Yamaha Pacifica 012

For a guitar of such moderate price, the Yahama Pacifica is a must for the more casual player. Whilst it is absolutely ideal for playing at home with a decent amp, it is actually pretty cool for gigs too. The pick-up switch, akin to your conventional Fender Stratocasters, provides some pretty cool sounds and can compliment a decent amp really nicely. It has the standard humbucker pick-up for the more growly sounds, but is fairly versatile and some more 'Telecaster-y' sounds can be generated with a pick-up change. One of the nicest things about this guitar (if this is what you prefer), is that it's as light as a feather. I thought i must have ...  Read the complete review

I think this may have been my first non-budget guitar. Bought over 8 years ago I still have mine today and it still plays as well as it ever did. Out of the box the action is nice and the mixture of two single coil pickups and one humbucker gives good variance on the tonal front to make this guitar quite versitile. Recently I have changed the pickups as the humbucker has died but given the initial cost and age of the guitar this isnt too big a deal for me. Body is well balanced although the tuners could do with replacing as they arent the most reliable things in the world! Guitar has a good sound for the price with reasonable clean sounds and using the stock humbucker a ...  Read the complete review

This may not be the best looking guitar in the world, with its' standard, double cut away (a la Fender) design, but it certainly does the job. I have had by pacifica for ten years now, and I've never had a problem with it. The whole thing is very comfortable to play and versatile enough to play a range of music on it, from the blues of BB King to the rock of Joe Satriani. When plugged into an amplifier it can certainly hold its' own against the more expensive guitars, pumping out a great sound that's versatile and rich. I personally have been able to play a range of music on it, from the blues of Gary Moore to the electronic sound of Joe Satriani, ...  Read the complete review

I would firstly like to say that I did not buy this guitar, but instead my school gave it me as we recieve free music lessons. I have however had it for two years and I think it's great. I have this guitar in black and as far as I know you can also get it in metallic red and electric blue (which is my personal favourite). I love the fact that it has two single bridge pickups and one double set, I find it much better looking than the 3 single ones on most guitars that look similar to this. If you don't get the miniture Yamaha amplifier with this guitar, I highly recommend that you go out and buy it. Although it is very, very small it still ...  Read the complete review