My first guitar

Advantages: balanced structure, quality sound for the price paid
Disadvantages: heavier than other guitars aimed at beginners

...Two Christmases ago, I ripped open a present to find a Yamaha Pacifica staring me in the face. I had wanted a guitar for sometime and this was to be my first. At the time the only guitars I knew of were the Les Pauls, Stratocasters and any guitar made by Fender, so I was a bit disppointed to be greeted with a Yamaha make. On first looks it has nothing special and looks extremely basic and gives an almost "text book" design feel,maybe even childish. However, knowing nothing of guitars i accepted my fate. Since then I have come to learn that this guitar was probably the best invitation for starting to learn guitar. And it didnt matter what the guitar looked liked, it was what the guitar sounded like. The Yahama Pacifica is an amazing guitar if you are looking for a guitar with a great sound at an affordable price. Firstly this...

ro7sh7an 27.06.2005 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

Roaring off on my Yamaha

Advantages: The Yamaha brand name
Disadvantages: Low on looks, high on practicality

...Yamaha are well known for motorbikes and keyboards, but over the last 20 years they have built up a fantastic reputation for building guitars of the very highest quality, and at prices usually well below the more illustrious names in the business such as Gibson, Fender and PRS. They also have the advantage that they are readily available from most music shops, so you don't have to go searching for them. I bought my Yamaha Pacifica 112 a couple of years ago from eBay, and paid the princely sum of £40 for it. Initially I bought it because I wanted a guitar I could put in the back of the car and use for practice whilst staying in hotels. What surprised me most of all was the staggeringly good build quality for such an inexpensive guitar (the RRP is still below £200). These things really are built to last, and play far better than almost...

matsu65 26.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

I'll Try And Be (S)Pacifica....

Advantages: An inexpensive, versatile guitar, apt for players of all levels
Disadvantages: Minor critisms, mentioned in the review.

...When I first showed an interest in learning to play guitar about nine years ago my parents were keen to get me my own guitar to learn on, (primarily so I'd stop pinching my dad's), without spending an absolute fortune for it. My guitar-playing brother was given instructions to find me a reasonable quality guitar that didn't cost a bomb. The Yamaha Pacifica 112 is the guitar I was given. The Pacifica is a double-cut away electric, similar in style to the classic Stratocaster. It is solid-bodied and comes with three pick-ups, a five-way selector, volume and tone controls and a floating bridge, (Don't worry non-guitarists, I'll go into these in more detail later in the review). The Pacifica is a common enough guitar that could be found in any major music shop, (Dawson's is a good example), but most smaller shops are also likely to have...

BlueMidget 17.10.2006 (05.11.2006) · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

Fantastic value for money

Advantages: Ideal for all levels of playing
Disadvantages: Bridge could maybe have been better

...I'v owned this guitar for a very long time now, and its been bumped, knocked over, used at gigs, taken to umpteen band practices and left lying around. And it still sounds great!!! This is an awesome guitar. Its ideal for beginners and intermedieate players, and there are a few professionals who own it as well. for the money, there is no alternative. Granted, there are a few shortfalls but you really cant expect more for a guitar in its price range. Yes, there are a lot of better guitars, but not for less than £200. Lets have a look at it then... LOOKS Not the best, but it does look good with the transparent paintwork. Mine is transparent green, with a white scratchplate which does yellow slightly with time and use. The paint is tough and durable and resists dents and scratches well. It still shines up nicely and I...

Sturt 23.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

GREAT

Advantages: cheap, amazing build quality
Disadvantages: errrrr im not the best player!

...ups (neck and center) and one bridge humbucher (gahhh spelling). They are of good quality, and produce a pretty rich sound, but I recemend getting an effects peddle for the maximum effect :). The construction of the guitar is, as I've said, fantastic, the body is flawless, smooth edges, no unkept corners. It's your classic S type design, double cut away and the strat shape.. The parts are off good quality, but the tremelow arm is a bit...average, but it does it's job. The best bit though is the neck, and the fretts. It's super fast and smooth, if you used too a cheaper/ lower quality instrument, this will blow your pants off(...). The neck gets my thumbs up. The finish on the instrument is fantastic, it's just right, and looks more expensive then it really is, non of your blotchy crap here. The guitar is quite light to carry, and it...

