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MGR/Chris « Yamaha Pacifica »
Published on 05/10/02 at 15:00I bought this guitar as my 2nd (after a horrible Westfield Strat copy) from Academy of Sound, for £180
I have the plain, light wood finish all over the guitar and it looks great, it's a lot lighter than my old guitar which was really heavy after playing for a few hours, it's nice to play and the fretboard is built a lot better than on my old guitar, the sound is great and you can go from a high distorted sound to a full blues sort of sound without touching your amp or fx, the other thing is the price, the only other guitar i would have considered that was the same price was the Ibanez GAX70, but apparantly the Pacifica is better quality, and nowhere stocked the Ibanez.
The only 3 things I don't like are that because of the finish I got it dents or scratches fairly easily, but it doesn't show up too badly, the light wood fretboard tends to show up any dirt or anything that's been on your fingers while playing and the nut on the lead socket comes loose every now and then.
It's good quality overall, there's nothing about the manufacture of the guitar that I would complain about and the finish was perfect when I bought it.
A great budget guitar and you can't buy better for the price, if you don't want scratches or dents don't go for the plain light wood finish, or if you have dirty hands go for a dark wood fretboard, but if you have around £180 - £250 to spend on a guitar this is one of the best you can buy.
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I have the plain, light wood finish all over the guitar and it looks great, it's a lot lighter than my old guitar which was really heavy after playing for a few hours, it's nice to play and the fretboard is built a lot better than on my old guitar, the sound is great and you can go from a high distorted sound to a full blues sort of sound without touching your amp or fx, the other thing is the price, the only other guitar i would have considered that was the same price was the Ibanez GAX70, but apparantly the Pacifica is better quality, and nowhere stocked the Ibanez.
The only 3 things I don't like are that because of the finish I got it dents or scratches fairly easily, but it doesn't show up too badly, the light wood fretboard tends to show up any dirt or anything that's been on your fingers while playing and the nut on the lead socket comes loose every now and then.
It's good quality overall, there's nothing about the manufacture of the guitar that I would complain about and the finish was perfect when I bought it.
A great budget guitar and you can't buy better for the price, if you don't want scratches or dents don't go for the plain light wood finish, or if you have dirty hands go for a dark wood fretboard, but if you have around £180 - £250 to spend on a guitar this is one of the best you can buy.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com