Yamaha Guitars are Underrated - But they're Missing One Thing
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I'll tell you what else Yamaha guitars are missing: distribution. Five or six years ago, I could find a Pacifica at Guitar Center. These days, they're putting Revstars in the hands of RUclips artists but not in retail stores. I can go put my hands on an Ernie Ball Majesty and a Luke iii on a showroom floor right now, but I can't try a Revstar.
The shops don’t stock them cuz Yamahas are hard to sell and the shop takes a beating on the discounts they have to give in order to move them
@@jonyq I work in music retail and the number one acoustic guitar we sell is the Yamaha F335, so much so we get them delivered in 6 packs. Honestly their QC is some of *the* best in the musical instrument industry.
The Revstars atleast I know have been back ordered like crazy, I think they sold a ton of them almost after announcing, alongside supply issues. I don’t know if it was similar with any Pacifica models.
Apparently Pacificas do horribly in resale value because there's so damn many, even though the 611 and 612s go for 600, GC will buy them off you for around 200, maybe not all GCs, but the one I live near offered my buddy for his.
It took me about 10 months to get the revstar standard I backordered in late April 2022.
I received my Revstar RSS02T Swift Blue today. I love this guitar, the feel, the pick ups, the guitar looks beautiful. My 5 months wait paid off, now my GAS is cured, 1 Revstar, 1 Tele, 1 Strat, 1 Semi hollow, 1 Bass, one 6 string acoustic, and I need to sell my 12 string acoustic.Thats it.
Your playing is such a joy to listen to!!! Thanks for all your videos, jams, lessons, etc...please keep it up! Best regards John!
I work in music retail and genuinely I am amazed at Yamaha’s QC. I’ve always liked Yamaha stuff but seeing what you get out of the box in terms of build quality + materials is just incredible. The FG800 is such a steal that I have two
"I work in music retail and genuinely I am amazed at Yamaha’s QC. I’ve always liked Yamaha stuff but seeing what you get out of the box in terms of build quality + materials is just incredible. The FG800 is such a steal that I have two"
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You can say the same to any other brand other than Fender and Gibson.
Chris Buck uses them and that should be validation enough for anyone on the fence 👍🏼 great vid as always
My first electric guitar was a 1980 Yamaha SA-2000 that I bought used and in excellent condition for $375 in 1983. I loved how this guitar played and sounded, so in 1984, when I found a strat-style Yamaha SSC-500 on sale for under $200 out the door, I went for it, mainly because it felt similar to the SA-2000 and had the single coil sound. I fooled around with different hardware and pickups on it because I wasn't thrilled with the sound at the time, but I really liked the way it played. I later found an early 80's Les Paul style Yamaha (I don't remember the model number) for sale used for ~ $200 and purchased it for the same reason as the SSC-500 -- because it, too, played like the SA-2000. Later, I bought a new mid-80's P-bass-style Yamaha bass for ~ $250 because it played wonderfully, also.
I never exclusively looked to buy specifically Yamaha. They just ended up being really quality instruments for a great price and fit what I was looking for and within the budget I had at the time. Yamaha was producing some really high quality and inexpensive stuff in the late 70's - early 80's.
Sadly, in the early 90's, I had my rehearsal studio broken into and lost all my guitars, along with amps (including a Yamaha G100-112), effects, and sound gear. I especially miss the SA-2000 and am unable to afford a used one as they are going for thousands of dollars these days. I did find another SSC-500, shortly after, and have been playing that one ever since. I've had really good experiences with Yamaha.
Another great video and I agree, the revstars in particular are fantastic value for money guitars and beautifully designed imo.
I also have a Yamaha Revstar Standard RSS02T in Swift Blue, and I must say that I am really impressed or should I say taken back by how brilliant it is ;which is far better than what I expected it to be. And here I am as someone who had previously always associated the make Yamaha with motor bikes!
There is something about these Revstar II! After I saw Matteo playing his Revstar a few years back, I tried to see if the custom shop was making the same model for everyone, but they were not. So I did not expect that they would be releasing this upgraded models until I saw the ads recently. Very decent all around guitar! P90s, steel frets, and obvious Matteo's string spacing for guitar finger picking.... excellent plank! Very sophisticated chambering plus the carbon strips. Reminds me of what Bose does to speaker case chambering. I think this is definitely a keeper. May try the orange one. The gloss on the blue really shows those finger prints, but it is a gorgeous blue. Tom Anderson seems to suggest the days of the strat are over because he finds the Jazz Master style body as less sticking in your gut! LIke to see you play Stern's Pacifica for an assessment.
