I love my Yamaha Revstar RS720B! The neck is one of the best I've ever played. The pickups are gorgeous, and I find the dry switch (bass cut) incredibly usable.
It's not a split-coil push-pull, it is a high pass filter. Works pretty good. I've been playing this guitar for the last year and a half and I'm glad I bought it. I just connected with the guitar from the first moment I've played the first few licks. This never happened with an SG after some different ones. Give a try.
I completely agree with you. I picked this up in the local music store and I couldn't let it go. A beautiful and perfectly built guitar for me. Not exactly suited for what I usually play but it only inspires me to branch my talents.
This is the standard guitar reviews should be done at - and what a player Mr Quayle is! These guitars are so good I'm about to by my second one tomorrow - the RS502T in bowden green
Where guitars are made means jack to me, in the 80's, Japanese copies were at first slagged off, the same guitars today are revered as classics, if it sounds good feels good looks good then its the guitar for you
I would love to see a review of the Revstar RS620. I had the distinct pleasure to meet Soren Andersen who is endorsed by Yamaha and he plays this guitar, the 620 and the P20. Great guitars!
Sounds like the guitar was plugged inn to a flat sounding floorboard or a preamp. Always interesting to know what kind of amp/preamp a guitar is plugged into, when reviewing a guitar.
I really want to love this guitar (visually, it's pure jackpot), but with the Bigsby and the Filtertron-style pickups, I was hoping for more of a Gretsch/Strat kind of clean sound, but this guitar sadly doesn't really seem to deliver that... If it would, I would buy this one in a heartbeat.
I ended up buying this guitar and love it!, there are a couple of inaccuracies in this review, the pickups are not Filter'Tron they are Alnico V Humbuckers and the push-pull switch is not a split, Yamaha describes it as a dry switch.
The pickups are not Filter'Tron brand but they are definitely Filter'Tron-style. The unique humbucker case is a hint enough. And this is exactly what the video here says. The official Yamaha videos also call them "underwound" humbuckers which is how that characteristic is achieved. More importantly, you can read on the Yamaha website that those pickups are 4.3k (neck)/4.9k (bridge) DCR. The regular Yamaha humbuckers are 8.4k (neck) / 8.8k (bridge) DCR.
Great review but it sounds like you are mixing the sound from the amp with Tom's vocal mic, which is picking up the acoustic sound of the pick attack and the strings. I think 9:49 gives it away. For us to judge the tone of the guitar, you should really be giving us 100% sound from the amp (or amp sim if you are using a digital device).
Never happen to me with my strat... it's like saying i don't like driving cars coz the brake and accelerator is close with each other, car manufacturer should put the brake in the passenger side so i wont bump it.
When you talked about the design process, I was thinking it would be super cool if they had a "poor man's custom shop", where you could assemble your dream Revstar online. I am trying to decide between models, and I can't find one that I like 100%. I'd love to Frankenstein one, like this one with a matt black body and with simpler dot inlays. Also, since they're using a licensed Bigsby, would it have killed them to make it in the same brushed look as the rest of the hardware?
I'd like to get this guitar, but I balk at paying a grand for an Indonesian made guitar. Talk about depreciation off the show room floor! I mean, I know they do good work there, I own a SA503 TVL, a very nice guitar, that was also MII and was a grand, but I bought it when they were blown out for 4 bills. Lemme say, I'll be keeping an eye out on this one, because I do like the design features and looks.
I've been playing for forty years now and it has been a very long time since I have bought anything that was new. Just like a motor vehicle, the first purchaser takes the big hit. Look for a used item.
The Yamaha 720B ( made in Indonesia) is equivalent to a Japanese made Tokai. Chill out where it is made and enjoy the guitar, as it is a ripper instrument..The big boys in America will end up going broke as they can't compete in price or quality.
Great guitars, great pickups and a Bigsby. Why do people demonstrating choose to play "heavy style" music. I had and loved an SG Yamaha and loved the CLEAN sounds. Why only demonstrate what any cheap guitar can be made?
