ARE THEY REALLY THAT GOOD? - Yamaha Pacifica
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Mad respect to Yamaha for producing Pacificas and their Broad Basses. Apart from the million other instruments they produce, affordable, reliable but also with a soul.
I literally have one of these scheduled to be delivered to my house in a few hours. Nice timing in the video. Yamaha guitars are criminally overlooked
Be sure to share yer new guitar and I agree I've had several yamaha Geeta and there awesome ud love a new revstar but can't get over the 612 strat lol
Why Yamaha guitars are underrated? 🤔
@@imdannymartins from what I’ve read, I guess they are just considered by many to be bread and butter instruments that get the job done but aren’t unique or exceptional or whatever…personally, I love my 1992 821-R. [edit: got the year wrong]
@@ptkelly80 You mean like most other guitars?
@@Malcolm701 what I mean is that people overlook them because they don’t say Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, or Jackson on them.
dude your playing is amazing so natural and flawless
I've got a pacifica 112V that was my first electric. It's an awesome guitar and still one of my go-to's even though I have some guitars now that are much more expensive. It's just so versatile and feels like home. Highly doubt I'll ever get rid of it.
Bruh same thing for me!! Im modifying it at the moment! Got a graphtech nut and locking tuners for it!
Ditto here on the 112V…. and likewise, it’s a keeper. Check out Darrell Braun’s video on modding a Yamaha, well worth a watch.
@@paulhunter3247 yes! This was my inspiration
I've been waiting so long for my Pacifica to come. So looking forward to it.
I have a Pacifica 611vfm I got just over a year ago and unless I'm getting a Les Paul, I don't really need another guitar. This thing is so versatile and comfortable to play. Incredible build quality and Yamaha is great to work with.
Beautiful guitar. Switched to a full set of those pickups on my Washburn, nearly 20 years ago, after hearing Andy Aledort. Perfect.
The Pacifica revolutionized my life. Had the choice to get a BC rich Warlock bronze edition or a Pacifica 112 when i was a kid. I wanted the Warlock so bad but i chose the Pacifica. It was more comfortable and Bill Leverty of Firehouse played Pacificas. Now i have a 112, 812w, 914, 1221m, 1230s models. Absolutely love them and they are the most underrated guitar ever built.
i have a Pacifica 821D since 2002 and still play with much fun..great guitars
I have an old Yamaha 412 Cabinet from the 90’s, thing is a BEAST. Alongside a PAC112V. Thinking about grabbing a Revstar next. Yamaha is great! Good job guys.
You Guys Have Awesome Videos and That Color Rocks 👍👍🎶🎶🎸
Wow it rules,love the tone! Love the thr series amps genius products! And have been a Mike Stern fan for years
My first guitar was a Yamaha Pacifica.
I wonder what percentage of guitar pros would say that. I think a fair amount.
I still have my first Pacifica 112J and love it.
Killer guitar! Rob, that solo/color thing you did after Luke said coil tap was superb
Thanks man :-)
@@RobChappers and thank you, bro...from San Diego, CA
Yamaha just builds good instruments. I own a Yamaha LL16 acoustic. Love it
The funny thing is that people have been calling the Pacifica "under-rated" for like 30 years now LOL I had one for a bit with a George Lynch Screamin Demon pickup in it, was fun to play. Solid feeling chuncky neck in those, from what I remember it felt more of a Les Paul than a Stat. Great budget pick, about the only thing better for the money is the PRS SE series because those PRS can take the place of like 3 different guitar setups.
Probably the best guitar under $700 US
If you are looking for a Jack of all trades guitar, Yamaha Pacifica is the best answer. I own Yamaha 611HFM and it does not disappoint
YES just simply Yes they are that good
I've loved my yamahas. I don't have a Pacifica, but I do have an old jazz box and a Troy Van Leeuwen sig series. I'm not shocked that the Pacifica would be a great guitar.