+1 for the Bireli Lagrene shoutout. I've loved that guy for decades. Back in the 2000's they made the RGX-TT, the Ty Tabor Signature HSS S-type. Not EXACTLY an S-style like you like but they're pretty amazing.
Would also love to see a telecaster style body back in the Pacifica line beyond the single signature model. I've got 25 year old Pacifica 102S and still love it. If I could upgrade to a similar model with higher end components, I would.
My Yamaha SA 1100 turned out to be a sleeper. I bought it used at a good price from a local shop, just to have a semi-hollow style electric in my collection (and because I love Phil Keaggy's work on an SA 2000). The quality of the pickups really struck me in the store. I thought it might have been a lucky combination with the amp I auditioned it with, but in fact they really are great pickups. This guitar has become my main electric guitar. I so love the pickups/circuitry that, even though the pots are now kind of scratchy (even after I disassembled and cleaned them a couple years ago), I'm reluctant to replace the pots, because they're a non-standard resistance, and I don't want the tone to change.
Probably my favorite way to play this guitar is with the switch in the middle (both pickups), the bridge pickup maxed in volume & tone, the neck pickup with the tone rolled quite a bit down, and then using the neck volume knob to control both volume and tone. Small adjustments near the top of the range take me through some really appealing tones, with the bright bridge pickup playing against the rolled-down neck pickup. -Tom
PS: Here's Keaggy talking about his SA 2000, and doing an incredible improvisation on it, featuring his volume knob and eBow work: ruclips.net/video/NIWMrK67_bk/видео.html. Like Phil, I've swapped my neck volume knob with the pickup switch, so I can get pinky access to the volume knob. That's the "missing" thing from Yamaha (and lots of other makers) from my perspective-make sure there's pinky access to the volume knob *always*.
Love my Pacifica 312. Upgraded the pickups and it’s awesome!
just bought a Japanese revstar from Andertons exactly like the one in your video (even the same colour). amazingly comfortable, well-finished guitar and the P90 tone is to die for. electrics must have great shielding as well, because there is very little ground hum from the pickups - a bonus from a P90 equipped guitar.
What a beautiful version of the song in the intro. Wow.
Such lovely playing.
I started playing acoustic a few years ago with a Yamaha FSX800C and added a CSF3M two years ago. You get so much guitar for your money. Back in April, I jumped at the chance to get a RSS02T in Hot Merlot. I can’t say enough good about it. I’d love to see Yamaha move deeper into the electric guitar arena. Revstars are great!
I got a 502t in Bowden green. It's easily the coolest looking guitar in my collection. It came perfect from the factory, plays like butter and sounds incredible. What more can you ask for!?
I dunno... I took my extremely cheap EG-112, stripped it of all hardware, and made it the high quality S-type guitar you're talking about. CS69 and Seymour Duncan pickups, CTS pots, Callaham bridge, Graphtech nut and tuners. What more could you need?
Sure, some people don't like messing around with their guitars. But the way I look at it is that what a Yamaha guitar gives you is a very good bit of wood for an affordable price on top of which you can build exactly the kind of guitar you want.
Wow John I was originally listening to this on my phone and when you started playing the Revstar I thought wow! I had to move to my PC to get a better listen. You have just perfectly nailed Eric Johnson tone! Those P90's on the Revstar are really unique. At least the tone modeling you are using they don't sound real quacky like some P90's. Great video on Yamaha!
I like their 'S' style guitars, they feel so great on my fingers and sound great, I rather the output jack to be on the bottom instead of below the bridge/strings like fender does.
Thank you for this. I have a couple of Yamahas and really like them. The push-pull switch does nothing for me but I like the new 5 way pickup selector compared to the older 3 way...I would like to get the Humbucker version, in standard model next...(Incidentally, I don't need the twinkly background music when you're talking, sorry.)
I have a 720fmb and love it. I had to mod the Bigsby a bit to keep better tune. The neck and SS frets are great and polish up beautifully. Can't be beat for the price IMO.
I believe the new Revstar lineup is their test for entering the electric market in a bigger way.
