I'm shocked....shocked I say!

horsehead

Just been to try out one of the revstar rs502t (P90) and, well....Bugger me....it's lovely!

The necks is a nice D not too fat, pickups are good and twang, but I was shocked how good the sustain was and the dry switch worked.

I feel a new purchase coming on!

Elwood

They do look really cool. 

stimpsonslostson

I’ve yet to play a “bad” Yamaha..they’re universally good instruments. I just find them a bit functional & soulless. 

baldy

I"ve swapped out the stock pups on 2 old Yamaha H/S/H superstrats (well I swapped one set & @lamf68 ; swapped another when he did a re-fin for me).
Both guitars played great but were a little soul less tone wise but with the new pups are now very versatile indeed

horsehead

Let's be honest, I'll end up changing the pickups...I've got a thing about it 

Simon_M

I think the Revstar is really cool. They do some horrific colours and I'm not sure about the bigsby but the less expensive models with P90s definitely do it for me. I even like the headstock shape! 

57Deluxe

I can't understand why they haven't become an iconic modern classic.

Simon_M

57Deluxe said:

I can't understand why they haven't become an iconic modern classic.

Exactly this. Some shops seem to be blowing them out dirt cheap too. A chap in a shop in Glasgow practically tried to give me one because he couldn't sell it.

pintspiller

I nearly bought a Yamaha superstrat 25 years ago. I sounded great, but I am not a pointy head stock guy. I got an SG instead

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

I've been sorely tempted by the Bigsby equipped 720 model 2nd hand a few times after trying one in a shop. Never quite pulled the trigger though. Tempting....

horsehead

I expected the neck to be flat and play like glue

horsehead

I will say that it needed a tweak on the setup

HAL9000

stimpsonslostson said:

I’ve yet to play a “bad” Yamaha..they’re universally good instruments. I just find them a bit functional & soulless. 

I used to own a Pacifica 311H which I’d agree lacked something in the personality department. However, I now own a Pacifica 611HFM and the difference is night and day. Still in the honeymoon period but soulless it isn’t.

pintspiller

I used to work in a school as IT technician and during summer hols when less about would go into the music room and play instruments. The Pacifica guitars I thought were great. It was obvious which guitars had better spec, but made me a fan.