How can this be so good? Yamaha Pacifica 611 (Contest 4/6)
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- At €649 the Yamaha Pacifica offers a lot of axe for your hard earned money. The Humbucker and P90 combination is great and the hardware is solid. Looks are great... there really is nothing to bitch about!
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Yamaha is severely underrated. Amazing instruments....no gimmicks, they just work reliably.
I couldn't agree more!
You really dont want to be the guy who says underated you automatically become a douchenozzle
I couldnt agree more.
@@johnmonroney8614 why? In the case of yamaha, its true.
@@MiikeyLawless With their guitars, but not with their drums and pianos, they are the top mark specially in drums. But unfortunately people overlook their guitars and buy other expensive crap like Gibson, epiphone, Sequier..... I´v had them all, but sold all the crap and sticked to a Pacifica 311 which is an incredible value for low money. might get a 611 at some point, but cant really justify the price difference between the 311 and 611 same good parts apart from the pickups and the satin neck is nicer on the 311....
I have a 611. It’s fantastic! Has been my favorite for a few years. My ultimate metric for judging guitars is inspiration. Does the guitar inspire me to create music? My Yamaha has always been a resounding YES. One of the best purchases I have ever made.
You squealed "METAL" and my sleeping dog sprang up excited., ears raised and head looking around
The clean tone is absolutely beautiful... One of the best I've heard...
I have the 611, but the hardtail model, the 611HFM RTB. Its an amazing guitar, especially for the money. I spent over a month browsing all the music stores in a couple hundred km radious, and my budget for a guitar was around 1,5k€. This thing blew away everything else, including guitars literally 3 times the price, and i ended up buying it on the spot. Its the best playing guitar I own, the action is perfect, there is no buzzing, the pickups are greata nd very versatile, and it stays in tune for days. Literally, days. Im thinking of getting a made in japan Revstar, cause i want a les paul style guitar, and those things blow gibson right out the water.
I have 11 guitars (about 10 too many, I guess) and 10 are Yamaha guitars. All electric. Yamaha guitars are massively underrated.
I have a base AES from 2008. It's literally my favourite guitar after a pickup change.
I have Yamaha Sax and it’s awesome.I am confident it’s guitar are well made too.I am gonna buy this guitar.Bought fender bullet mustang it was crap it costed £100 uk pounds though.Fender must not make cheap and crap guitar to ruin its reputation.They should less number guitar but higher quality and reasonable higher price.
whats the other guitar tho
10 is not too many (if you have antirust strings)
@@mpoerot8013 I was joking 😁
And there's stainless strings on them all.
yamaha is always the right move, wathever the instrument - best stuff for the €
're C.f. my dog typed that😁
The fact that the best car exhaust car tuners in the world is Yamaha says it all.
Just bought this and it was the best decision! Plays like a dream and suitable for all styles.
Does the narrow nut width affect you, big hands?
@@jaredco6930 medium hands, skinny fingers so suits me perfectly. I have seen players with what I'd call massive trucker hands struggle a bit
I have one, the nut doesn’t feel narrow at all. I know the feel of a narrow nut as I’ve played older Affinity Squiers
Simple, its a Yamaha instrument, they make the best drums, pianos... pity that their guitars and basses are not getting the attention that they should.
Now that they’ve made the 611 and 612 Pacifica’s, that have higher grade hardware, I believe they will start to gain more serious recognition instead of just being known as a 3 or $400.00 budget guitar.
I've had a Yamaha SJ550-HR since 1987. Quality guitar. I switched out the pickups back in 2004, but everything else is stock. Plays like new. Yamaha know what they are doing. Not to mention, the new THR-30 amp is now out, and it sounds great.
Great review Henning.. I own one and it's an aMAZING guitar...but you forgot to mention that you can coil split the humbucker and have two more sounds ! ;-) so it's even MORE amazing !
The middle position with the coil split is very useful and balanced. And if you switch to the neck pickup or the ful humbucker, is like having 2 different built-in boost pedals!
i keep coming back just to look at how beautiful this guitar is.
Love my 611 vfm.. fantastic quality components never goes out of tune and endless possibilities with subtle tone. What more can you ask.
? Yamaha you smashed this one out of the park!
Do mind or notice the narrow nut width?
Not really in fact it's super comfortable for me and great for wide spacing chords
Yamaha guitars are excellent. I’ve owned three, still own two of them (I regret selling the one I sold), and I’d still buy another one after owning 3 Les Paul’s. They’re truly a player’s guitar
We got the Yamaha 612 for my niece,2 years ago,the H-S-S style guitar.
