Yamaha PAC012 Deluxe Review

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Overall Rating 4.31

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Features 4.28

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Quality 4.29

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Reliability / Value 4.37

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Yamaha PAC012 Deluxe Specs

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  • Body Shape: Strat®  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Body Type: Solid Body  
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  • Scale Length: 25-1/2"  
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  • Body Wood: Agathis  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Shape: C-shaped neck  
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  • Neck Joint: Bolt-on  
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  • Neck Wood: Maple  
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  • Fingerboard Radius: 13.75"  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Rosewood  
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  • Fingerboard Material: Sonokelin  
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  • Fingerboard Inlays: White Dot  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Bridge: Tremolo  
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  • Hardware: Chrome  
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  • Fret Size: Jumbo  
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  • Number of Pickups: 3  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 5-Position Blade  
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  • Bridge Pickup Type: Humbucker  
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  • Middle Pickup Type: Single Coil  
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  • Controls: Volume  
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  • Controls: Tone  
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PAC012 Deluxe caused an increasing interest with guitar players, especially when you consider that it's built by a renowned guitar manufacturer such as Yamaha. It performs well both in studio and on stage, and will fit many different playing styles.

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Yamaha's PAC012 Deluxe an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for PAC012 Deluxe's features!

If you try playing PAC012 Deluxe after an average guitar, it becomes obvious that this Yamaha deserves to be proud of making it sound so beautifully. It delivers great tone when plugged in to most amps and, versatile as it is, it will allow you to find your own tone that you will be proud of as well. Yamaha's PAC012 Deluxe is surely a world class sounding instrument.

Yamaha did a good job. PAC012 Deluxe is built well, the finish feels just right, the hardware is solid. While playing for a longer periods of time you can expect PAC012 Deluxe to stay in tune and you will be pleased while playing, because the neck is extremely comfortable. You might find that over time metal parts will oxidize a bit, but that's normal and nothing to worry about. Yamaha did a really good job with PAC012 Deluxe guitar.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that Yamaha's PAC012 Deluxe is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. Yamaha has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into PAC012 Deluxe.