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MGR/Simon Sherwood « Yamaha Pacifica 112 »
Published on 12/20/01 at 15:00Purchased 2 years ago for £180 at PMT Southend on Sea Essex England. Purchased as my first electric.
It has a bridge Humbucker and 2 single coils on a 5 way selector so you can get quite a few different sounds out of it.
The action is increadible low and smooth. I've friends who have a friend who has a Mexican srat and a les paul studio, I would love a both, however when ever I visit he always seems to end up on my Pacifica, I don't mind I get to play on stuff I can't afford. He's now going to get one as a back up for his strat.
There is plenty of cutaway to get to the uncharted territory on the higher frets and the sound does'nt break up too much when you get there. The trmolo arm works ok as well not that I often us it.
The headstock seems to go on forever which means the strings are'nt bent up there and put under extra stress.
All in all it's comfortable to play, the angles on the body make it nice to hold to. It's taken me from amatuer to much and I still really enjoy playing it. In my opinion you can't beat it for the price, it compares with strats but is almost half the price.
Sometimes I notice that the pick ups are lacking a little something, but then again for the price they're not bad.
Only haveing a master tone and volume is a bit annoying but with 3 pick ups I think 6 nobs would make things a bit crowded. However I do think that the volume nob is in a very bad position, if your playing leed or picking rythem no problems but as soon as you start going a bit heavy on the strumming you start knocking the volume up and down.
The body is of five piece construction, not too sure what wood but I know it's not expensive stuff though, I went for the natural finish. The neck is a single peice job and the fret board holds the standard 22.
All in all very sturdy even if it's not made from solid woods?
For the price you wont find a better electric, it's comparable to the stats. If you're serious about the guitar but don't have a lot of dosh, you could do a lot worse than this.
I would say 4 and a 1/2, there is'nt that option 4 is too low so it can have a 5.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
It has a bridge Humbucker and 2 single coils on a 5 way selector so you can get quite a few different sounds out of it.
The action is increadible low and smooth. I've friends who have a friend who has a Mexican srat and a les paul studio, I would love a both, however when ever I visit he always seems to end up on my Pacifica, I don't mind I get to play on stuff I can't afford. He's now going to get one as a back up for his strat.
There is plenty of cutaway to get to the uncharted territory on the higher frets and the sound does'nt break up too much when you get there. The trmolo arm works ok as well not that I often us it.
The headstock seems to go on forever which means the strings are'nt bent up there and put under extra stress.
All in all it's comfortable to play, the angles on the body make it nice to hold to. It's taken me from amatuer to much and I still really enjoy playing it. In my opinion you can't beat it for the price, it compares with strats but is almost half the price.
Sometimes I notice that the pick ups are lacking a little something, but then again for the price they're not bad.
Only haveing a master tone and volume is a bit annoying but with 3 pick ups I think 6 nobs would make things a bit crowded. However I do think that the volume nob is in a very bad position, if your playing leed or picking rythem no problems but as soon as you start going a bit heavy on the strumming you start knocking the volume up and down.
The body is of five piece construction, not too sure what wood but I know it's not expensive stuff though, I went for the natural finish. The neck is a single peice job and the fret board holds the standard 22.
All in all very sturdy even if it's not made from solid woods?
For the price you wont find a better electric, it's comparable to the stats. If you're serious about the guitar but don't have a lot of dosh, you could do a lot worse than this.
I would say 4 and a 1/2, there is'nt that option 4 is too low so it can have a 5.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com