That thing is insane value for money,S.Duncans stock,Grover locking tuners,Graphtech TUSQ nut,Wilkinson bridge,nice flame maple veneer top for around the same money the 611 costs.I think it was 50 Euros more.
Incredible playing and sounding guitar.Oh and you can do metal with it,the Custom 5 is powerful enough, with a couple of pedals and a proper amp.
I have the PAC611 and the 612. Great guitars! (This coming from a guy who owns very expensive and not so expensive guitars...and not married to ANY one brand) IMO, Yamaha is its own thing. The feel, craftsmanship, playability, etc. If youre looking for versatility, without spending a ton, this is a fantastic choice.
Does the tremolo work fine? The guitar stays in tune?
@@stratovanzo Never had a problem.
Looking for a good guitar under 700 dollars was thinking the PR SE What you think
@@james.kaloki PRS does not allow "blemished" or "factory 2nds" to ever go to market. I have several SE models, and they are all great guitars. Many think the SE tuners arent that great. They work fine but, I always recommend a set of locking tuners...which dont have to be expensive.
Do you mind or notice the narrow nut width?
I just received a 611VFM and have a few comments. Beautiful guitar, great workmanship & materials, super pretty guitar, and sounds AMAZING on every setting. It's the best complement of tones in 1 guitar I've ever heard, and I have an ESP Horizon amongst others. Looks very high end and projects so loud and full even not plugged in. Beautiful guitar for sure. Now my only gripe: The neck is narrow. Compared to my metal strats with wide necks, this feels narrow and crowded. But you get used to it, and the amazing tones in all settings makes it worth it. I'm hard to impress, and very difficult in general, but this sounds AMAZING. Blew me away. Great review by our host!!
Yamaha are soooo underrated and unfairly so, they have been for many years yet they continue to provide those in the know with superb instruments that rival top line manufacturers, but from a totally different price bracket. I have had a much modded ERG121C since they first released it and it is still going strong.
Fantastic guitar. I bought one last year. You can cover so many genres with it and it plays like a dream. Pick ups are great too
Thanks for doing this one. I've been waiting for a good quality Pacifica review and this hits the mark.
Yep, that's up there on my list of "everything's right about it". No fuss or frills, just a really great instrument.
It sounds sweet and middle of the road, the things I like. .I am impressed, If I didn't already have too many guitars I would buy it
I am super impressed by your music room and especially the rack set up of all those amp heads you have available to switch to from just the touch of a button. An absolutely brilliant set up! Also, fantastic playing from you for the purpose of the demo. I’m definitely subscribing to your channel. Keep on rocking!
That metal logo on the headstock is sure to bring a healthy portion of additional high end to this guitar.
I've had a PAC611H hard tail for two years now. It has everything I want in a giging guitar and is priced right. Only thing I had to do was lower the string height slightly. Everything was perfect out of the box.
Im planning to buy this Yamaha Pacifica. What amplifier you reccomend me for 300€? Thank you.
Japanese doesn't do stressed syllables, the rhythm is just "da-da-da" -> "ya-ma-ha"
Ich hoffe, dass das dir hilft.
Agreed. Japanese has very few stressed syllables, but they do exist. If they didn't they wouldn't be able to differentiate between the words "bridge" "edge" and "chopstick", all pronounced "Hashi" but different stresses.
eh, it's YAH-maha
@@wildersparks9161 it's Yamaha
@@fuglbird That's what I said. "YAHmaha"
It's just 「ヤマハ」、
not that hard, よ。
can't stop looking at all those amps that's really impressive .
Yeah, the new Pacificas are crazy good guitars.
In Germany you sing: Yamaha, yamasoul, I'll keep it shining everywhere I go!
Why did Yamaha stop putting the black P90 in these? It looks soooo good.
Forget the guitar. Where can I get that awesome cat shirt?
PRS ship in tune, as do alot of brands its much better for the neck to be be sent in tune than loosened. as the reactive bow on the truss rod no longer under tension can do damage to the neck. all guitars ship from factory in tune from good makers the same as how we tour and fly guitars on the road
It’s very difficult to water down a German accent when saying “humbucker” 😂, especially when you follow it with a “metaaaal” scream, sounding like Klaus Meine 🤘🤘🤘
I have the same guitar and i think this is the best guitar i had in my career i can't replace it (on Studio/Live )
I have only 112J and the playability is superb, . Yamaha made good guitars
I have only the 012 model (I think the beginner tool) and I like it so much. Playability is better than in many same price range guitars.