I play an acoustic Yamaha LS-6 ARE handcrafted and it's amazing! :) I want that electric!!
I traded a refurbished/customized fender p-bass for a ‘93 Pacifica 821-R, and I love it to death. It’s everything my first guitar (‘98 Gibson SG Special that I got in high school) wasn’t…more comfortable neck for my hands, better access to high frets, Floyd rose style tremolo, single coil and humbuckers…
Yamaha's will always be my #1. I own several Strat's and Tele's but, none of them have the same feel as my early 90's Yammies.
I have two of them and I love them one is black and red one is all black they are great guitarist honestly
As a bass player I will second the thing about Yamaha guitars well bass, they are so bloody good
It needs a more authentic logo on the headstock so that brand cork sniffers dont bleed from their ears just by looking at it. Apart from that, its great.
LOL Well said.
I personally don't give a rip what any cork sniffer thinks. If they're to ignorant to see past a logo then it's their loss.
If the logo keeps the cork sniffers away, then I'm all for leaving it alone.
😂😂😂 👏👏👏👏👏
What I found with the pickups on this model, is the field is stable, albeit toned down so it doesn't go haywire. Compared to say an equivalent Ibanez, the pickups on those do tend to have alightly unstable pickup field, which isn't an entirely bad thing, it's the character of them. This Yamaha is mellow, but can rock out with no instability. Perhaps the subdued mellow pickup tones are a bit too stable. There's a fine line.
I own a PAC 412 V Korean made. Got it off Marketplace for 300 Canadian dollars. Incredible guitar for the price I can get so many different sounds out of this thing I just wish the humbucker split switch feature was on my model.
My guitar, same color 😃 great Yamaha
I got the one with the P90 in the neck... It's my go to...
These guitars are insanely versatile. A true Swiss Army knife of a guitar, also high quality “upgraded” parts. It’s a no brainer. I sold 3 guitars after getting this one because it could do pretty much everything they could. I kept a few speciality guitars (jazzmaster, danelectro) and got rid of my fender strat and tele and a godin session. I will say the Godin was very close to the Yamaha and both are significantly better than my player series fenders.
I used to have a Jackson that looked exactly like that, except it was red and had an exposed humbucker. :)
I really do love this show it is awesome you and Luke are the dynamite Duo
Cheers bro, love you man! :-)
Cheers buddy! 👊✌️
Long live Clockwork Wolf & Company
I Love My Yamaha Pacifica
The people who buy these will have a much better guitar than a squire and equivalent to a really good fender strat but people are completely enamored with the fender brand so many won’t even consider this ‘off brand’
I love Pacificas. I just wish they had a 2 point trem.
I’m level 59. Been playing 52 years.
Life begins at 60 Ric, congrats on your multiple journeys around our star :-)
I had one of the original Pacificas, great guitar but with pickups that were sadly dog toffee. Gigged with it for over 20 years and passed it on to a mate.
Ive got a 112, really nice guitar to play, let down by the pickups in neck an middle
I used to have a yamaha sg700s. Easily best guitar I ever owned. Better playing than the USA strat and a lot better than the gibson les paul I had, and it only cost £450 at the time
Almost first, met u in Larvik Chappers, luv u
Man I miss Larvik!! Hopefully it happens again soon :-)
What would be equivalent Strat in terms of price and/or quality?
Man I used to dream about the Yamaha Pacifica
I feel lucky to have built a guitar with Trev Wilkinson
nice fingers!
I have a PAC812W. No longer in production. Seymour pups, HSS setup. Wilkinson trem, sperzel locking keys. Hands down the BEST guitar I’ve ever owned. Yes even better than my USA Gibson and fender, which I sold btw. Garbage. My PAC and my Reverend Warhawk II are my work horses.
Cool
They need to bring the trans black back on this or even in a purple hopefully?
i wish I bought a yamaha instead of an affinity strat when i began
Wondering if the Captain watches these and gets jealous. 🤔
Also, my first electric was also a Yamaha Pacifica 112 back in the 90s. These days I have my Revstar 502T for all my Yamaha loving.