code_kev 18.12.2001 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

Pacifica 112L

Advantages: Great sound, relatively cheap, nice design, great starter guitar, also comes in left handed model
Disadvantages: Wont immediately turn you into Hendrix :)

...The Yamaha Pacifica 112 is a great guitar. I brought it as my first electric a year and a half ago and I havn't put it down yet! I love it. First off and straight out of the box this guitar has a great sound and tone. I havn't had to make any adjustments to it yet and the pickups are performing well...(but maybe getting a little tired now :) There are very few entry level guitars that feel good and look good in your hands. At first I was turned away from the Strat look of this guitar as my first impression was that it was a cheap copy of the expensive fender strats. However that soon changed when I picked it up and played it for the first time. I realised that it wasnt a cheap replica but actually a great sounding and playing guitar, ideal for people just starting or wanting a guitar to practice on and just generally throw about...

leebo87 01.09.2006 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

Rawk!

Advantages: Price, Quality, Sound, Performance, Shape, Beauty.
Disadvantages: Not found one yet.

...If you have never had an electric guitar and are looking for your first one. I cannot recommend this guitar highly enough. There are two Yamaha 112's you can get. The standard one which you can pick up for £120 which is absolutely incredible value. Or the alder body one (which I have) which also has improved pick ups. Firstly let?s start on the looks of this guitar. Every time I look at it I stare at it slack jawed by its beauty! I have the lake blue one (code PAC112J-BLUE). The guitar has ah alder body, a stunning maple neck and a rosewood finger board with the standard 22 frets. It's absolutely stunning from the beautiful neck at the top to the gorgeous swooping lines of the actual body. The Pacifica has three pick ups. 2 single coil ones and one hum bucker. +It also has tone and volume setting and also a switch which...

ashlemacq 03.06.2004 (04.06.2004) · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

Pacifica is a steal

Advantages: Excellent value for money, good quality, great sound
Disadvantages: Tremolo not perfect

...Having began learning the guitar on an acoustic Yamaha F 310 (see my other review of this fantastic starter guitar) I bought The Pacifica 112 as my first electric. Electric guitars in general offer a range of benefits over acoustic guitars, notably a wider range of sounds and playing styles, which I will not go into, except to recommend purchasing an electric as your first guitar due to its relative ease of play. This is brought about by the fact that the strings are under less tension, meaning that you don't have to apply as much pressure on the strings with your fretting hand, which reduces the wear on your finger tips and the onset of finger fatigue. So now that, hopefully, you've decided to purchase an electric guitar, which one should you choose? I remember being swamped with different choices on which guitar to buy, and it...

Newcastlebloke 26.08.2005 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC112 Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

Greatest electric guitar for the price!

Advantages: Price, hardware, design etc etc......!
Disadvantages: Not enough colours!

.... They come in a two singles and double-single combination. On top of this there is a 5-way position switch which all combines to give a huge variety in the sounds which you can produce on this guitar. One extreme is ideal for heavy overdriven styles whereas at the other end of the spectrum there is a much more mellow sound suitable for both blues and pop. This model is extremely versatile and is suitable for so many situations. The guitar comes in 3 delightful colours: Cherry Sunburst, Black and Translucent Blue. I guess the only downside is that there aren?t more colours!...

djhappizzez 16.07.2004 · Read review
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Review of Yamaha Pacifica PAC604W Double Cutaway Electric Guitar

Unbeatable Value for money

Advantages: The best guitar available for it's price
Disadvantages: Doesn't compete with the top end guitars

...I bought one of these guitars when I started playing about 6 years ago and it served me very well for about 4 years. It sounds great and plays well and at under £200 I think you would be hard pushed to find a better guitar. I've played loads of other guitars in my time and in my opinion it feels much better to play than even classic makes like Fender. The Yamaha Pacifica is suited to pretty much all styles of guitar- blues, rock, funk, clean acoustic sounds, you name it. The guitar is narrow necked with very low action which makes it very comfortable and easy to play. It is also reliable and durable and will take a fair amount of abuse. It is a great guitar for entry level to intermediate guitarists and I would recommend it to anyone at these levels looking to buy a guitar. After about 4 years of playing and having lessons...

BrendanH 27.03.2005 · Read review
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