I bought my first real guitar back in 2015 and it was that model PAC611 and it is amazing, amazing guitar, it sounds like a fat Strat and then some.
Can i also play (progressive) Metal like Tool with this guitar? I am searching for a guitar under 1000 euroes, which can deliver good metal sound and a good playability
underrated depends on where you are. there certainly are not in Japan, while living there I owned a lot of Yamahas, some of my Dynamics went back to the early 1950's, one I brought back to Canada with me has a 5 digit serial placing to the mid 1950s according to the Japanese web sites I visited. before moving back here, I sold off a lot of my guitars, Yamaha USA Its being a couple of them, and I missed them so much I bought one of these in the video, in black, to fill that gap. I do still have my Pacifica MS1511, from the first generation that is outstanding but this 611 is as good as any Yamah I have owned...even though it is MII. The USA Its had Warmoth necks and bodies, Sperzel tuners, Wilkinson bridges and Duncan pups, top of the line models. Yamaha still has a very big following in Japan, always will I suspect, their guitars are fabulous, even the low end models have great necks.
Wiggle sticks! ♥️ I love it! I'll use it from now on.
Beautiful playing in this demo, really made it sing
I love my 611 HFM.. incredible guitar - got it for $350 lightly used.
Where did u buy?
I just bought one almost brand new on Reverb for 375 (but 472 with shipping and tax). The guitar feels very expensive. I can't stand the logo. It looks like a computer logo.
not brand new. used, but almost brand new.
If I didn't seriously just buy a Revstar 502T in Ash Grey, I would also buy a hardtail 611 Pacifica ... Purple with the weirdly non-matching cream P90 and old-school tortoise-shell pickguard. Talk about a setup "that cannot go wrong".
Maybe next month. Purple guitars are worth it.
The P-90 makes this 611 model sound much more pleasant and much more like a Fender on the clean channel and eliminates all the thin brittle tone the 612 model has. Definitely sound wise better than the 612. I’ll be sending off for one beginning of June when I get paid. Can’t wait!
I have a Yamaha super strat from the early 90s. One of my best guitars. Accidentally marked down to 148 bucks at a mars music midnight madness sale. $ 900 guitar. The manager tried to fight me on it. He lost. Wouldn't give that guitar up for $10,000
I could be a metal axe, you just need to boost the amp with Tube Screamer.
The neck p90 becomes a bit noisy though.
Yamaha has always made serious instrument.
Wow I'm impressed with how good it sounds! I'm looking for a good beginner guitar...Think I might have found it.
Kary Dickens my first guitar was a Pacifica 112J about 13 years ago, still have it and play it today, and I’m looking at this as a big brother to it, you won’t be disappointed by Yamaha.
@@MrPallo888ful Thanks for the reply..I find myself stuck between the choice of the Yamaha and Fender player strat hss. I have an account with Sweetwater,but I went to guitar center to get a feel...That didn't help cause now I just want more shit... Lol 😁
Don’t worry, I know the feeling, I’ve been through a lot of gear in my time too! In my own amateur opinion I’d say the Yamaha, purely from my own experience I had a Mexican Fender and they’re nice, but they’re not “the real deal”. Yamaha will give you everything they can with this price point, with Fender you’ll get the name and the look but if you want the best they can offer you’re paying double at least.
@@MrPallo888ful Thanks again Joe, I appreciate your advice, my first gut feeling was Yamaha..I already own three Yamaha synth's and haven't been disappointed yet.
Glenn needs to hear you say METAL!!!!
I have this model and I love it.
Mine is Transxulent black with gloss finish from 2015 love it.
The most underrated guitars out there, better quality than the USA stuff.
Justin from Graphtech....When Henning mentions your name, do you think, "OMG! Henning said my name !!", or, "OH DEAR LORD !! Henning mentioned me in a video." ?? Asking for a friend.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
A bit of both ;D
@@GraphTechGuitarLabs ua-cam.com/video/sJuxYuurzpQ/v-deo.html He usually just yells at ME.
Not sure if I like you but I do respect your opinion on guitars, well done.
I want this guitar!
