[Comments] Latest Comments from Ultimate-Guitar.Com. en-us Copyright 1998-2013 Ultimate-Guitar.Com. All rights reserved. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html webmaster@ultimate-guitar.com Mon, 16 May 2011 04:58:31 -0400 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:06:20 -0400 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/img/logo_rss.gif http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/ 144 44 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_1 POSTED: 05/16/2011 08:09am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 08:09:48 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_2
POSTED: 05/16/2011 09:00am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 09:00:01 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_3 POSTED: 05/16/2011 09:03am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 09:03:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_4
Don't go all "conspiracy theory" on the dude, how many mindblowing reviews have you guys seen on starter(pack) guitars on UG (or at all, lol)? Most if not all experienced players on this site aren't interested in reviewing $300 guitars anyways. At least he didn't give all 10's
POSTED: 05/16/2011 09:26am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 09:26:12 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_5 It's sure hell beats all those squier's that everyone seem to love without trying the Pacifica, this axe is realllyyyy underrated. At least try it out. It rocks.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 09:37am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 09:37:36 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_6 POSTED: 05/16/2011 09:53am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 09:53:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_7 The controls given are Tone and Volume, but work best with advanced computer amps, Marshalls, or advanced sound pedals to give the guitar the best effects.

The amps I'm currently using are Marshalls which are top-of-the-line and work best with Yamahas and Gibsons.

Seems like a wannabe pro guy who thinks he knows everything about guitars. And those Marshall amps he is talking about must be MGs.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 10:03am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 10:03:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_8

MaggaraMarine wrote:

Seems like a wannabe pro guy who thinks he knows everything about guitars. And those Marshall amps he is talking about must be MGs.

Whoops, I guess I'm not quick enough.

Sorry, you're just too pro dude.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 10:10am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 10:10:25 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_9 POSTED: 05/16/2011 11:36am]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 11:36:35 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_10 POSTED: 05/16/2011 12:03pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:03:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_11 Kingnichendrix wrote:

You guys are ass holes, when you first started what would you guys have honestly said if you had this guitar? exactly, so please stop unleashing your ego's on these reviews, besides read it dont just look at the rating.

It gets worse after you read it.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 12:07pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:07:12 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_12 Kingnichendrix wrote:

You guys are ass holes, when you first started what would you guys have honestly said if you had this guitar? exactly, so please stop unleashing your ego's on these reviews, besides read it dont just look at the rating.

I played this guitar when I was a beginner. My friend has one and I honestly thought it sucked. My friend thought it was good, not great. I started with an Ibanez GSA-60, and that is miles ahead of this Yamaha. My Ibanez still kicks ass, but not as much as my Epiphone SG. At least that's what I think. It's all about opinion, everyone is right here (except the reviewer because that was just a terrible review).
POSTED: 05/16/2011 12:22pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:22:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_13
Strings sound great for classic rock? Is this some sort of joke? :p

Doesn't break when smashed? Must be God's guitar.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 12:39pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:39:05 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_14 POSTED: 05/16/2011 12:53pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:53:55 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_15 But where does the North American part come in? Mine's an older model made in Indonesia and if anything they'd be moving their factories to China
POSTED: 05/16/2011 12:56pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 12:56:06 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_16 POSTED: 05/16/2011 01:46pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 13:46:17 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_17 eSdaze wrote:

The ignorance of some people is mind boggling, people that complain about this guitar are generally people who spent too much on a guitar and are now jealous. If it sounds ok, has good action, doesn't fall apart or goes out of tune within an hour it is a good guitar period. Some people just love to be ripped off. Lesson kids: invest in a good amp and some pedals you like to hear not in a guitar with a certain label on it that costs 500$ more just so you could be a snob like the rest. Music is about being creative, not about buying an overpriced Les Paul and thinking you rock the world and being a sheep.

Wat
POSTED: 05/16/2011 02:15pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 14:15:13 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_18 nuff said.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 02:37pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 14:37:41 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_19
That's why there's 10 pictures of this guitar in different colors, angles, and all.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 02:56pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 14:56:21 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_20 Philly080 wrote:

This isn't a review, it's an advertisement.

