Anyone using a Yamaha Revstar?

spark240

How is it?.....say compared to the original SG series?

Phil_aka_Pip

As an SG2000 user I'd say the SG2k is superior. I kind of liked the Revstar 620 when I tried it at the Guitar Show but it wasn't the kind of instrument that made me think I ought to ditch the SG2k for it. If I couldn't afford or find an SG2k I might go for the Revstar, but as I've got one (and a LP, and an SG) I don't think I need a Revstar as well. However in the absence of any of those I think a Revstar would be near the top of my list.

Funkfingers

Not tried a Revstar but, based on the construction details alone, no Revstar model can be a direct substitute for the SG1000/2000 and nor should it be expected to be. Buy one of each.

Lebarque

Love the look of them. Picked one up - almost dropped it, it was so heavy.

Phil_aka_Pip

To defend the Revstar, they do feel good to play and you can get some nice sounds out of them. I'd quite like to be in a position to buy one of each, as per @Funkfingers

Bigsby

Don't forget you can still get hold of the SG - the SG1820/1802, even if they are pricey, they're like Custom Shop quality. Some of the Revstars are MiJ, and as such they may be very well finished, and rival SG quality. I've certainly heard good things about them.

But, even though I love Yamaha (I've owned two SG, and have one currently), I'd probably buy a Reverend Sensei over the Revstar. Especially one with Railhammer pickups; to me the Sensei has a bit more character. 

spark240

Cool ...I like the Bigsby look as well...I have SG1500 & 3000 now, but for the £££ the Revs look good 

oneinoneout

I’m on the look out for the P90 version. Great guitar, I spent ages playing one in Yamaha last year. I tried the humbucker models and although the neck/feel was still great the pickups didn’t work for me. 

Second hand values are pretty soft so it’s a low risk purchase to get one without playing it first. 

Funkfingers

I have considered buying the bottom-of-the-range Revstar model to house my Oil City Winterizer II pickups. I do not doubt the build quality on this series. I suspect that my ego demands something American or, possibly, British.

ICBM

I've only played one - the two-humbucker RS320 model - and it was, quite frankly, crap. Too heavy, lumpy feeling, dull sounding and with no character, and this particular one needed a fairly major fret dress to even make it playable since it had an s-bend in the neck that the truss rod couldn't sort. Not even close to as good as a SG series, old or new. Other models and examples may vary...

monquixote

I've played a mij one and I thought it was great.

I used to own an sg1000 and there wasn't much in it.

Whitecat

The MIJ model looks sweet. Only seen that style of metallic finish on Nik Huber models prior. Very cool. 

Price has gone up a lot since release mind you. And I’d like a Bigsby option on that one. But still a lotta guitar for the money...

polotska

The SG1000 is my favorite solidbody, and I briefly owned a Revstar RSP20CR (the MIJ model). Quality was superb, and it was a fine-sounding, great-playing guitar—more midrangy and raw-sounding compared to the fuller, richer SG1000. I ended up selling the Revstar as I preferred the SG1000’s sound and I strongly prefer a 2-volume/2-tone control setup to master volume/master tone. I also wasn’t enamored of the Revstar's looks.

All that said, if you’re looking for a lighter alternative to an SG1000/SG2000/Les Paul and don’t mind a master volume/master tone, the RSP20CR is a fine guitar. I bought mine (used, but barely) here in the States for just under US$1000 and sold it for the same, and I think that’s a bargain for the quality and sound.

57Deluxe

My '86 SG2000s weighs nearly 10lbs - anyone know how much Revstars weigh?

polotska

57Deluxe said:

My '86 SG2000s weighs nearly 10lbs - anyone know how much Revstars weigh?

I didn’t weigh mine, but it was noticeably lighter than an SG2000—I’d guess on the order of 8 pounds.

EricTheWeary

ICBM said:

I've only played one - the two-humbucker RS320 model - and it was, quite frankly, crap. Too heavy, lumpy feeling, dull sounding and with no character, and this particular one needed a fairly major fret dress to even make it playable since it had an s-bend in the neck that the truss rod couldn't sort. Not even close to as good as a SG series, old or new. Other models and examples may vary...

I’ve had five minutes on a couple and my whelm was under. Seemed very budget to me. I really like the look ( even if they did nick it from Reverend) so it was a bit dissapointing. I’m sure if I was given one I’d learn to love it but initial impressions were poor. 

57Deluxe

they look rather Les Paul Junior territory to me...