Ok ok ok, we get it youve got all the amps 😂
I play 611s. The Custom 5 pickup is mid scooped. That doesn't work for me on rock solos. Based on advice from Seymour Duncan I installed SD 59 Custom Hybrids. It has the same Custom coil for single coil mode which is great and a 59 coil for great mids in humbucking mode. Its the perfect pickup upgrade for this guitar. The only other thing I did to them was have my tech add nice chrome momentary push button kill switches that look factory. The tops are very thin veneers but look nice. Discovered this when drilling the holes in the tops for the kill switches. Great working guitars. I have two red ones where the trem works great. I have a blue 612 and we can't get the trem to hold pitch as well on that one.
The 59 Custom hybrid is one of the best pickups out there imo. Paired with a Sentient with coil splits on both and you have the ultimate tonal capability. I did it to my Yamaha AES620 and it is flawless.
I have the hard tail version of the 611. Great guitars for the money.
Yamaha has a HARDTAIL 611?! Cuse me! *opens Thomann in a new tab* 😂
Great guitar I bought a second-hand one at half the price.
@@CRESPOPAGETUBE I'll keep my eyes peeled for one.
@@MichaelD8393 Yep. Identical hardware configs save the hardtail (with GraphTech saddles) vs vintage Wilkinson vibrato bridge.
@@jamescreswell9037 I saw and I'm asking Santa for one this year.
Yamaha used to have high end pacificas made in Japan in the 80s ☺
I have a 1412 from 1990. Crazy quality.
I tried so many fender and tried Yamaha 611v and I can comfortable say Yamaha is better some ppl get mad but I think they love fender cause of nostalgia or because old bands use it
The only thing that feels like a step back with these guitars is the neck joint. They went from a "total access" neck joint (look it up, the best bolt on / bolt in neck joint you will ever see) to this ugly uncomfortable block thing again. Granted this was when they were building full on superstrats in the early nineties. Awesome guitars.
Aluminum and aluminium are interchangeable and are both officially recognized by international chemistry orgs. Since the extra "i" isn't officially necessary and requires an extra keystroke/syllable, it can go pound sand.
They are both wrong though. Another early variation was "alumium" -- which is more succinct while still offering the -ium suffix and is therefore clearly superior to either currently used term for atomic #13.
I'm back to watching this video. I really want this guitar. Exactly this limited edition PAC611VFMX in the Root Beer colour. A used one over eBay cost me more than a thousand euros, because it would have to be shipped from Japan. I'm not paying that much for it! But I would really love to get my hands on this guitar, it looks really amazing, I love its looks, and it's a pretty good sounding versatile guitar! I don't have G.A.S., I just want that guitar. In the meantime I'll play my other guitars.
Honestly, regardless of the quality of the guitar or it's hardware, I believe that you could make any guitar sound amazing!!!
Goddamn the sound of Seymour's P90's is just so beautiful, its like nothing else. Can be beautiful and clear being clean, and filthy and crunchy when dirty, and sounds amazing with any pedal effect! I have Antiquity hot p90 in the bridge, and antiquity vintage in the neck and they just sound so amazing, through the Orange Crush Pro cr120c 2x12
They’re awesome
That P90 is so straty like fat Strat and the Custom 5 is to die for.
I just opened a new Yamaha Pacifica 611HFM and played for an hour on a fretboard with gritty unpolished frets, a guitar body with a scratchy sounding volume pot and my fingers are as black as can be from dye on the fretboard? Sounds ok for 600 bucks though. Not sure it's gonna be worth the trouble. Seems like all else is fine and it looks good if you like root beer. The tone (push/pull) moves too easily and both pots are probably crap including the 3 way switch but it has a neck Seymore P90 and bridge Seymore HB and Grover locking tuners with a bunch of Tusq stuff. I hate mail ordering guitars but becoming old and less healthy makes going to a music store a PITA. Thanks for all the vids, Henning. Great work, my friend. Need to do one on the Supro Statesman, one of which I've had for about eight months.
I too have a PAC611HFM Root Beer - I bought it lightly used and the fret ends need some work for sure. But it's a great, solid guitar. Having seen this video I'm going to try and get an aluminum pickguard from Yamaha as I think it will look much better than the stock tortoise shell.
The guitarist from Asterism upgraded her neck pickup to a zebra. But she shreds like a madman on what's basically a $250 guitar.
Haruka Noma is a killer guitarist. Already.
Great video. I love Yamaha guitars (I have 3 acoustics) because for me, under 400 Euros, they are the best value that I have found. I have always wanted a Pacifica but if I ever get one it will probably have to be a cheaper model.