My first acoustic that I still play after 17 years is a Yamaha. They own the acoustic market imo up until $1200 mark. It’s a brand I’d never count out, but they need to update their branding.
My favorite guitar is the Pacifica 611hfm with hardtail bridge, SD P-90 and Custom 5 pickups. An incredibly good guitar. In contrast to most humbuckers, the Custom 5 also sounds great when split.
Yeah, totally agree. I have one and I took it in for a set up to my guy here in NYC who used to work in the old Pensa Suhr shop. And he was like "This is a fantastic guitar." and he never says anything about the waaay more expensive cork sniffing boutiuque guitars I bring in to him. But that $500 Yamaha? "Fantastic." Go figure.
@@BrianDonnelly68 👍👋
Back in the day they made a 24 fret Pacifica that was their answer to the Ibanez RGs. Awesome guitars.
I quite like the dark tone that Chris Buck (I think that’s his name) gets out of it. I can hear it in that one too. I kinda think it suits your style too. And I also like the different look to it. Kinda grows on ya. Goes good with the blue shirt too…lol
Curious about your thoughts regarding RSP Revstar vs the p90 Tokai. BTW, your review of the 502T was one of the reasons for buying one.
2:43 sounds abit like Eric johnson for a few notes. What are you playing threw HX stomp?, I am going to buy one of these yamaha revstar which colour should I get blue or black?. Went for the black one with stainless frets 🙂... Thanks for the playing...the content and the effort you put into each video, really enjoyed listening to you play.
Thaks for this! John, how do you set the action on your guitars? I don't hear any buzzing at all when you play so am assuming it's a touch higher? Thaks.
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Thanks Jonh for video. How much the guitar effects on sound quality playing by helix?
I'd love to see high end S and T style guitars from Yamaha. I've seen examples from their custom shop that look great and I think they could get their instruments in the hands of more professionals if they expanded the Japanese line.
I really love my Yamaha 611vfm with Seymour Duncan's p90 neck and custom 5 in the bridge. It's tone and finish is superb...I think Bireli Legrene uses the same on some videos I've seen. Would deffo buy a gold revstar 502 ala Chris Buck.
I think they sound amazing, I really wanted a Bowden green revstar with p90’s but I ended up with my SG Junior.
I grew up riding Yamaha dirt bikes now I ride a Yamaha Raider road bike, I’ve had Yamaha pianos I have a few Yamaha guitars and all I gotta say is Yamaha is badass.
My first electric was a yamaha super strat and I've had a yamaha electro acoustic in the past too. Both great guitars I wish I had kept 😥
Hard cases that will fit the Revstar seem a bit tricky to find. Wouldn't mind a review of ones that would fit it.
I played one used first Gen Revstar ?620 Greeneye and I really loved it. I wish I had bought it. I can't find one local to where I live. I can order and see if I like it, but I hate to buy a guitar that I haven't played. I want to play a standard and a professional series Revstar II before I decide. But side by side the same day. I will probably find the closest store and drive to it.
I also want a specific finish that only the professional series has. So I would probably go for that one if I like the way it feels and sounds.
The new Revstar Standard guitars all seem to be sold out in the UK. They don't have locking tuners however. What is the 60 cycle hum like on these P90 models?
Also... How is string changing ease with that unique tailpiece? Cheers
@@marander512 Thanks a lot for the information. Enjoy the tones. Cheers
Can I ask if you have screwed the tailpiece down a bit lower (almost flat?) to improve tone? I did think the tailpiece loose made the sound a bit shallow when I played the guitar, yet on yours the tone sounds like it sustains much longer.
I was thinking to ask if you played an acoustic or classical. Do you also play a 12 string acoustic?
Between Yamaha RSP20 and Gibson SG 61, what would you choose?
Thanks for the channel!
I'd definitely buy a Japanese high end Pacifica. I really like their PAC611, the Hum-bucker P90 combo, so to speak.
But only if it's in stock and readily available. I likely won't back-order from Yamaha again in the near future.
Because more than a year ago I ordered a Revstar RSP20CR, only to change that order a few weeks ago to a Revstar RSP02T.
Yes, I obviously want the new stuff of course and wrongly thought that this new line-up was treated with precedency.
So, I'm wondering, being experienced in the 'unknown wait' with Yamaha; Will they ever become available in mainland europe?
Will I ever get it?
