Yamaha Pacifica Series PAC112V Electric Guitar; Black

Great all around electric guitar!!! Can't go wrong for the price. From hard rock to surf, this stratocaster is the ticket!!! Highly recommended!!!

Delivered when they said it would be and perfect shape . Love it !

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.

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 love it

I had been searching for a decent bargain Strat for weeks. After many hours of Youtube reviews, I decided on this Yamaha. Yamaha makes good products, I already have one of the bass guitars, and everyone had stellar comments about them. After unboxing it and checking it over, I wondered if I had been punked. On the surface, it looked fine. however after closer examination:-- There was zero setup on this guitar out of the factory or reseller. You could drive a truck under the action and the intonation was worst than any other guitar I have ever purchased. In the process of correcting the intonation it was noted that 2-3 of the saddles were at their maximum adjustment which might spell trouble in the future.-- I spent some time tuning it, stretching the strings and retuning it. However, the moment you touch the whammy bar, everything goes sharp and stays there. After some research, it is likely because the nut was not cut correctly and the strings are binding instead of sliding when the whammy used. Some people suggest some kind of lube, others say the nut needs to be cut correctly. I'm not spending $90 for a set of nut files to fix this.-- At this point I thought I might keep it anyway and either try to do something with the nut or just add the max number of springs and not use the whammy. When I was noodling around, I noticed that when doing vibrato the movement was rough and it sounded like a fine course file on metal. All of the frets were doing this. I checked 6 of my other guitars and not one came close to making that noise. More research indicates that the frets need to be polished.I hated to put the reseller to the expense of paying for 2-way shipping and ruining his profit, but this thing was unusable and had to go back. I don't know if I just got one that slipped thru the cracks, or if this is the new way of doing things at Yamaha. Oh you say, but it is only a $330 guitar, what did you expect? Well, 2 months ago I purchased a Jackson JS22 Dinky on Amazon for $160 and it was nearly perfect out of the box. Now one of my favorite guitars and I've owned guitars ranging from $160 to $2000.One other note, it was obvious the 5 position pickup selector switch was cheap, but I was willing to accept that for the price.

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.