The Multiverse is real hence Déjà vu...
We've all experienced it... it's something that sometimes resembles a dream you had or a place that you've never been to before and yet you feel like you have?! It's because that you exist on other planes or timeliness and crossover experiencing the same exact thing from a different multi verse It's kind of like when they collide or they interfere or intertwine with each other & all the possibilities.
I'm terrible at explaining it but it would make sense to me🤪😛😌
That’s slightly interesting but why are you commenting that here? 😜
I agree! We live simultaneous multiple existences :-)
@@RobChappers an open minded king
How about the new Ibsnez AZE though?
PAC 612VII THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
I actually really like Yamaha instruments. I started off with a BB1025 bass as part of a trade for a Marshall bass amp in 2015 and really stuck to playing it in bands, recordings... followed on with a few more basses from vintage BB300/350 to the high end BBP Japanese basses, 4 + 5 string, spanning to guitars, including a AES guitars, a 'modern' LP design and a Pacific 1511MS that I really like (the "Tele" models are much better and sought after models, it seems) I've yet to try any of the 'strat' types as I'm not one for floating bridges but on paper and for the price, you can't seem to go wrong, if that's your thing.
I think they're just awesome instruments, they clearly have an eye for detail and somehow make them affordable enough. I'd have a Revstar over a Gibson these days 😉🤘🏼
Pacificas (well, all Yamaha instruments) have always been lovely guitars. What I'd give to get my hands on a 611 VFMX Matte Root Beer... it was a limited run (also came in blue and black, but the red just spoke to me) and I did not have the cash at the time. Oh well...
I have it, and I love it. Only thing is I want to replace the P90 cover to chrome.
Oh wait, no I don't have the matte finish one...that is nice though. Jeez
@@questocd174 yep, you probably got the non-limited 611vfm (no "x" there). Still a great guitar, enjoy her!
I just found a used one in mint condition for € 500, but the blue one. Lucky me! Amazing guitar. The anodized pickguard with the satin blue finish is killer!
@@benjimontgomery9826 lucky dude! Enjoy!
I really liek the quality ofYamaha midpriced guitars .. around the 500 to 700 euro. area.. But both the revstar and the pacifica have a 13.75" radius.. I would love a pacifica with say a 9.5" radius.
1. What are the difference among the PAC612VIIFM; PAC612VIIFMX; and PAC612VIIX?
2. How much in US dollars?
3. Are these made in Japan?
Thank you.
I love Pacificas and have owned a number of them, along with other Yamaha models going back almost 40 years. My problem with the current Pacificas is with the trem models because they simply do not hold tune. The hardtail? Sure. Stays in tune fine. But the Wilkinson trem model does not. The issue is that it doesn't have the right kind of nut. It snags. Yamaha needs to fix this.
Do you even go to a luthier during your 40 years of playing???
They can set up your whole guitar as well as your trem to make it stay in tune when using the trem. With this 612 it has Wilkinson trem but it stays in Tune really well and it has Tusq nut as stock. What pacifica have you played??? If it is the cheaper models of course, dont expect them to stay in tune when using the whammy bar. But if you have those cheap models set up properly they can stay in tune when using the trem. Also upgrading the nut on every cheap or expensive guitar is always a thing.
“Yes I’m old. I’m 32.” Simmer down, junior
Ha ha!! Yeah I know…
Well, I think I know what my next guitar will be.
There should be a shootout: This PAC 612VII vs a Sire S7 with the same HSS Setup
I got the Sire S7 last week but send it back as the neck on my Yamaha Pacifica 212 felt nicer to play. Also I found it hard to see the fret dots on the Sire S7. It was a lovely looking guitar though. So now I am thinking about the 612 and then there's the Revstar Standard which I am hearing rav reviews about. If I thought the neck on the Revstar was as nice as the 212 I would get it.