That's why there's 10 pictures of this guitar in different colors, angles, and all. Who cares?? If it was me id buy this guitar even if this was an advertisent cuz i know my stuff and Yamaha make beast guitars.....easily better than alot of the higher priced brands.
POSTED: 05/16/2011 03:01pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:01:57 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_21 POSTED: 05/16/2011 03:14pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:14:15 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_22 RetroGunslinger wrote:

lol if this is an advertisement, and thats exactly what it looks like, Yamaha must have hired a toddler with down syndrome to write this coming from a guy who hasnt played the guitar like the rest of you??
POSTED: 05/16/2011 03:21pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:21:33 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_23 Fallen Seraph wrote:
coming from a guy who hasnt played the guitar like the rest of you??

Assumptions much?
POSTED: 05/16/2011 03:43pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 15:43:39 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_24 POSTED: 05/16/2011 05:32pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 17:32:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_25 Vitor_vdp wrote:

Fallen Seraph wrote:
coming from a guy who hasnt played the guitar like the rest of you?? Yerp, u lot obviously havent played one otherwise you wouldnt be complaining.....this guitar is amazing bit i admit the review is amateur

Assumptions much?
POSTED: 05/16/2011 05:34pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 17:34:39 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_26 Fender Dane. wrote:

It sounds like someone put an ad in Japanese through google translate. It's funny how the Yamaha fan boys attack people for slamming the review even though hardly anyone have said a single bad word about the guitar. i admit i am a yamaha fan boy, but people are slamming the review as if its not true and the chances yamaha have got someone to write this are slim.....this guitar is amazing no doubt about it...it just seems it is underated becuz of the price which i dont really get with guitars :/
POSTED: 05/16/2011 05:39pm]]> Comments Mon, 16 May 2011 17:39:25 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_27 POSTED: 05/17/2011 12:18am]]> Comments Tue, 17 May 2011 00:18:11 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_28 POSTED: 05/17/2011 01:45am]]> Comments Tue, 17 May 2011 01:45:34 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_29 ben_halen wrote:

This guitar is actually a peace of crap sold for far more then its actually worth. u played one??
POSTED: 05/17/2011 11:17am]]> Comments Tue, 17 May 2011 11:17:45 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_30 POSTED: 06/04/2011 02:55pm]]> Comments Sat, 04 Jun 2011 14:55:45 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_31 w77yyz wrote:

Was this ghost written by Yamaha to sound like a 14 year-old newbie? Full catalog of pix for an entry level guitar...wtf?


The review was actually written by a 12-year-old guy. He owns a Gibson LP and this guitar so that's why he says that Gibsons and Yamahas work the best with Marshalls (the amp he is using) and he also says that Marshalls and some "advanced computer amps are top-of-the-line". I think he has only played with two guitars and one amp. Maybe that's why this review feels wrong. He talks about things that he might not know.

I'm not trying to bash the reviewer but this is just what I'm thinking. And I'm not a pro but I'm allowed to criticize the review. And I'm not a Yamaha hater or a Yamaha fanboy, I know nothing about this guitar but the thing I know is that the review sucks. Sorry.
POSTED: 06/07/2011 07:57am]]> Comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 07:57:34 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_32 Price paid: £ 2180

Oh no. Maybe you have forgotten a dot between some of those numbers? Is it like 218.0 or 21.80?
POSTED: 06/27/2011 08:15am]]> Comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:15:32 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_33 ^
That's exactly what I was just wondering...
POSTED: 06/27/2011 08:39am]]> Comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:39:53 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_34
What is this world coming to?
POSTED: 06/27/2011 11:26am]]> Comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:26:14 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_35 POSTED: 06/27/2011 11:32am]]> Comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:32:16 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_36 POSTED: 06/27/2011 03:22pm]]> Comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:22:18 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_37 POSTED: 06/27/2011 03:45pm]]> Comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:45:52 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_38
I don't think its bad for a starter instrument (better than my brothers squier) however it absolutely does not stand up to anything more top of the line. This is from personal experience over years of playing. I paid £150 for mine so I wasn't expecting miracles anyway. It was just a stepping stone guitar.