I keep seeing this "long term unavailable' popping up everywhere and I know that there are some worldwide chain supply issues.
But Yamaha really shines in being totally uncommunicative about these ongoing supply issues.
Did you already got it? I‘m also waiting for mine. Ordered in the end of august, but now Thomann says it‘ll arrive on january 10 😓
@@tonysguitarchannel4763 Nothing yet. I'll likely visit my local dealer one of these days to cancel this particular order. I can always spend my money on some other brand ...
I agree with you 👍🏻
Would like to see a demo for jazz standards on this Yamaha.
The demo guy for line 6 and yamaha has a custom pacifica with a great pickguard design that should be that japanase S type for a little over 1k, precisely what you showed
Mike Stern also plays Yamahas, bro. Great channel!
I ordered a Yamaha Revstar RSS02T Sunburst in June, this model keeps backdating, so I called Thomann and asked them to change it for the Swift Blue. Customer service is great! They dispatched it yesterday so I should receive it in a few days time.
OOH!
@@johnnathancordy I sold a lot of belongings in that time in order to justify buying it, including my G and L asat Tele, Amiga 600, records, tapes etc. Sell a lot of items to get one, saves a lot of space too!
Did you screw down the tailpiece flat? I thought it sounded better than when loose. When loose it seems sound is more tinny?
Magic! Can’t disagree with you. They make the best entry level, to mid range, guitars. I just feel, from a serious musicians point of view, that they lack, how do I put it, balls? Just something missing in the overall tone. Nice improv’s btw.
Their pickups leave a lot to be desired. They have been using G&B pickups, which people either love or hate, on all their guitars. I own the first version Revstar p90 model and always thought it sounded lifeless/thin. Replaced the pickups (G&B again, even though they claimed it was Yamaha designed/voiced) with some Wilkinsons and instantly heard improvement. Given that the guitar sold for about 600 bucks you'd expect better pickups.
I've owned other various Yamaha Electric guitars that varied in years made and they all had G&B pickups and i've had to upgrade pickups on all of them.
Pickups are definitely their weak point.
Hey :) what do you think is better for a beginner who wants to spend 300 euros and wants to play pop and 80s? Yamaha Pacifica 112V or Harley Benton Fusion III? Thanks!! 😊
Last winter, I purchased two brand new Yamaha Red Label FGX5's, their top of the line, made in Japan acoustic. Both were terribly messed up. One had deep circular sanding gouges on the top with more gouges around the bridge. The other had weird giant gaps of stain modeled all over the sides with were easy to see from across the room. These are flaws you wouldn't see on any guitar at any price point but I got two in a row. Obviously they went back. I sent two respectfully worded, hand-written letters to Yamaha with no reply. You take your chances.
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OOf - sorry to hear that!!!
Good review. A few thoughts- FGX5 are fantastic guitars, but not Yamaha’s top of line. Second- srry to hear about your bad experiences. My FGX5 is near flawless in tone and arrived with perfect action and intonation.
As far as I know, the P90 pickups are infamous for their noisiness. How about the ones on this Revstar?
I think the biggest issue with Yamaha and you alluded to it in your video, is that a lot of guitar players associate them with lower priced acoustics. It’s a brand where people tend to ignore their higher priced offerings which are incredible. Their 26, 36 and 56 acoustics are up there with Collings, Martin, Taylor etc but they don’t get enough credit. I think there’s even a slight negative bias with the Revstar line. Wonderful guitars but because Yamaha doesn’t have that “wow” factor of traditional brands, they kind of get knocked down a peg.
Glossy neck finishes too, not too popular nowadays. Otherwise a good shoutout for the more premium Pacificas, and they should really bring back those US made Pacificas with Floyd Roses from back in the early 90s!
Matteo has been using a S style Yamaha lately... wonder if it's a custom mij that could possibly become a thing?
I have a 1820 SG and just ordered a Japanese revstar crisp gold. Just wating for a high end superstrat from yamaha to buy it. It's like you said it, it's a huge missoportunity.
I used to have a 1982 SG1000, and it was by far the finest guitar I’ve ever owned, or even played. I also played a friend’s affordable model Yamaha acoustic back in the late 90s, and it was by far the best playing and feeling acoustic I’ve ever picked up. I don’t know where they’re at with their newer guitars, but I know that a number of years ago, they were not lacking in the least.