My bad I only have one the other one is an rgz I had to double-check
It is refreshingly bizarre to see the head of a guitar company getting happy over and talking about buying another brand of guitar.
I appreciate that dude, thing is I obviously mainly play Chapman, but I have a deep respect and love of all guitar brands.
I hate it when people launch brand and then turn their back on all of the companies that inspired them and gave them joy over the years.
@@RobChappers it only goes to show that you have confidence in your products
I was today years old when I found out Rob can beatbox
Ha ha barely :-)
Rob thinking that plays better and sounds better than any Chapman guitar for a fraction of price lol
I have a Pacifica 112 from like 1997 or 1998 and everyone that plays it says the same thing. "If you ever decide to sell this guitar, I want it!" It was $149 US and has a flame maple neck that you would expect to be on a PRS or Custom Shop guitar. $$$ does not guarantee a good playing instrument and a good looking one does not require $$$$$$
Not quite as good looking, but I have an Epiphone s310 with a flame maple neck that I paid $100 for. I'm drawn to the neck every time I go to my guitar rack.
they're really not. They're better. the problem is in branding. The pacifica name is unfortunately attached to the "beginner guitar realm" which make most to consider it a starter instrument. Their new line is bonkers though and they have models for nearly every playstyle. The problem comes in the great guitars they have priced between $600-800 bearing the pacifica name. People who aren't really that informed (55% of people who buy guitars) would balk at paying that much for a pacifica.
That noise when you hold the guitar neck 😂
Ha ha!!
the only thing wrong is the neck swap. it is just way to small and thin below the 7th fret
other than that it is amazing value and tone
How did it go from "guitar review" to "we are in the matrix".
Rob's matrix chat is a hard slog to sit through
The way he said his name, it sounded like "Roopchand" !! Lol
Great guitars, but be prepared to take a bath if you need to sell it. Had a beautiful 612VFM and a Revstar 720B, and could barely give them away when I had to unload them.
I’ve been beating around the Yamaha bush for too long. You guys just talked me into committing to it. I’m buying a Yamaha.
Better looking than any other hss lol
Rob is dying to have a go 😂
Yamaha needs a Telecaster other than the Mike Stern. The 7.25" radius is just too tight for me.
To be honest, I did not really liked how the Pacifica's played and sounded when they came out in the 90's they came off as kind of cheep compared to there counter parts... as during that time there was a boom of 'super stratus' the Ibanez upwards during that time, felt and played way better to me.......
Anyhow I do own a 70's yammer and pro bass from them that completely slays... but with any mass produced instrument line, most are duds then you come across thee one, love it and make it yours I guess....
Anyhow the 90's was a long time ago and I'm a grump old git these days' and guitar manufacturing has jumped in leaps and bounds and getting hold of better hardware, massive CCN machines, that can bosh out any old Ikea set, in any shape you like on a dime is about...
We live in exciting times for guitar kit, compared to when I was a kid and we had to make guitars from actual cats and old wooden shoe box that was left down mine.... aaaa them were the days lad I tell thee... lols
Hahahaha. I love this comment. I just turned 40 and had flashbacks of being 12 in the old mine, hunting cats and shoe boxes with the dream of being a big rock star some day. Seriously man, this comment made my day. Most people are fucking boring and you cracked me up. Top score.
til Leo Fender came along that is 😎
I noticed they've went up in price by about $100 (the 611
With virtually zero increase in price to produce at the scale that Yamaha does these at.
@@sixstringedwithabowl huh? Not sure what you're trying to say
Cheers bro 😁👍, love that moment where you made love to the pacifica....it hit you, and its on camera 🤣😂🤣
Ha ha you are welcome sir!! See you soon dude :-)
I was hoping they'd tell me about it, what's the action like? How thick is the neck? How comfortable is it to play? Instead they wasted my time flirting and talking about irrelevant crap. I don't think they even understand the pickup functions.
