Yamaha Revstar - What Model to Get? - Standard and Pro Demo
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Baxter and Jonathan get their hands on on the Revstar from Yamaha. The Standard and the Professional models are in the hands of the boys and they are torn on what one to get. Yamaha’s Revstar Standard RSS02T is an update of the original Revstar series of guitars, refined to offer improved comfort and even more striking visuals! This maple-topped double-cut’s lightweight chambered mahogany body is loaded with two rich and warm sounding VP5 pickups that deliver classic P-90 tones - from clean jazz textures on the neck pickup to wild overdriven leads on the bridge. The neck is comprised of carbon-reinforced mahogany so that it will stay straight and true in even the most challenging of environments. What’s more, Yamaha has equipped this Revstar with their proprietary “focus” switch that shifts your tone’s resonant frequency and supercharges your pickup’s power. If you’re looking for a high-performance, no-nonsense axe with explosive tones, rock-solid playability, and sleek modern aesthetics, the RSS02T sets the standard.
I have 2 Revstar pros. A p90 and humbucker versions. They are my favorite guitars hands down. I recently purchased the Pacifica pro and will be selling my strat. I’m officially a Yamaha fanboy. Amazing guitars.
@@ColinLee47 Fellow fanboy. I’ve got the Pro P90 too and now I think I’m on a quest to have a top line Yamaha of every main type of guitar like you…I might do an SG1802 or older SG instead of a Revstar with humbuckers for an HH guitar though.
Who am I kidding I will probably end up with both haha
I've owned several Yamahas over the years: motorcycles and guitars.
Had a Yamaha 12 string acoustic back in the late '70s. Sold it to a friend of mine in the mid '80s. He still has it and absolutely will not sell it back to me.
Motorcycles are made by a separate company.
I own a black Revstar Standard with P-90s. It’s amazing! I wish it came in a gold top!
Black and White
Night and Day
Professional wins this sibling guitar comparo - hands down
Thanks, Baxter and Jonathan
Yeah I'm surprised how different they sound from each other. The standard version sounds like someone turned the distortion/fuzz up to 8 and the professional sounds like the distortion was set to 4, if you know what I mean. I think I can justify spending the extra money on the expensive one, should I get it.
I had the Standard RSS02t which I bought when it was released. I like it so much I bought the entry level Element RSE20 for $500. I liked the $500 Element so much that I sold the $800 Standard and bought a Gator Transit gig bag. I love that Element. It is 7lbs 2 onces, well balanced, and the fretboard was rolled. It makes me smile every time I play it.
I love the Revestars so much I got the standard and p90. Soooo underrated!!!
What a great video. Good to see yall get onboard with the RevStar. Great guitars.
I really dig that tailpiece
I love my revstar standard black! Plays great sounds awesome & a great price $639.99 new! What a steal!!
where did you find it for that price?
@@Kevin-uy5bz was on reverb just popped into my feed one day. Wolf music company. I can say it’s a fantastic playing guitar and it sounds amazing. I did find later. A light haze is in the finish almost in perceptible though. Just about impossible to photograph. So that may be why it was so cheap other than that it’s in mint condition.
@@hawkhead418 thanks for the reply back. Just ordered one for $850, should get it in a few days. Been looking at them for quite awhile now and decided to pull the trigger on it. Excited to see it
Thanks for demoing this guitar. Was checking it out.
I think id go for the MIJ.. I dunno why.. Something about MIJ resonates for me.
STUPID QUESTION.... Is Yamaha the guitar company... Also Yamaha the Motorcycle Company etc. etc.?
@@petersouthwell5971 Yes. :)
@@petersouthwell5971 Yes and no....they officially broke into two different companies decades ago that operate separately and independently. Yamaha Corporation (music side) and Yamaha Motor Co. Although they still use the same logo haha
The standard is all one needs. While the pro will make one feel better, (because they can’t go any higher) - the standard is a fantastic guitar. I have the humbucker version in the super classy vintage white. Features, fit/finish, neck profile & feel, smooth tuners, and balance - this Yamaha has replaced my Les Pauls. 8.5 lbs is no slouch, either. The Japanese influence is definitely present, and that gives me piece of mind to boot.
