Members gergbee Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Hi all, I was in my local guitar store looking for practice tube amps but they had nothing new. I saw they moved all their old Yamaha electrics to the front of the store. Looks like they are trying to clear them out to make some room. These are new guitars that are old stock. They've got a Pacifica 612 for around $500. It's really nice looking and the original price was listed at around $1000 or so., they had a 412 for $429, and a weird looking plasticy guitar that was light as a feather.... I forget the model name. They also had one on consignment that intrigued me. It was a SGV 800... looked like a surfy kind of guitar. I don't remember the cost of that one but I think it was under $300. Anyone have any experience with any of these and are the NOS prices in the ballpark or ? Thanks, Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Yamaha build exceptional guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Was it white or black? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Alecto Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Which one are you eyeing? Yamaha's a great bang-for-buck company. Their higher end electrics don't get nearly enough respect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cobalt Blue Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 The weird, plastic-y one was probably an RGX-A2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 The weird, plastic-y one was probably an RGX-A2 That's the one I was thinking of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Those were quite intriguing. Local dealer(tits up) had them for 150 bucks out the door..Blow out special. I almost picked one up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cobalt Blue Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 There were two versions of the RGX-A2 (in addition to there being both a black model and a white model). For a short while, there was a version that had a USB connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted February 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Was it white or black? Which one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted February 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Which one are you eyeing? Yamaha's a great bang-for-buck company. Their higher end electrics don't get nearly enough respect. I'm actually thinking about the SGV 800 more and more. It was a kind of a sparkly dark blue. I gotta go back and play it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted February 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 There were two versions of the RGX-A2 (in addition to there being both a black model and a white model). For a short while, there was a version that had a USB connection. Yeah, I checked and that is what it is. It is white. I don't remember seeing a USB connection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted February 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Anybody have any insight into the pricing of these things? I'm wondering what these (of any of these models) are worth on the used market. I don't see them for sale very often so I'm not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edremy Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Pricing seems high compared to used versions, but I have no idea of the markup for an unplayed instrument. I picked up my 921 for $200 off of CL, although it needed a bit of work and I've seen 600 level instruments go for anything from 200-400 on eBay. Guitarcenter has various used Yamahas in the 400 and 500 level for around $200 right now- they aren't common but they usually have a couple in that range whenever I check. They have an RGXA2 for $190. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leftyaxeman Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 If you can find an AES model, I'd grab it. I love this lefty AES620 model i found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Hi all, I was in my local guitar store looking for practice tube amps but they had nothing new. I saw they moved all their old Yamaha electrics to the front of the store. Looks like they are trying to clear them out to make some room. These are new guitars that are old stock. They've got a Pacifica 612 for around $500. It's really nice looking and the original price was listed at around $1000 or so., they had a 412 for $429, and a weird looking plasticy guitar that was light as a feather.... I forget the model name. They also had one on consignment that intrigued me. It was a SGV 800... looked like a surfy kind of guitar. I don't remember the cost of that one but I think it was under $300. Anyone have any experience with any of these and are the NOS prices in the ballpark or ? Thanks, Greg Those are super cool!They also have a $9,000 model of it: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted February 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Yup, that's the beast. I went and checked it out a bit more closely today. It played pretty well: the tremolo is really smooth, pickups sounded nice, etc. The finish is odd though...it was like there were ripples in the finish somehow. Something was off...I got a poor phone pic of it.They want $250 for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted February 13, 2012 Members Share Posted February 13, 2012 They also had a 300 model from that series...think thats what it was...generally, and I`d have to check my catalogues to be sure...but the 300 would mean it retailed for 30,000 and was lower end...the 800 series would have sold for 80,000 and was higher end...I think $250.00 for one would be a steal, especially for a new one.The $9000.00 version is the Terry Blue Jean...or something ... was made famous by a Japanese guy who played one decades ago, that one seen here is the reissue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gergbee Posted February 14, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2012 Zenbu, thanks for the info re: the SGV 800. It's not new, it's on consignment. There is some odd finish issues on the guitar...maybe temperature changes caused some lines to appear in the finish? I'm not sure how to describe it. I am trying to figure out the serial number. Is the first figure a Q or an O or a 0 (zero)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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