Was that SG a heavy boy?
@@johnnathancordy Oh, heck yeah. I don’t really mind heavy guitars though. I’ll just sit down if I have to, haha. I have a fretless bass made out of purpleheart that weighs in at over 13 pounds. The strap I use with it looks like a weightlifter’s belt, 😅
This feels like mister Rodgers neighborhood with that music in the back and him talking. I like this guitar children. Lol
Had a SA2200 sounded great but had a warped neck which would have been very expensive to fix…
Bravo magic guitarist
Would love to see the old USA 1 & 2 Pacificas make a comeback.
A Paul Hindmarsh signature type guitar would be cool -- a Pacifica with Revstar aesthetics.
I second you.
Yamaha is who I'd point to a new player to for someone who wants something that is good quality but not a huge price. "Bang for your buck" so to speak. I just don't know that I'd ever invest in one and I guess that's a consequence of marketing in my head.
That being said, I'd love to see you do a review of the THR modelers (if you haven't already done so). Would be really cool to hear your perspective on them given your experience with some of the other units you can use to play at home when you can't crank a tube amp
Edit: I just did a search and see that you've reviewed the THR10...because of course you have hah.
mmm back in the late 70/80s there were many yamaha strat/les paul copys,the yamaha studio lord etc and then theres the legendary yamaha sg,a real les paul killer,they also make some of the best flamenco guitars in japan,outside of spain.then theres the pacifica,problem with pacifica is many think its a budget guitar,where as you know the high end pacificas made in japan are top notch,since yamaha and a few other japanese brands opened factories,or outsourced cheaper models from china/indonesia/korea they have lost a bit of kudos,but older japan made yamaha sg etc go for big money
I've just boxed up the pacifica 611 to return to sweetwater
The fender squire thinline telecaster with P90s blows away the pacifica as far as sound and playability
I'm waiting for an open box revstar to try out....
But the pacifica is midrange
Decent..at best
I didn't expect the squire to be that much better
But it is.......
I'm inclined to disagree with this thesis. The guitar market is bloated with strat-a-likes at every price point. Why I like the Revstars is that they aren't a copy, or homage, they are a Revstar & that's why they're cool. Now to do a more Fender like guitar electronically, cool. But I feel it should be a different shape (even if it's just Strat pickups on a Revstar body) Like those Yvette Young Talmans super cool Strat & Tele alternatives. That'd be my preference for direction.
Like if Chris Buck wanted to do a Yamaha that blends his love of his Revstar & his Strat & do something unique, dunno a Chris Buck Yamaha "Silver Sky"? Personally that's got appeal.
Great video! I disagree about a high end pacifica. I just don't like knock offs and a pacifica is just a knock off. In my own small way i like to give my support to manufacturers who create original designs. That's why I love the revstar and looking to get the standard with p90s. i would never buy a pacifica.
Fair enough!
Yamaha's are a bit quirky, for some that's thier appeal I think? Like Gretsch guitars perhaps. (they've made some quite mad technically advanced guitars in the past; the Rgx A2 for example) and still make the silent acoustic guitars
They used to make good cheap beginner guitars Rgx and Rgz (had the former wanted the latter) but got a YSG, which is an ugly PRS copy, really well made though.
I've never like Pacificas, are the expensive ones Indonesian?
A really well made 'attractive' 'S' type might be a thing, a signature model for you perhaps?
I just picked up a used 2022 Revstar standard with p90’s in blue after watching the previous video. I grabbed it for a quick play and suddenly it was hours later.
It rates very well against my other guitars which cost 4 to 5 times as much and it stands as a leader in that price range IMHO.
I think the revstar is one of the freshest designs in years and does its own thing very well. Great vid John and thanks for turning me on to this axe.
When you said 2 of the best guitar players in the world play yamaha guitars I thought you were going to name Kurt Rosenwinkel. He plays a Yamaha SG200 which is a revstar style guitars ;)
One of my fav Police songs...
Isn't the pacifica an S type?
Yes - and they only make those in indonesia - no high end model of it?
@@johnnathancordy I did realise I missed your point when I got to the end of the video. 😳😁 Sorry.