I have a Epiphone Masterbilt dr500 from Indonesia. Bone nut,hide glue, solid woods and no scarf joint. It was Pleked as well. It's pretty nice dreadnought guitar with cutaway. The finish isn't a 100% (one tiny run) It's a quality instrument from a Asian country.
'Or get the $850 guitar + a tube Amp'.
That's exactly where I've got to I'm my thinking.
good to see you back , I had bought one identical from Guitar center used at 450, overall the fit and finish was excellent but it had a few dead spots [frets] that I couldn't get rid of , I had tried myself and took it in for their luthier to fix but they never went away, beside that it was a fantastic guitar
If your luthier couldn’t level your frets, you’d probably better get a new luthier.
@@doug1274 did you catch the part it was a guitar center ....
@@tomeasley3538 lol. I did not catch that. Makes sense now.
Was it a Revstar Standard or the lower Element line not shown in this video?
@@ChidOki the less expensive one im sure
Good video great playing
The ability for Indonesian factories to produce an end product that's competitive has never been the issue... The way they get there is the issue.... Indonesia is the #1 country in the world for ocean pollution... Minimum Wage in Indonesia also comes out to less than $1 an hour.... you can take a wild guess at $1 an hour what the healthcare and benefits are like along with OSHA standards. I think its high time we as an industry raised the bar.
That's great and I agree, but companies seeking profit over most anything else created the world of Walmart and Amazon which has conditioned people to want things to be cheap. Cort has been called out for stuff before, but they're still the number one manufacturer of guitars in the world. Not sure how it is now.
@Scott__C we've all allowed this to happen, and now shops like Casino who need to serve the needs of all their clients big and small, don't really have a choice for affordable guitars outside of these kind of options. You're spot on that we've created this culture spearheaded by Walmart and Amazon, but even those guys see the demand for change and have tried to involve smaller businesses like handmade goods and local produce respectively. I think shops like Casino would buy more ethically made options if they were available, but their handcuffed by what's offered, and it's their responsibility to care for their customers which they couldn't be doing better.... it's time manufacturers started to care for their customers like Casino in the same way.
@@MayorMcCheese2000 I agree. The issue on Amazon is kind of not knowing who you're buying from and sometimes they're slow shipping, so that creates some frustrations too. If you've basically told customers for over a decade you can get it there in a day, then to wait for almost two weeks makes you think the order got lost somewhere.
@Scott__C the customers shouldn't have this level of responsibility. You're spot on, it's almost impossible to know where you're buying from and that needs to change.
What absolute garbage. Indonesia is no paradise but your figures are just completely wrong.
I've always wanted to get a white Revstar and be Johnny Ramone in a Ramones tribute band even though I'm more like Joey with my height and hair length and overall weirdness. And yeah, I know Johnny played a Moserite so don't @ me, you accuracy sticklers.
Model numbers sound like……..R-e-s-p-e-c-t….🎵
Neither one of them ‼️👍
I'm going for a G&L FULLERTON ASAT CLASSIC 🎸🎶🎵👍
Gibson Les Paul Studio are in the same range as the Revstar Japan made.
6:01 it's kind of like the G&L US vs import price differential thing. How is G&L even still in business?!
I’d like to see the Revstar compared to the Reverend Sensei. Bodies are nearly exactly the same. Both Korean models made in the same plant too…
Heritage just announced an import line. So that will be interesting too
I have both. In fact, when i got my Reverend, it was between it and the Yamaha. I went with the Reverend. Six months later, I ended up getting a RSS02T, and the Reverend is for sale. The Yamaha fits and plays like a part of your body
Hold on. You're making a claim that Yamaha is a Korean company, and that they make their guitars in the same plant as Reverend? Try again...
I'd much rather have the Element model and the spare cash saved to modify it. For what I've got into mine, it's as good or better than those higher priced versions.
What did you do to yours?
@@theforgedone I bought it specifically to mod, with parts I already had. That included Gotoh magnum keystone locking tuners, Seymour Duncan Distortion,Schaller straplocks, 1 volume and 1 push/pull tone potentiometer. Ended up buying a Seymour Duncan '59/Custom hybrid for the neck position, and got the Oak Grigsby switch, Pure Tone jack, orangedrop tone capacitor, and treble bleed curcuit from Sweetwater when I bought the guitar. Like I said, it was a planned build from the beginning. It's black, and referred to as the "DEATHSTAR"!