Great looking and sounding guitar! Looks like Yamaha have just combined a "manta ray" and "tricky gomez" guitars by Reverend. I think they should have a word with whatever "design" company they used haha.
Mark Wallsworth congrats, you are wrong!... he says, the highest model is made in japan... the revstar rsp20 is the highest model and it’s made in japan.
Including locking tuners make stringing up easier with a Bigsby; it has *less* to do with tuning stability. Considering that string bending is part of playing guitar, if locking tuners were essential then they would be nearly ubiquitous on modern production guitars (and prices for them would come down). Yes, many non-tremolo guitars have locking tuners -- it's never a drawback to have them -- but their *main* advantage is ease of stringing.
i still do not understand why they have decided for a non-symmetrical double cutaway like the SG series One of the fundamental characteristics of beauty is symmetry ... what a pity
@@diddymies Yes ... at 5 times the Revstar's price that is the problem. Result ? i am sure they sell much less Revstar than what they could if their shape were simmetrical. But it is their choice. Moreover i do not understand why chinese Gibson clones are everywhere and no one Yamaha SG clone can be found ... i like the SG shape more than anything else.
Just bought the guitar, gave it to my best friend coz it was too cheap! Looking for more expensive! HAHAHA Jk. I love this Guitar🔥 ive been using it for a year now🎸🎵
One piece from the neck all the way to the tailbone with a metal sustain plate inside. the SG 1500 and SG 2000 series still smoke this guitar so I don't care about your iPhone committees you didn't make as good a guitar this time that's why sg2000 SG 1500 actually indicate how much you would have to pay to get one nowadays. If you could find one so instead of reissuing something that was perfect .they do this klusterfuk. You can keep it I'll wait until I can find one of those old guitars
The whole revstar lineup are excellent guitars!
9.35 that passage wtf!!! amazing playing
I love my Yamaha Revstar RS720B! The neck is one of the best I've ever played. The pickups are gorgeous, and I find the dry switch (bass cut) incredibly usable.
Is the neck thin or thick?
The dry switch is most obvious in the middle position. I love this guitar.
Dang...that progression around 9:37 was way cool!! This man knows how to play AND do a proper review!! Well done!
Such a nice idea with the semi-tone slides!! I wonder where he picked this up from.
It's not a split-coil push-pull, it is a high pass filter. Works pretty good. I've been playing this guitar for the last year and a half and I'm glad I bought it. I just connected with the guitar from the first moment I've played the first few licks. This never happened with an SG after some different ones. Give a try.
I completely agree with you. I picked this up in the local music store and I couldn't let it go. A beautiful and perfectly built guitar for me. Not exactly suited for what I usually play but it only inspires me to branch my talents.
What sweet guitars this revstar line has :)
This is the standard guitar reviews should be done at - and what a player Mr Quayle is! These guitars are so good I'm about to by my second one tomorrow - the RS502T in bowden green
just bought this guitar. I love it.
John James McCartney where is this model made in?
Its made in Indonesia.
Me too,it's fucking great
@@thedok6419 me three
Good evening, is it ok for blues, rock blues or just a bit of jazz?
Nice demo and sweet sounding guitar. It's hard for me to imagine how miserable a person must be to give a thumbs down on this video.
maybe those people that give it thumbs down play nylon classical guitar
Nope, trolls cant play guitar.
Must have pretty sorry lives. Take the trouble to go on UA-cam just to give a thumbs down.
Damn, that looks and sounds quite nice. It helps that Tom is playing it, of course.
Great review, great playing. Thanks Tom and Yamaha
In 50 years, this will be like a 1959 LP STD is now… I mean look at it. That’s a classic in waiting… beautiful
Where guitars are made means jack to me, in the 80's, Japanese copies were at first slagged off, the same guitars today are revered as classics, if it sounds good feels good looks good then its the guitar for you
I would love to see a review of the Revstar RS620. I had the distinct pleasure to meet Soren Andersen who is endorsed by Yamaha and he plays this guitar, the 620 and the P20. Great guitars!
