by JereFuzz » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:43 pm
I received the guitar and am really impressed by it. It's made in Indonesia and made of nato wood with a maple top and rosewood fingerboard. The guitar came nearly in tune and the action is great. There was no need to adjust the truss rod. When depressing the 22nd and 1st fret on the bass E string I can still get the string to ring between the depressed frets. No fret buzz on any string. The color is fired red and it appears to be similar to a transparent crimson red. The maple underneath looks very nice. The neck is narrow, flat (13.75 inch radius), and thin, just the way I like it. Apparently, the models above the rs420 have thicker necks. The Rosewood is very nice and the cream binding is seamless. There are a few small scuff marks on some of the binding but it is no big deal at all. Most of the "stock" photos of the fired red rs420 don't do it justice at all. It appears to be darker in real life and the cream binding seems thicker as well. The sound is terrific! It sounds Alnicoesque since the pickups are Alnico pickups, duh. So it is middy and smooth. The low cut feature ads tons of articulation to the strings (especially with distortion) which is great since humbuckers can be a bit muddy/mushy. The dialing back the low cut you get a fatter sound that can be a bit more mushy (as expected). I wouldn't call it light but it didn't strike me as heavy. For $499 (with hard case included from Kraft Music) you get a ton of guitar. I've become a huge Yamaha fan due to my experience with the Pacifica and am tempted to buy some more Yamaha guitars in the future. Overwhelmingly impressed!
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