Yamaha Pacifica Series PAC112V Electric Guitar; Sonic Blue

This guitar is phenomenal for the money. Best guitar in its price range on the market. The set up was great right out of the box. All it required was tuning. Low action for easy playing for beginners. The quality finish was excellent. If you are looking for a highly playable guitar in the $500 or less category, give this one a look. Very pleased. Paired it with a Fender modeling amp and sounds great.

I love it

First of all, one has to appreciate a good quality product when it is for a bargain price. For the price range of this guitar, one cannot expect much. I bought this used, and it has been reliable and has not let me down. I have had it for about 7 months, used it for practice mostly. The wood and electronics are surprisingly well made. I did a lot of research before buying this model and I must say I am very satisfied.The H/S/S combination works nicely, you can get a pretty wide range of tones and sounds. The fret board looks great, has not worn out since I got it. The body is solid and is very comfortable while playing. My only complaint would be the tremolo bar. Now with this type of bridge I was not expecting much, this is no floyd rose after all. The tremolo does work, but I don't use it because of the danger that the strings will go out of tune. I would picture this guitar without a tremolo bar if I were considering whether to get it. But I think most people who do their research will know this anyway so it is not a big deal at all. The tuners are ok, nothing special.I wouldn't buy this new, as with any musical instrument unless it is a unique piece. If you can get it used in great condition then it is totally worth it. I would definitely recommend this for a beginner or even an intermediate player. Once you get a better guitar in terms of parts and electronics then I don't know if one would be willing to go back to this. But as a practice guitar this is perfect.

When I decided to upgrade my electric (from an Epiphone Les Paul copy), I knew I wanted to have access to that "strat" sound but still wanted the high output of a humbucker bridge pickup. This meant going with an HSS (Humbucker/Single/Single) style pickup arrangement. I actually tried playing a couple of Fender strats in local stores, but I didn't like the placement of the volume knob practically on top of the bridge pickup. I also wanted to have a guitar with 22 frets (gotta hit those high bends on Pink Floyd's "Money"), and to get that with a Fender required going to the American Standard for close to $1200.Fortunately, this Yamaha fits the bill. The strat sound is very good, especially since the humbucker can be turned into a single pickup by lifting up on the tone control. It has the 5 way switch that all strats have, allowing you to select the bridge pickup, the bridge+middle pickups, the middle pickup, the middle+neck pickups, or the neck alone. When you're tired of the strat sound and want to go back to Led Zeppelin, you just flip to the humbucker and you're set to go. Plus, I love the clear finish on the wood.The only drawback, and this applies to buying ANY guitar online, is that you will probably need to have it professionally set up when you get it. This can cost anywhere from $50-75, but is well worth it. Most music stores offer this service. I would recommend playing the guitar for a week or two, then taking it in to get set up. That gives the wood time to adjust to the string tension, the local humidity, etc.

I was hesitating to pull the trigger on this one because there were no reviews, but I am glad I did.I received it today and after playing with it for about six hours straight, I love it. I mean I truly love it from every angle. The pickups are nice and full bodied, coil tap (split) works nicely with very little hum even with one pickup selected...zero hum in the middle position as expected. Fit and finish is amazing. Strings were detuned in the box, but once tuned, the guitar was set up perfectly from the factory. Nice low action, correct neck relief, no fret buzz, perfect intonation. Frets are smooth, no burrs anywhere, freeboard is beautiful rosewood just like in the photos.It is a bolt-on neck which is normal in this price range, but the note sustain is pretty good.The look of this guitar is classy. I find PRSs beautiful, but this one has its modern clean glamour. It's the good looking girl in the black dress that you can't take your eyes off of. Black on black with the dark rosewood fretboard makes it just right. I have a few (too many) guitars, but this one is love at first sight. I bought the all black, but the other colors are just as attractive. The smaller black pickguard makes a huge difference to the aesthetics.One thing missing in this model is a tremolo, which is kind of obvious from the pictures, but is misstated in the description (as of this review). The knobs could be better finished.

So overall great value buying used. It said used acceptable so I was a little worried but looks new. Only had a few days so we'll see what happens but happy with it overall.If I had to nitpick a few things1. Picture shows tremolo arm but I did not have one, not sure if return had it missing or lost at warehouse2. Without adjustments there was fret buzz on just the bass e string3. small finish chip where the neck meets the body. Does seem like an expansion thing looks more like it hit something small