Man I’m such a man whore for my Yamaha guitar ….. it beats most of my expensive guitar in my quiver….. love an interview with the head of Yamaha guitars if that’s such a person …. There ethos in the guitar build quality ,sounds, and quality is soooo underrated ….. never played a chapmen but man they’d have to be best value for money out there since I was a kid and I’m 46
Bellissima chitarra saluti al siculo
Luke and I are from Malta! But we do love Sicily :-)
lol @ 0.07 chappers you nutter
Yamaha guitars have always been good. They're just kind of over looked by a lot of people.
I was in a small guitar shop in Japan looking for lefties. They had a lefty 112V for $315 and a used Fender Mustang for $285. I got the Mustang, played it for a year, and sold it for about $550. ON the other hand, the pawn shops are full of 112Vs going for about $100. There in lies the biggest problem with Yamahas: no resale value.
What is resale value? It's popularity and perception. Some how Yamaha needs to market their guitars and make them cooler. When is the last time you saw a Yamaha guitar commercial?
I really want to like Yamaha's electrics because they're really well made, but I just can't warm up to the body shape.
It's a bloody Strat body!
LOL you do realize it's a Strat knock-off? Plus.Yamaha since the 1960s has tons of shapes and cool designs.
I have a Pac 412 which I'm really starting to enjoy the sounds that can produce but I slightly agree mainly just the sharpness of the two horns or whatever you want to call it. Almost makes it look like it's going into BC Rich Warlock territory or something. I really want to get my hands on a second-hand revstar I love the look of those
@@msh6865 it's a Strat body with a missing chromosome.
@@turntablesrockmyworld9315 indeed, but the changes they made turned it into something kind of boring. Not as curvy as the original, not as exciting as an Ibanez RG. To each his own. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Enjoy your Yamaha. I'm sure it plays very well.
Biggest issue (apart from the ugly headstock) is the flat 13.75” radius neck. Totally different feel IMO
Hahaha Level 59 here. Answer to Q1. Because guitar is going through a Marshall… that’s why it sounds so ‘authentic.’
Always buy a great amp FIRST and speakers inc. in a great cab.
Will improve an inexpensive guitar, make majestic a good ‘un, and for the lawyer guitars: justify that expenditure of ‘rich as Croesus’ many £x,000s where instead could have almost satisfied N=G+1 👀☝🏻😜🤣. I contend 10 ✅⚠️🏁
Lol! He'd ride the motorcycle the same way he plays guitar...
If a guitar is not a Fender Fat Strat or a Gibson SG....it is garbage. Ok...I really liked my Ibanez Satriani model with a british racing strip green finish but it got stolen. And even though Metallica sucks these days, EMG pickups are the best. Though I admit on one of my two Fat Strats(one I intentionally fucked up for a crazy tuning) I have an EMG humbucker and 2 S Duncan Hot Rails. Though they are rarely used.
Any yamaha pacifica kicks the A** of any other guitar manufacteurer , and at half or less of the price of other "better" guitars.
There are plenty of guitars better than a fender. But it’s not a fender. There’s something about having history in your hands.
Never been a fan of Pacificas (mind you, the last time I tried one it was 2001) but the sound of that hb is fat!
Imagine if a God created a universe/matrix... and placed beings into it. Imagine the beings placed into bodies and Time itself.
No not for me I'm afraid
I'm just writing this to butcher you in the comments ⛏⛏⛏
Sounds way too shrill and thin in this video
Nah. Play any recent Mexican Fender next to a Yamaha and there's no comparison. There's nothing musically inspiring in the tone of these Pacificas.
I sold my Baja Telecaster and bought a 612. Better than the Fender.
Still flogging your arse round youtube to try to stay relevant. Everywhere I go I see Chapman guitars being practically given away lol they can't shift em
I have a Chapman and love it. Brought it to about a years worth of gigs.