Love the colours. I can't find anyone like that available anywhere 😢
I'm extremely surprised with how much this guitar has changed to this day. This version of the 612 is so different from the actual one! There is no humbucker/signle coil version anymore, and the black top with the not flat yamaha logo is looking freaking fantastic!
What happened here?
I love the finish on it! and the colour.
I have an almost 30 y/o Pacifica that has a great triple A tobacco burst and gold hardware I think it was quite pricey I the day Pups sound great too
Aluminum is the correct term.It was named by Hans Christian Ørsted who discovered the element. It was overturned by others that did not like the fact that it was not spelled in the manner of the other metals in its class.
I thought these were all long gone but there’s a website called “The Music Zoo” who you can put in a pre order for this limited edition matte finish version of the 611. I just placed the pre-order today June 14th 2021 and they said at the latest they will have it sent to me by early September. Yes, that’s a good two month wait but it’ll be worth getting this limited edition when even the standard glossy finish models with tremelos aren’t available and also on back order!
Sounds like you made a good choice. I kinda want one of these, can't justify buying any more guitars though. I highly enjoy my Yamaha Bass.
@@AveryGuitar Good choice. Yamaha does make some pretty awesome bases.
@@AveryGuitar I honestly have never owned a Yamaha Pacifica but this upgraded model just blows me away so much that I put in the pre order without ever seeing one in person.
@@Xcorgi I would too if I needed another guitar
WUT! It is down to 649???? Music Store is all out of stock (except for the black one), WHERE DO I GET A ROOT BEER STAINED ONE?
Yamaha (we also say yamAha in Greek) make great products, the very least you can say about them is that they are reliable. I love their instruments (guitars and basses at that) and their motorcycles.
The Pacifica has been a great series from the start and Yamaha deserve praise for keeping the quality consistent over the years. Even their low priced models are good (as you showed in the other video). I particularly enjoy the fretboard and neck, it invites you to play.
Πριν μια εβδομάδα πήρε μια ένας φίλος μου, φανταστική κιθάρα! $600+φόρους
@@nikosikaria1212 αυτή τη συγκεκριμένη; Από που;
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@@nikosikaria1212 όχι, εντάξει, κάπου θα την ξετρυπώσω, ευχαριστώ!
Me and my daughter really like your shirt
That is a piece of art
That guitar sounds ace!!
Whenever someone buys a Silver Sky, I just assume they're unaware of the higher end Pacificas.
ah yes, assumption... Having played many Pacificas and many PRS guitars... sure, go ahead assume ;)
@@bruunm1975 tbf I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. If you know about the nicer Pacificas and still want a PRS I can't help you.
@@wildersparks9161 The Pacifica's are great guitars from entry level value up until their top of the range. But honestly there is no comparison. It is like comparing a good KIA with a high end Mercedes or Audi. Sure they both drive, sure they both more than adequately do their job. But they truly are not the same. Does that make the KIA a bad car? Absolutely not.
And yes I will always want the PRS :) No help required, thank you :p
@@bruunm1975 Lol, that's just factually incorrect. PRS fans seem to think there's something special about their guitars. Sorry, but nope. They're nice but not quite as masterfully built as the high end pacificas. You're just falling for branding.
Lets agree to disagree... nothing ever plays or feels like my '91 CU24, not even close ;)
How are the P90s different from the Pacifica 612 single coils? Sorry I’m not very informed in guitars.
Just pulled the trigger on the new teal one but it’s back ordered
Aber warum the Yamaha links provided are all in Deutch? The video is in English so it has to be some consistency language-wise. Kein Ordnung.
I would see this guitar going right up against the Reverend series of guitars that also have nice P90 and humbucker combinations, locking tuners, and high quality Wilkinson bridges. Both are very good guitar makers and similar price range. Pick your preference. Not sure where the Yamaha's are made - Reverends done in Korea. Yamaha's HW components here are excellent!
yeah, very similar. both sound great. I love the Pacifica feel/playability.
Yamaha guitars are the sleeper of all sleepers! Nothing can touch their guitars overall valuewise for the money spent! I have a super cheap starter pack Yamaha guitar called the EG112C which is basically like a low end Pacifica, but it has a Tone just from the stock pickups that sounds as good or better than literally dozens of high end Gibsons, Fenders, Ibanez and even Charvels! The Charvels are equal overall, but they cost a small fortune compared to a ton of good Yamahas and thats just the cheap stuff! The Higher End Yamahas are like the Customs of Customshop! No one ever believes it, until they hear some comparisons between guitars, but even the cheapest Yamaha can annihilate all competition!
