use it mostly for rock or arpeggio.

K'accès the treble is a facilitated.

SOUNDS

This guitar is made more for rock and blues with a Peavey amp "vipyr. on the other hand not very good (I still absolutely correct) for the songs with which we would like to sing s'acconpagné.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it now since September 2009

I is not tried other models, just opinions on the internet and video.

Very good value for CETT guitar if you are a beginner or more.

Form: This is a copy of a stratum

Neck: 22 frets, rosewood

Pickups: 2 single coil (neck and bridge) and a humbucker for the bridge.

Controls: 5 position microphone, a knob to adjust volume and a knob for tone, one can draw from it to disable one of the two humbucker pickups of the bridge.

Aesthetics: It's a great guitar, the only thing I dislike is the logo "pacifica" written on the head, too big and the font I find it a little kitsch.

UTILIZATION

The handle is not unpleasant, the rear is painted on the VCX modeled, so that the hand slips less than a handle more roots.

The saddle on the other hand is not terrible, we begin to address the bendings, special attention must be that the strings do not leave their location.

Weight and shape is nothing to say, light guitar to play early, it is well balanced to play seated.

The luthier told me that the rule that the violin is very good for a guitar "entry level" but the tremolo is not that great, same for the switch, and wiring.

SOUNDS

If you start playing in a group, you quickly realize that in the pickups are not the height, clean it sounds like a toy compared to guitars to 600 euros. I ended up replacing the pickups with three Seymour Duncan, 200 providing euro budget (micro + maker) and I have a correct sound.

I use a Boss BD-2 and it sounds great, great show, for the blues-rock.

I found a pretty versatile guitar, the humbucker can be used to play rock and heavy that the neck or bridge for the blues. I play rock type 70s pacifica and holds the road well.

I would advise those who do not yet know to what style will move to make the metal or jazz better watch other models. It is well for pop-rock, rock, blues and punk rock.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for three years. What I like most is that she is my first guitar, so I tell myself never to separate. It is easily "upgradeable" to those who have not the means to afford a guitar at 1000 euros to start, you can get a good guitar deadlines

What I like least the original pickups, but we do not necessarily realize at first I spent 2 years before the change.

I have not tried other models before buying it because I was a beginner.

With the experience I do not do it again this election because I picked up a guitar at 250 euros, because I did not know that I would become addicted to the guitar. If I knew that 3 years after I'd obsessed with playing, I would have taken a direct stratocaster mex. Otherwise, if you can not afford, or like me, you're not sure when you start to become a passionate guitarist, head over to the Pacifica.