Anyway the review does sound like it was written by somebody with little experience which is a shame. It's all a bit of mess really, this page in general haha! But yes I respectfully disagree with the reviewer and others supporting this as even a mid-range instrument, let alone high level. Citing my own experience I would say; it's only good for somebody who isn't sure whether they want to commit to playing or not.
POSTED: 06/27/2011 06:46pm]]> Comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:46:14 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_39 POSTED: 06/30/2011 09:15am]]> Comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 09:15:12 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_40 POSTED: 06/30/2011 10:53am]]> Comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 10:53:41 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_41 POSTED: 06/30/2011 12:03pm]]> Comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:03:52 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_42 Darth_Pietrus wrote:

Ill never buy a Yamaha. If I buy a guitar, I want it to be from a brand that specializes in guitars, and doesnt make motorcycles aswell.

yamaha is more specialized in music than in motorcycles, they make some really great instruments of all kinds. And guitars are no exception, they make some really great acoustics for the money. Dont hate them just because they have a motorcycle subdivision.
POSTED: 06/30/2011 12:25pm]]> Comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:25:23 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_43 POSTED: 06/30/2011 04:20pm]]> Comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:20:17 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_44 POSTED: 06/30/2011 08:17pm]]> Comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:17:27 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_45 POSTED: 06/30/2011 10:00pm]]> Comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:00:07 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_46 Darth_Pietrus wrote:

Ill never buy a Yamaha. If I buy a guitar, I want it to be from a brand that specializes in guitars, and doesnt make motorcycles aswell.
I think it's not the same company that makes motorcycles and guitars. They have been the same company before but it's the same as we have here in Finland two Nokias. One makes mobile phones and the other makes car tires.
POSTED: 07/17/2011 06:02am]]> Comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:02:38 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_47

gara9: Yamaha Pacifica guitars are well known for great tone and outstanding playability. The Pacifica Series feature comfort-contoured bodies, bolt-on neck designs, vintage-style vibratos, and 5-way switching of the H-S-S pickup configuration.

Seymour Duncan pickups and locking Sperzel tuners

(^talking about higher end pacifica)

adamajid9: The guitar is well known for great tone and outstanding playability.

The Alder-body guitar has comfort-contoured bodies, bolt-on neck designs, vintage-style vibratos, 5-way switching of the H-S-S pickup configuration

Seymour Duncan pickups, and locking Sperzel tuners

(^talking about this guitar)

So they may have copied the same things from the same site but adamajid9 has understood some things wrong.
POSTED: 07/17/2011 06:14am]]> Comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:14:35 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_48 POSTED: 08/08/2011 11:44am]]> Comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:44:09 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_49
Carlos Santana played Yamahas early in his career, as did Dave Meniketti and Kyoji Yamamoto still plays them. So your statement is complete idiocy.

As for the instrument in question in these reviews, I only know them from what I have seen with people on You Tube playing them and they sound like pretty decent starter guitars. If I was looking for a guitar to hot rod, though, I would probably go with either a Squier or Yamaha because they're cheap and the basic quality is pretty okay.
POSTED: 08/08/2011 12:07pm]]> Comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:07:36 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_50
Also, when did 112Js come with Seymour Duncan pups?
POSTED: 08/09/2011 06:28am]]> Comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 06:28:50 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_51 Darth_Pietrus wrote:

Ill never buy a Yamaha. If I buy a guitar, I want it to be from a brand that specializes in guitars, and doesnt make motorcycles aswell.

They make great guitars and some of the best brass instruments too
POSTED: 08/09/2011 12:15pm]]> Comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:15:07 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_52 POSTED: 08/20/2011 02:25am]]> Comments Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:25:50 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_53 POSTED: 11/03/2011 10:49am]]> Comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 10:49:59 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_54 guitarnoob0808 wrote:

Hi,i just sell my aria stg series003 and i want to buy this guitar,one guy will sell me it for 100€...but im not sure...what you recommend?
save up some money and buy something decent...even a squier or cort is better than a yamaha...
POSTED: 11/07/2011 09:29am]]> Comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:29:23 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_55 POSTED: 12/04/2011 02:09pm]]> Comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 14:09:31 -0500 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_56
There isn't enough of a difference between entry level guitars like this and the expensive brands to warrant paying hundreds of dollars more, not to mention you won't be able to tell the difference. I see beginner guitarists all the time who get their parents to buy them expensive guitars when they can't even play. It's right foolish, especially when they haven't even learned how to properly take care of them. Start off with the pacifica and then a few years time when you're shredding holes in it you'll have "earned" one of the high rollers.
POSTED: 04/02/2012 11:01pm]]> Comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:01:47 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_57 LOL
POSTED: 04/18/2012 06:16am]]> Comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:16:42 -0400 http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/electric_guitars/yamaha/pacifica_112j/index.html#u_58 POSTED: 04/28/2013 04:06am]]> Comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:06:20 -0400