The Yamaha Revstar is, on paper, my ideal next guitar. But does it deliver on Yamaha’s promises?
I’ve touched on the Yamaha Revstar and, in particular, the humbucker-equipped Yamaha Revstar RSS20 before. But now I’ve laid my hands on one,F do I still want to buy one? Not any more, and here are 10 reasons why.
1 – Electronics
Small, non-CTS pots and a less-than-premium switch betray Yamaha’s…
Gettin a little fucking riff goin at the local guitar store on my lunch break. Fuck this job.
This is on the same revstar I’ve been listing after for like 6 months. This guitar just will not sell and it’s taunting me every time I go in there. I’ve wanted one for so long 😫
Ernie Ball Music Man Axis Super Sport in Transparent Blue: $3,100
There's a cheaper one by Music Man's budget brand, Sterling, that retails for $500 in the configuration I want but I also can't afford that so might as well reach for the stars
Yamaha Revstar Standard RSS20 in Swift Blue: $850
I love how it looks like an old hot rodded car, this is def a bucket list guitar for me and has been since I saw it. And cause the paint pattern is based on retro paint jobs for the yamaha motorcycles, you can get a matching fucking motorcycle with your guitar
ESP LTD SN-1000 HT in Purple Blast - $1,100
look I have no FUCKING idea how they got that finish but it's pretty as hell and I love it
Honorable Mention:
Ibanez TOD10 Tim Henson Signature: $1,500
Everyone and their god damn mother wanted this guitar when it came out and I am no different. The reason it's an honorable mention is cause I love the fretboard design, it's like my favorite fretboard design on a guitar ever, however imo the rest of it is like. Kinda mid. You put a standard fretboard on that and take off the name Tim Henson and it wouldn't sell nearly as many I bet
Feel free to tell me my tastes suck, however this is the post
one, look at that STYLE, this thing looks insanely dope
two, holy fuck that sucker is HUGE, it's a solid body the size of an archtop hollowbody
three, it's basically a modern SG (double humbuckers!) with some newer tricks - nicer pickups, but also the tone knob has a pull out high pass mode so I can make it sound like a single coil without the buzz which is NUTS
THE BIG REVIEW: YAMAHA REVSTAR RSS02T – IS THIS THE BEST BANG-FOR-BUCK ELECTRIC OF 2022?
Yamaha takes aim at the mid-range price market, looking to shake things up with an all-rounder that meets the needs of just about everyone.
A1ーFREE THE TONE/JB-82S(ジャンクション・ボックス)
A2ーFREE THE TONE/ARC-4(プログラマブル・スイッチャー)
A3ーFREE THE TONE/EFS-3(EXスイッチ)
A4ーJHS Pedals/Muffuletta(ディストーション/ファズ)
A5ーJHS Pedals/Colour Box(コンソール・シミュレーター)
A6ーMORLEY/Bad Horsie Liberty Wah(ワウ・ペダル)
A7ーJ.Rockett Audio Designs/ARCHER(オーバードライブ)
A8ーFREE THE TONE RM-1S(リング・モジュレーター)
A9ーBOSS/DM-3(アナログ・ディレイ)
A10ーBOSS/PS-3(ピッチシフター/ディレイ)
A11ーJHS Pedals/Little Black Buffer(バッファー)
A12ーEarthQuaker Devices/Disaster Transport SR(MODディレイ/リバーブ)
A13ーBOSS/CE-1(コーラス)
A14ーCooper FX/Generation Loss(Lo-Fiフィルター)
A15ーMXR/M234 Analog Chorus(コーラス)
A16ーGamechanger Audio/PLASMA COIL(ファズ)
A17ーFREE THE TONE/PA-10G(プログラマブルEQ)
A18ーSonic Research/ST-200(チューナー)
A19ーFREE THE TONE/PHA-1(フェイズ・インバーター)
A20ーFREE THE TONE/MB-5(MIDIスルー・ボックス)
After almost 4 years with my Fender Player Stratocaster, GAS has once-again crept in for something completely different. Should I buy a Yamaha Revstar?
In my 30+ years of player the guitar, Yamaha has always been a brand that has proved solid and reliable. Having owned many a Pacifica, my FG850 acoustic has been a trusty and inspiration songwriting companion. In all those years, I’ve never been…
The gentleman at the guitar store was just about to accuse me of being homeless and ask me to leave until I mentioned that I was interested in the Yamaha revstar they’ve had in stock for over 6 months. Then he took down my name and number and said he’d call when it went on sale. I’ve got a Christmas bonus coming this year. I haven’t bought a guitar in years…I don’t even have an amp at the moment. But owning a revstar has been a goal / dream of mine for about 5 years now. They aren’t even that expensive lol I’m guna do it
Squier Jazzmaster (either classic vibe or J Mascis, I'll get a new pickguard for the JM one tho) - This is probably gonna be my next guitar because it's a relatively attainable goal, and I want experience with offset guitars and p90 pickups so it's perfect
Yamaha Revstar in Swift Blue - I've wanted this guitar literally since I saw it, literal bucketlist shit
Les Paul Junior DC/Les Paul Special DC - This is one I'll never own unless epiphone comes out with an affordable version cause the only one of these bastards on the market now are either vintage or from the Gibson custom shop, both would be for around $4,000. Maybe if I become a luthier I'll make one of these with measurements from the original
A Mustang with a Humbucker bridge pickup and single coil neck pickup - I wanna make a Kurt Cobain Sky-Stang
Fender Player Mustang 90 - Once again, mustang, but this one has p90s
Charvel Joe Duplantier signature guitar in Satin White - I fucking love Gojira man
A telecaster. of some kind. at some point. maybe a thinline? or just a normal one
Either an Ibanez Artcore or Epiphone semi-holobody/holobody like an ES-335/9 or Casino
A lot of other guitars are gonna have to be either an opinion I form after actually trying them out like i haven't tried a les paul yet but i just don't think I'll like the feel of one and I do like my strats and s style guitars but I'm not like really wanting one rn