Yamaha are missing QUALITY CONTROL. A new Revstar Standard (Mark 2) arrived at my place yesterday but I've sent it straight back to Andertons: G-string and a top E that both sounded like banjo strings - obviously something seriously wrong with the way the nut had been cut. Poor quality control from Yamaha and just as bad from Andertons - they either a) didn't bother to check the strings by playing a couple of chords before sending out the guitar, or, b) they just sold it online without even opening the box. Both are unacceptable, so now I'm sending it back and buying the same guitar from another online company in the UK Here's hoping it's not another Yamaha dud. PS: I can report that the sound of four of the six strings on the Revstar was awesome!
John, love your channel and have bought some of your patches. But please turn down or more preferably, off, the background music heard in the 3:30 mark. Good grief. It's like trying to have an adult conversation in my kid's nursery. I hear something annoying me but just keep ignoring it.
I love the sound of these but I'm not a big fan of the look
What Yamaha really lacks is stage presence, meaning, they have no high-profile players using their guitars. I'm talking much bigger than the Chris Buck's of the world. There are great players using their guitars but what you see on stage and screen is Fender, Gibson, PRS, Ibanez, and then a hodge podge of other brands. Yamaha is one of the least visible brands on stage and screen. It's really a shame because they make quality instruments.
I do agree, however, that they also need to tap the "high end" market with a version of the Pacifica or something else to inspire interest like they did with Revstar.
Yeh like a massive pop artist? Can't think of anyone like that on the roster - which isn't the case for their pianos - there's like HUGE artists on that roster?
Big Name? In 70s and 80s, Carlos Santana used to play Yamaha SG2000 until he switches to PRS. When I grew up in Japan, almost all of “guitar” friends in my high school had Yamaha SG. When we say “SG”, it meant Yamaha, not Gibson … hahaha..
How about Kyoji Yamamoto? Vow Wow? I think they earned “some” fame in UK in 80s. Neil Murray(ex-whitesnake) was in the band. Issei Noro , Japanese fusion band “Casiopea” ? They had a few fame in UK, too. I played guitar and drum in my school years, but I played in the 1st band in high school as a drummer. I was 16. (because most of the guys wanted to play guitar). 1st song we ever played was “Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)”- Carlos Santana.
We hated Japanese songs at that time, but nobody dared to sing English song… ;) and nobody understood us when we played that song at the annual school autumn festival. Good memory ;)
@@bongo2565 I understand; however, other than Santana, I've never heard of any of those artists. I like Yamaha gear generally speaking, but if you're going to capture the attention of guitarists you want to buy your guitars it's much more enticing to have your product seen in the hands of the biggest artists. During the 70's here in the U.S. Gibson and Fender dominated the market.
@@johnnathancordy I'm not sure about the differences in the mindset of pianists to guitarists, however, the 60's, 70's and 80's very much established Gibson and Fender as the dominant brand played by influential artists. That's not to say no one played Yamaha guitars, but they were rare to see on stage with biggest most influential artists of the time. Once the precedent is set, and younger players strive to attain the guitars of their heroes, the mold has been cast. Just my opinion for whatever it's worth...🙂
@@superlead1002 Thanks much for the response! I guess I might have been a bit sarcastic in my previous comment, and yes, I totally agreed with you. They do not promote like Ibanez does. To be honest with you, I am actually bit surprised that Yamaha continues to make guitars with some unique and somewhat innovative features. As a Japanese user and my guitar buddies in Japan used to say (more than decades ago… I am 57 now by the way), Yamaha went on the downhill and almost gone in the market after the SG era, but I guess we were wrong.. ;) I recall that I read an article saying that Ibanez constantly visited many pro musicians internationally and built close relationships, and got their feedback and incorporated them to their guitars. Like, JEM model for Steve Vai. I wonder if Yamaha has done the same…
By the way, I see you play Tokai Les Paul. :) I met the president of Tokai at 2018 NAMM in CA. He treated us and my family politely at the show. Looking at your t-shirt, we may be the neighbors as I now reside in East Coast, USA.. ;). Thanks again!
A guitar does not deserve to end up in a shipping container!
Are they missing a Floyd Rose?
EXCELLENT video, but the background music is so annoying.
talking about great guitar players who play yamaha guitars you forgot Kurt Rosenwinkel...
I have got a yamaha pacifica MS 1511 Mike Stern, it´s a great guitar!!
OOh - of course kurt! And Mike obviously
the music while you're talking is very annoying and distracting. Totally unnecessary.