Probably the best demo of this model by now.
😮 love this guitar
Tom, I believe that the “Dry” switch is more of a Bass roll-off rather than a splitter.
Pete.
Sounds like the guitar was plugged inn to a flat sounding floorboard or a preamp. Always interesting to know what kind of amp/preamp a guitar is plugged into, when reviewing a guitar.
I really want to love this guitar (visually, it's pure jackpot), but with the Bigsby and the Filtertron-style pickups, I was hoping for more of a Gretsch/Strat kind of clean sound, but this guitar sadly doesn't really seem to deliver that... If it would, I would buy this one in a heartbeat.
I ended up buying this guitar and love it!, there are a couple of inaccuracies in this review, the pickups are not Filter'Tron they are Alnico V Humbuckers and the push-pull switch is not a split, Yamaha describes it as a dry switch.
The pickups are not Filter'Tron brand but they are definitely Filter'Tron-style. The unique humbucker case is a hint enough. And this is exactly what the video here says.
The official Yamaha videos also call them "underwound" humbuckers which is how that characteristic is achieved. More importantly, you can read on the Yamaha website that those pickups are 4.3k (neck)/4.9k (bridge) DCR. The regular Yamaha humbuckers are 8.4k (neck) / 8.8k (bridge) DCR.
Perfect 4ths tuning.
Great review but it sounds like you are mixing the sound from the amp with Tom's vocal mic, which is picking up the acoustic sound of the pick attack and the strings. I think 9:49 gives it away. For us to judge the tone of the guitar, you should really be giving us 100% sound from the amp (or amp sim if you are using a digital device).
"And in the middle position you hear a lot more mid range, a scooped mid range so it's quite nice"
Haha
Just ordered one
LOOKS LIKE SOME SERIOUS SCRATCHES IN THE LOWER NECK AT AROUND THE 4:20 MARK !
Great review. Down to earth. Covers most tonal possibilities. I'm curious how it would sound with a janglebox or Seymour Duncan Vise grip compressor
I want one of these so bad!!!
I would have this guitar if that knob wasn't so damn close to the bridge pickup. Its the reason i don't like Strat style guitars. Always bumping it
Trent Rez same dude
Trent Rez , technique will cure you of your ills.
Never happen to me with my strat... it's like saying i don't like driving cars coz the brake and accelerator is close with each other, car manufacturer should put the brake in the passenger side so i wont bump it.
@@lowelabala5775 🤔 may not as bad of an idea as you may think.
What reverb do you use?
Very Nice!
When you talked about the design process, I was thinking it would be super cool if they had a "poor man's custom shop", where you could assemble your dream Revstar online. I am trying to decide between models, and I can't find one that I like 100%. I'd love to Frankenstein one, like this one with a matt black body and with simpler dot inlays. Also, since they're using a licensed Bigsby, would it have killed them to make it in the same brushed look as the rest of the hardware?
Eh, it's a strange range with a lot of holes in it. I would like a fixed bridge filtertron one and they don't make it.
I’d love a model with P90s and a Bigsby but they don’t seem to do one of those either.
Why is it obvious that it's a shorter scale length? And what is the scale length?
How the balance of this guitar? Not head heavy?
What amp did you guys used?
It’s a shame that Yamaha don’t do the Revstar with those pick ups and a fixed bridge.
That and all color options on all models
yamy gretsch paul , i like it.
Billet Green 502 due in tomorrow
Did Ideo do it? Who did they pay?
I wonder how that g string handles the angle of the headstock....
add distortion or fuzz plz. I've got rs820 but I'm thinking of changing the pickups in Yamaha pickups.
