Knight Templar

On 10/28/2020 at 10:10 PM, daddymack said:

HNGD!! Many years ago, when I was still teaching guitar, I used to steer my students to Pacificas if they wanted a Stratocaster...at half the price [or less] with all the functionality. Recently heard from one of my former students, and he still has his...30+ years later.

Thanks! Yeah I know how it feels when you have a Yamaha Pacifica, or their older RGX......apart from the functionality, it's the great feel on the neck. These a keepers!!!!

On 10/30/2020 at 5:55 PM, Brindleleaf said:

I just realized that 'strings floating around' sounds really bad...but it's not...makes me play LIGHTLY...which is interesting.

Hi I saw your NGD of your Pac412. That looks stunning! You definitely should have it fixed. 

On 11/1/2020 at 10:53 PM, Aceman893 said:

Awesome.  Man - one of my very few guitar regrets is getting rid of a Pacifica 721.  HSS config, Spertzel locking tuners, Wilkinson VS100.  Best neck I ever played.  I dropped a PAF Pro in the bridge.  

Congrats man!

I feel ya. I used to have a RGXTT, a Ty Tabor model with the Duncan HSS setup and the combination of Spertzel & Wilkinson VS100. Sold it in 2011 and still regrets. 

I have found myself a real sleeper 10 days ago. Yamaha Pacifica 821DX from 2000.

Back in 2015 I visited a store near I used to work before and saw this beauty, but could not afford to have one more guitar. 5 years later I passed that store and found out she still sits in the shelf, with the decal on the headstock half peeled off. The music store looks like about to bankrupt and decided to rescue the Yammy.

After playing her for a week, My conclusion is that this is a very fine instrument. Not your typical shreddy superstrat, due to the DiMarzio Air Classics and Blue Velvet. The low output of the humbuckers allows greater clarity and dynamics, adding warmth and some snarl in the process. By snarl I mean the kind that you find in vintage Pauls, just like my Yamaha Studio Lord.

Then you have the single coil to add plenty of Fender flavors.
That means this guitar can cope from SRV blues to Satch/Vai shred to Govan/Holdsworth fusion easily.
Usually you would not find a SuperStrat that handles all these without spending big bucks.
I consider this Pacifica and many of Yamaha's older RGX from the 90's as Suhrs for working man.
The difference is that those RGX have hotter humbuckers, with more compressed tones.

No more talk, here she is.