So my only real added expense for the build was that Hybrid pickup. The $60 bucks in misc. parts, I had Sweetwater cover as my discount off the Revstar retail price. So I paid full price for the guitar($499) but got the $60 bucks in parts free.
The guitar is as good as most costing $1500 or under. It has no real faults now. I may upgrade the bridge and tailpiece?
Did you modify it by putting in Stainless Steel frets? Because that is one of the key features that sets the Revstar Standard and Pro apart. For that reason alone, it's hard for me to believe any modified Element could be "good or better than" a Standard or Pro unless SS frets were installed.
@@ChidOki Oh yeah, for sure. No good songs could possibly be written or performed without stainless steel frets. And the 3 way blade switch too. Totally unacceptable for any pro level guitarists. What about the carbon fiber reinforcement rods? Those are key components in any "real" guitar. Those specs are critical to success. Right? Come on man. Get a grip.
@@andrewbecker3700 How is the quality of music that can be written on an instrument related at all to how good the instrument is…? Like…what? Haha and I’m not going to argue about a 3-way vs 5-way switch, that’s completely subjective. Of course 5-way is not better for anyone who doesn’t like or need the 2 in between sounds. It’s a matter of preference, not worse or better.
I pointed out a key difference of a spec that is, with general consensus in the guitar community, accepted as better because it is a material that is objectively stronger and longer lasting, and you respond with two things that are completely subjective and irrelevant to whether a guitar is better or not, one of which has nothing to do with the actual guitar itself.
You make a bold take and then avoid two questions about it. You won’t share what mods you did, or whether one of them was SS frets (sounds like no, but you’re still avoiding answering directly).
I’m really glad you love your Element, that’s fine. I know they’re made super well. Nothing wrong with that. If you’re going to share a hot take that a lower level modded model is just as good or better the ones above it, explain why and back it up, don’t avoid conversation about it, which you’re sort of asking for on, you know, a comments and discussion section….
Revstars are groovy a.f.
lots of folks like the Yamaha es-335 clone.
Is Bax growing out the facial to auditfir a bit part on The Chosen?
Why are so many guitarists “mamas’ boys “?😂
I have a Revstar standard, don’t play it very much.
How come?
@@jasonswitzer1748 not enough time to play. Great guitar, I play it when I can. Sorry I guess I should have said all this in my first comment.
Yamaha has made fine instruments since I was a Kid and I was born in 1955, many of their Woodwind & Brass instruments are known as some of the Finest, but for some Reason we associate Yamaha more with a Good Motorcycle then a Great Guitar. I love the P90's. My Slash Victoria should arrive today at Casino
Think pianos -- the motorcycles are made by a different company.
Local currency for local currency the Revstar Standard is the best guitar you can buy. Which is why the Revstar Premium is such a hard sell. The only reason to get a Premium is if you want a Goldtop one.
The Pro comes with reinforced neck and body with carbon fibre rods.
Love my RSS02T, has become my #1. BTW, Both the Gibson Tributes and Studios are cheaper than the $3000 standards
soooo much cooler than that crap PRS puts out these days.
Love the Yamahas. Humbucker versions though.
I'm happy to see Yamaha get some love.
Everyone who’s reviewed them has had great things to say about them.
I don’t see why more folks aren’t playing them.
I have the RSS20. It’s a great guitar.
If only they would make the p90 version lefty...
@@rhythmguru1I'm considering getting one, left handed here, don't know if I should get the element or the standard. It's a shame that they not make the p90 for us
It’s down to Harley Davison syndrome. Yamaha will sell you five times the guitar for quarter of the price, but it doesn’t say Gibson on the headstock.
Excellent, been eyeballing them both and to judge is tough, I will say through UA-cam and then my iPad to earphones, the shrill vanished on the second guitar. Might be me trying to justify things, but it seemed richer? If that is a trait. Enjoyed it.
Across the Universe? Please review a Coruscant made 49 string.
Didn't really hear any difference in sound of the two.
1:25 Baxter, you’re holding the $849 guitar. Purely based off of the finish. Yours looks slightly more even.
4:41 Gibson USA SG all the way!!!! I love my SG, I have one of the old Gothic ones from 2002. I don't play it as much as I should.
The left-hand close-up camera had a washed-out appearance that I interpret as lack of contrast.