It?s no wonder that Yamaha?s Pacifica 112 enjoys such sales success. At a remarkably reasonable price the guitar features a solid Alder body, which in conjunction with the powerful bridge humbucker and two single-coil pickups produces an impressive palette of vintage and modern rock sounds.

Having been in production for decades, the Pacifica keeps getting better, and these new 112V's are testement to that. Modern styling, great playability, fat sounds and quality materials all round, professionals and beginners alike recommend the Yamaha Pacifica as the best starter electric guitar on the market.

It's based, of course, on the Fender Stratocaster, but with many amendments along the way. We start with a slim and stylish headstock, with a natural satin finish. The Pacifica and block lettered Yamaha logo's are in black, with their familiar '3 tuning forks' logo tucked in at the end.

The 6-a-side machine heads are in chrome, a die-cast enclosed stlye, they're not branded, but work very well.

The C shaped neck is superb for an instrument of this price, probably the the single part that made the Pacifica most famous. Hard Maple, it has a satin finish that is very smooth, even after being played for a while with sweaty palms! The Rosewood fingerboard is unbound, with fantastic, unblemished fretwork, very nicely cut and shaped. The Rosewood itself is also excellent, well polished up and slippery. This all makes for a very noce guitar to play of course.

For techies out there, nut width is a slim 40mm, action height 4mm on the bass side and 2mm on the treble, string spacing at the bridge is 53mm.

The neck is bolted on the Alder body, fixed by a Chrome plate and 4 large screws at the back, joining the body at the 17th fret on the bass side, and 21st on the treble. The body is heavily chamfered aroung the back of the upper bout, giving a comfortable playing position when sat or standing. More chamfering on the front of the upper bout makes strumming a little easier, and also reduces the guitars weight.

The body of this model is finished in a glossy, dark Sunburst, and it has a dark Rosewood fingerboard.

The white, 3 ply scratchplate is smaller than on previous models, covering the areas under the 2 single coil pickups and the 5 way selector switch only. The pickups themselves are white, the bridge humbucker having a black plastic surround.

The Chrome bridge and tremolo arm work very smoothly too, with 6 individually adjustable Chrome saddles that look of good quality. The master tone and volume controls are also decent chunks of Chrome, the tone having a pull-up coil-tap switch built in.

Playing the Pacifica on a clean channel is just great. All 3 pickups give a really clear, clean tonal response, no wooliness here. The bridge humbucker sounds a little more rounded, with a bit more oomph giving deeper tones, but pull up the tone control and and it snaps into bridgt a cheerful.

On an overdrive setting likewise. The Pacifica can stand plenty abuse and is great for blues, rock, country, metal, a very versatile player.

A world famous guitar made better, you find anything better at this price. Highly recommended by Guitarbitz.

• Body Alder
• Neck Bolton Maple
• Fingerboard Rosewood, 350mm (13.75?) radius
• Frets 22
• Scale length 648mm (25.5?)
• Pickups Two singlecoils, one humbucker
• Controls 5 position pickup selector, master volume, master tone
• Bridge: Vintage style tremolo

In Stock
All products on our website are in stock unless shown as 'Call 08452222603 To Order', this means we can deliver your order to you very quickly, subject to payment authorisation. The next dispatch date is shown against each product, and below is an indication of when you can expect your purchase.

All Guitars are Checked Before Dispatch
All Guitars go through our 12 point checking procedure to make sure that it passes our standards before shipping. This helps ensure your guitar will reach you in perfect condition. All guitars are checked against our 12 point check list and once passed, have a Guitarbitz quality control sticker attached. In addition to this we want to ensure that no harm can come to your guitar on the journey between us and you and so we have a rigorous packing procedure involving multiple protective layers. If you notice that this packaging is damaged when delivered by our courier, it is important to check the goods and if damaged, refuse the delivery and call us immediately. For your peace of mind, we have outlined the 12 point check below to show how we are passionate about your instrument.

1) Finish checked for imperfections or damage	2) Strings tuned up and tested for tone and playability	3) Neck checked for bending or humps
4)  Truss rod adjusted for correct positioning	5) Frets examined for playability	6) Bridge checked for position and hold on strings
7) Strap buttons tested for secure fitting	8) Neck joint examined	9) Machine heads turned and tested for secure grip on strings
10) Nut tested for secure fitting and correct string height	11) Switches, volume and tone controls tested for faulty connections	12) Pickups checked for responsiveness

For more details on our checking and packing procedure, please see our 12 Point Check and Packing Procedures page.

When You Will Receive your Order

Guitar accessories - strings, straps, stands, tuners and other small items
• Orders weighing less than 2kg are posted via First Class Royal Mail on the dispatch date shown.
• Orders weighing less than 2kg with a value over £30 will be sent First Class Royal Mail Recorded Delivery on the dispatch date shown.
• We cannot guarantee a delivery date for these orders, but First Class post usually takes 1-2 days.

Guitars, Amplifiers and larger items
• Orders weighing over 2kg are sent via our next working day courier service.

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When Interlink Express deliver:
• You are given a one hour delivery window
• You are notified of this by email on the morning of delivery
• If not convenient you can use the email to change the delivery date

International Deliveries
We can deliver to the following European countries,
• Zone 1 - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain - £15 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 2 - Finland, Portugal and Sweden - £25 (including TAX) per order.
• Zone 3 - Switzerland and Norway - £50 (excluding TAX) per order.
Please note that we can only deliver international orders to the billing address of the credit card used. These orders typically take 3-5 working days to be delivered, you can still track your orders via the Internet in the same way.