I'd like to get this guitar, but I balk at paying a grand for an Indonesian made guitar. Talk about depreciation off the show room floor! I mean, I know they do good work there, I own a SA503 TVL, a very nice guitar, that was also MII and was a grand, but I bought it when they were blown out for 4 bills. Lemme say, I'll be keeping an eye out on this one, because I do like the design features and looks.
hmmm...seems like a great buy used then XD
I've been playing for forty years now and it has been a very long time since I have bought anything that was new. Just like a motor vehicle, the first purchaser takes the big hit. Look for a used item.
The Yamaha 720B ( made in Indonesia) is equivalent to a Japanese made Tokai. Chill out where it is made and enjoy the guitar, as it is a ripper instrument..The big boys in America will end up going broke as they can't compete in price or quality.
What does the "b" stand for?
Bigsby?
Bigsby
Butthole
Bugsy
Malone
Great guitars, great pickups and a Bigsby. Why do people demonstrating choose to play "heavy style" music.
I had and loved an SG Yamaha and loved the CLEAN sounds. Why only demonstrate what any cheap guitar can be made?
does it djent?
I Want it so bad
Can we play metal by this guitar?
Yep - easily.
But does it djent?
Great looking and sounding guitar! Looks like Yamaha have just combined a "manta ray" and "tricky gomez" guitars by Reverend. I think they should have a word with whatever "design" company they used haha.
I think these are actually solid bods. Not chambered according to one reply I got.
It's based off the 70's super flighters
The push pull system is not very effective: there are no differences and the sound seems the same .....
More midrange, kind of scooped?......so the opposite then
"The highest model is made in Japan as you would expect from a high end Japanese guitar" 😂 Sorry couldn't resist 😉
Yeah, those high-end Japanese guitars from Korea are a little dodgy sometimes.
Mark Wallsworth , neck says "made in Indonesia"
Mark Wallsworth congrats, you are wrong!... he says, the highest model is made in japan... the revstar rsp20 is the highest model and it’s made in japan.
I suppose the locking tuners are because of the bigsby ,cause it will throw it out of tune pretty fast,if they were not there
Including locking tuners make stringing up easier with a Bigsby; it has *less* to do with tuning stability. Considering that string bending is part of playing guitar, if locking tuners were essential then they would be nearly ubiquitous on modern production guitars (and prices for them would come down). Yes, many non-tremolo guitars have locking tuners -- it's never a drawback to have them -- but their *main* advantage is ease of stringing.
Not "through" neck, it's set neck. Nice review otherwise...👍
i still do not understand why they have decided for a non-symmetrical double cutaway like the SG series
One of the fundamental characteristics of beauty is symmetry ... what a pity
Cuz you can buy SG series?
@@diddymies Yes ... at 5 times the Revstar's price that is the problem. Result ? i am sure they sell much less Revstar than what they could if their shape were simmetrical. But it is their choice. Moreover i do not understand why chinese Gibson clones are everywhere and no one Yamaha SG clone can be found ... i like the SG shape more than anything else.
Why is every guitar reviewer a blues knob.
Why do Yamaha insist on making pick ups they are just not up to it
Guitar fabulous but pick ups are not
Yeap, change pickups to antiquity humbackers.
Looks like a Reverend Manta Ray.
Anyone go ahead and break down those bridge /mid licks down and post them here.
Shame about the gloss finish on the neck, deal breaker for me.
Sand it off
Just bought the guitar, gave it to my best friend coz it was too cheap! Looking for more expensive! HAHAHA
Jk. I love this Guitar🔥 ive been using it for a year now🎸🎵
Il look è veramente brutto
One piece from the neck all the way to the tailbone with a metal sustain plate inside. the SG 1500 and SG 2000 series still smoke this guitar so I don't care about your iPhone committees you didn't make as good a guitar this time that's why sg2000 SG 1500 actually indicate how much you would have to pay to get one nowadays. If you could find one so instead of reissuing something that was perfect .they do this klusterfuk. You can keep it I'll wait until I can find one of those old guitars
Are you alright mate? Did you just have a stroke or what?