Members GibsonVMan Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 Scored a Yamaha RGX320FZ. Awesome guitar for $190!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 No Yamaha guitar at the moment, though I've owned three. My current #2 amp is an 80s G100-112. In high school jazz band, my school had four or five of these in 2x12 form along with a couple JC120s. I always preferred how the Yamahas sounded. Not necessarily more 'tube-like' but it just felt more responsive and sounded more alive. Anyway, flash forward about 18 or 19 years... I got one of these a couple years ago for pocket change, basically. My main rig is a Dr Z Carmen Ghia 2x10 with a reverb pedal and three dirt pedals including a Wampler Ecstasy Drive which is somewhat in the Dumble family. I leave it on basically all the time for cleans and low gain tones. I swear than the Yamaha is about 80% as good for about 1/20th the price. The amps have a very lively clean tone. I'm a Fender and Vox guy at heart and usually don't play with much gain. I'm pretty happy with the clean channel on the Yamaha and the clean tone of the OD channel with the gain turned down. The gain channel is also in the Dumble ballpark, much like the II series Fenders of the late 70s and early 80s. Basically trying to get into the area of early Boogie lead tones of relatively little dirt, but long, singing sustain. Very cool. I hadn't played it in a while as the Q control on the parametric was scratchy and because of where it lies in the circuit, it was unbelievably loud when adjusted. I took it apart a couple weeks ago, sprayed all the pots and all the connectors with contact cleaner. Fixed the issue and made the reverb sound quite a bit bigger. Great amps... definitely under appreciated and, likely, under-known. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 So..I just snagged a Yamaha Chorus pedal. How many pedals did they make? I had no clue that they were even made?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Radar-Love Posted December 23, 2011 Members Share Posted December 23, 2011 Originally Posted by GibsonVMan Scored a Yamaha RGX320FZ. Awesome guitar for $190!! I test drove several RGX520FZ and RGX320FZ guitars that were on a weekend blow-out sale at Guitar Center about three ago. Out of the whole batch, I ended up buying a gunmetal grey RGX320FZ for $199 over any of the more expensive RGX520FZ guitars. Simply an excellent playing guitar. I'm sure it's a cousin of some other very similar MIK Schecter and Ibanez models that have the same shape, but different hardware and finishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Originally Posted by GibsonVMan So..I just snagged a Yamaha Chorus pedal. How many pedals did they make? I had no clue that they were even made?? Does it look like this: If so, then good on you! That whole series was co-designed with KORG and built like tanks. I have had the flanger and EQ and both were excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Originally Posted by Yarbicus Does it look like this: If so, then good on you! That whole series was co-designed with KORG and built like tanks. I have had the flanger and EQ and both were excellent. Nope, it's one of the newer ones I guess. Made in Japan. It will be here in a few days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 If you still have the eq pedal, I will buy it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdMan57 Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Originally Posted by Yarbicus If so, then good on you! That whole series was co-designed with KORG and built like tanks. I have had the flanger and EQ and both were excellent. I saw a digital delay from that same series for $125 BIN on Ebay a couple of weeks ago.I almost pulled the trigger on that one. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Originally Posted by Radar-Love I test drove several RGX520FZ and RGX320FZ guitars that were on a weekend blow-out sale at Guitar Center about three ago. Out of the whole batch, I ended up buying a gunmetal grey RGX320FZ for $199 over any of the more expensive RGX520FZ guitars. Simply an excellent playing guitar. I'm sure it's a cousin of some other very similar MIK Schecter and Ibanez models that have the same shape, but different hardware and finishes. I don't blame you. These are amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OU8124ME Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Yamaha RGZ 211M, Yellow, Black Hardware Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Originally Posted by GibsonVMan If you still have the eq pedal, I will buy it!! Sorry but I sold it recently. If you need a solid and quiet eq pedal, I highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Originally Posted by Yarbicus Sorry but I sold it recently. If you need a solid and quiet eq pedal, I highly recommend it. I had a Boss and hated it!!! I will be on the lookout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 Originally Posted by GibsonVMan I had a Boss and hated it!!! I will be on the lookout! It is like the Boss minus the tone suck. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted December 24, 2011 Members Share Posted December 24, 2011 My old GE-7 Boss had this hiss in it that really sucked.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted December 27, 2011 Members Share Posted December 27, 2011 OK, my RGX620 finally arrived! Won this on eBay for an insane $160. Took the seller a week to ship and the holidays messed up delivery but she is finally here. I will never be without a Yamaha electric again!! The trem arm is missing so I might go ahead an upgrade to a Wilkinson. I think that the transparent red pickup rings are a nice touch: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Damn..that is nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Originally Posted by Yarbicus OK, my RGX620 finally arrived! Won this on eBay for an insane $160. Took the seller a week to ship and the holidays messed up delivery but she is finally here. I will never be without a Yamaha electric again!! The trem arm is missing so I might go ahead an upgrade to a Wilkinson. I think that the transparent red pickup rings are a nice touch: What's that on the end the end of the fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Milky Boy Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Originally Posted by PrawnHeed What's that on the end the end of the fretboard? The truss rod cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Are people still rocking out with their blow out TVLs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members PrawnHeed Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Originally Posted by Milky Boy The truss rod cover? Sounds about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Originally Posted by PrawnHeed Sounds about right Yup, truss rod cover. Anybody know of a replacement trem arm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 28, 2011 Members Share Posted December 28, 2011 Originally Posted by GAS KING Are people still rocking out with their blow out TVLs? I didn't get one, but Doc Morbius did and it was a fine guitar at any sub $2,000 price point, let alone the blowout price. I probably should have bought his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by PrawnHeed What's that on the end the end of the fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 Originally Posted by cratz2 I didn't get one, but Doc Morbius did and it was a fine guitar at any sub $2,000 price point, let alone the blowout price. I probably should have bought his. I still have mine. Does he still have his? It really is a great guitar.......for the price, I think you'd be hard pressed to find a better guitar. This is one of the few times I'm glad I jumped on a blowout deal.....they all haven't been as great. I haven't changed the strings either. They're D'Addario.....but I've never had another set last that long...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted December 29, 2011 Members Share Posted December 29, 2011 No, he either flipped it for a profit or sent it back. I can't remember. I think he just didn't like the 335 type body.I'm not super picky, but I've played a lot of nice guitars in my day... I'd say his was pretty much flawless. Sure it would benefit from higher end pickups, but man... very solid guitar. Unbelievable for the blowout price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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