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Pickup Quality
Customers have mixed opinions regarding the pickup quality of the Yamaha Revstar RS502T Limited Edition Flame Top, Ash Grey guitar. While some are highly impressed and consider it a flagship for Yamaha, others find the plastic nut disappointing and suggest replacing it for improved sustain. Overall, customers appreciate the unique design, controlled sound, and high-quality hardware of this affordable instrument.
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Quality
The finish is great, the guitar is heavy and resonate plus all the hardware is high quality.
The pickups are there own design and sound great.
They build a great guitar and then slap a cheap plastic nut on it.
The materials and craftsmanship are simply unbelievable.
Price
All i can say is test this guitar before spending your $650 on a mim strat or epi lp.
For $700, this is a lot of instrument.
I do, however, recommend giving the guitar a chance because it's one heck of a value for its cost.
Packaging/appearance
I was interested in these for awhile but it took the new vintage japanese denim color to appeal to me visually to help me make ... Read More
Competitiveness
The p90 pickups on this guitar are without a doubt the best stock pickups i’ve ever heard and sound even better or at least as ... Read More
Overall this is a real winner for yamaha and will be a flagship for them for years to come.
I am utterly blown away at how this indonesian-made guitar stands up to much more expensive american and japanese counterparts.
Overall you will not find a better guitar in this price range.
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- How are reviewers describing this item?
great, quality, expensive, plastic and little. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is high deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 33.3% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 37 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 22 2024.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Its well built and plays well but all this 34japanese influence34 combined with the yamaha name somewhat steers you away from realizing that this is a guitar made in indonesia and not japan
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On its own the guitar feels and plays like a premium guitar
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The finish on the metal hardware is a little cheap but it looks nice
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The seams on the hardware are pronounced which looks like it came from a dollar store up close but it doesnt impact the quality
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Ive seen worse on guitars that cost twice as much
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Its not noticeable while playing
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The weight is al little awkward
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I wouldnt exactly call this a 34lap guitar34 which is unfortunate
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