00:00:48 I think v = vintage tremolo, fm = flame maple, h = hardtail
Yup, I have a 611HFM which is hardtail and has a flamed maple top. I also had a 510V and that one had a vibrato (or tremolo like Leo used to say).
I tried it with a fender mustang gt100 in a guitar store, i played Sultans of swing and Eddie van halen. Great guitar.
It sound great and looks great!
Yamaha makes eveything. Motorcycles, boats, jetskis, snowmobiles , stereos.
Apologies for the third comment in a row, but here goes: actually this particular version clocks in at around 800 Euro...
Street price is lower
@@valebliz Not for this version with the aluminum plate. The one with the regular plate and cream p90 is cheaper
Such a rad guitar!
Yamaha YSG is where it's at baby!!!!!!
Hello, I must share with you my experience with this guitar. Based on this review and a few others from youtube, I've decided to buy one as my second strat guitar for gigs, but I was disappointed. I own a japanese strat made in 1990, I'm a guitarist with school musical training plus 25 years of stage experience and I can tell you that the difference between the new Yamaha and the old strat is huge! Don't misunderstand me, Yamaha Pacifica 611 looks great, feels good in my hands, has good features, but the sound it's not what I've expected. I like to test first the guitars unplugged, to feel and hear how the wood and strings resonate together. Well, the Pacifica 611 was like a slab of stone with strings. No sounds at all, almost like a dead stone. Amplified was ok but not great, even with SD pickups. The neck pickup has too much low end for my taste, it's noisy like all the single coils, but the bridge pickup sound is excellent. So, I've put it away in a case until the next day and I've gave it another try to convince me, but ... no chance. The third day I've sent it back to Thomann and change it for another electric guitar. My second choice was a good option and I'm happy with it as well with my japanese strat. End of story. Henning I love your review, but I have the feeling that it's not complete without pros and cons aswell.
Great playthrough! I’d really like you to play the Yamaha Revstar and compare their RS304, RS404 to similar-priced Harley Benton fusion Ii
***throws money at the screen***
Had a sweet little blue 1 some yrs ago, sold it cheap 2 a student. Love that they're making some fancy 1s. Looks like a solid workhorse, Need it!
Man, that 611 VFMX was a limited edition. The 611 HFM that's sold now is glossy, it doesn't have a satin neck and no locking tuners either, I think. I'd love to have that VFMX, but there's no way to get it, not even second hand world wide.
The 611 I have from 2012 has a coil tap on the custom 5 making it really versatile
Split.
DMSProduktions tap/split I new it was one or other
@@hozzer68 Yeah.
Splat...Im sure you...knew..that 😎🎸
Heh, I was just looking at this guitar on Thomann this morning following your previous Yamaha Pacifica video (not a beginner, just one of those weirdos who watch pretty much all of your videos, because of reasons). Neat.
I'm about to drop my money on an Ibanez AZ, but I might just grab one of those Yamaha at some point, just for the sake of it or as a modding platform.
Yeah, it's great as a modding platform! I bought a fixed bridge 611 and modded it into a metal machine. Already replaced the 250k pots with 500k pots, replaced the Custom 5 with a Duncan Distortion, put a custom black pickguard on its top (that fugly tortoise thing had to go) and put steel saddles in the bridge. Not too satisfied with the Distortion, though... already ordered an EMG 81/P60 combo ;-)
What took you so long Henning ?
I got one of these a couple of years back (not an X just straight 611VFM, more glossy).
I Love the tones And the feel.
For me it's sits between my Strat and my SG for sounds.
That SD P90 is special. Rich in harmonics.
The Coil Split in the bridge humbucker balances well too.
When will Yamaha make a top of the range twin humbucker Pacifica with trem.....no trem option? PLEASE!!
It sounds great, but it doesn’t seem to hold tuning like the ultra-modified Pacifica 112 Darrel Braun put together. I wonder if the tremolo is the difference.
I bought a Pacifica 611 a couple of weeks ago. A great guitar for a lot of styles, and very well built! To make it more tight and "metal" I needed to swap the 250k pots and replace them with 500k pots, now it sounds crushing. Would definitely buy it again!
P90 and Humbucker guitars should allways come out of the factory loaded with a 500 k volumepot. (For tone i don’t really prefere one or the other)
@@bartvschuylenburg This guitar with custom 5 needs 250k pots and cover pickup for balanced tone, if you want 5ook you need other humbucker like jb for example.