Yamaha Pacifica012 Black
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Essential Information About the Yamaha Pacifica 012 Guitar
Essential Information About the Yamaha Pacifica 012 Guitar
- HSS configuration (bridge humbucker + 2 single coils) for easily switching from clean tones to more powerful overdrives
- Maple neck with a 25.5" / 648 mm scale length: a very versatile "standard" feel, ideal for both learning and progressing
- 5-position selector + volume and tone controls: simple, effective, and intuitive settings
- Vintage style tremolo bridge: vibrato effects and expressive playing without complexity
Manufacturer Information
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A Pacifica Designed to Focus on the Essentials
The Pacifica series has established itself as a Yamaha benchmark for its logic: comfortable ergonomics, immediate playability, and sound versatility covering the essentials of current styles. The Pacifica 012 follows this spirit with a very popular pickup configuration and reliable craftsmanship, designed to support the first years of playing without frustrating the guitarist.
For Which Guitarist and Styles?
The Yamaha Pacifica 012 is primarily aimed at beginners and intermediate players who want an electric guitar that is easy to set up and understand, while retaining enough character to explore various genres. Thanks to its three pickups and 5-position selector, it is well suited for pop, rock, blues, funk (crisp clean sounds in intermediate positions), and thicker bridge pickup tones for more energetic rhythms and leads.
The Sound
The mahogany body provides a warm foundation, with present mids and a pleasing roundness, while the maple neck contributes to attack precision and clarity. The ceramic pickups offer a strong output level and clear response, useful for maintaining bite in both clean and overdriven tones. The HSS configuration allows for thicker and more powerful sounds with the bridge humbucker, while keeping brighter and more defined tones with the single coils (neck and middle). The intentionally simple electronics (Master Volume, Master Tone, and 5-position selector) make it easy to quickly find the right sound, and the vintage tremolo adds an expressive palette for subtle or more pronounced effects.
Recommended Compatible Accessories
To complete a reliable playing setup, you can add a tuner (clip-on or pedal), a standard strap, and plectrums suited to your picking style. As replacements, a set of 0.009-0.042 gauge strings matches the original string gauge.
Technical specifications
| Electronics: microphone configuration | SS | Scalloped | Double |
| Category | ST | Body | Mahogany |
| Left handed | No | Bridge / tailpiece | Tremolo |
| Strings | Steel | Electronics | Passive |
| Nbr of strings | 6 | Color | Black |
| Fingerboard | Walnut | Finishing | Glossy |
| Nbrs of frets | 22 | Hardware | Chromed |
| Overall construction | bolt-on | Thickness (1st fret / 12th fret) | 20.9 mm / 0.82"; 22.9 mm / 0.90" |
| Body material | mahogany | Bridge | Vintage Style Tremolo |
| Body finish | glossy polyurethane | Tremolo arm | screw-in, diameter 5.2 mm / 0.20" |
| Neck material | maple | String spacing | 10.5 mm / 0.41" |
| Neck finish | satin polyurethane | Tuners | covered |
| Scale length | 25.5" / 648.0 mm | Pickguard | single-ply white |
| Radius | 13.78" / 350 mm | Neck pickup | single coil, ceramic |
| Frets | medium | Middle pickup | single coil, ceramic |
| Number of frets | 22 | Bridge pickup | humbucker, ceramic |
| Nut | Urea | Controls | Master Volume, Master Tone |
| Neck width (nut / 12th fret) | 41.0 mm / 1.61"; 51.4 mm / 2.02" | Selector | 5-position lever switch |
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Questions frequently asked
Is the black Yamaha Pacifica 012 suitable for starting electric guitar?
This model targets beginner and intermediate guitarists with simple electronics featuring a volume, tone, and 5-position selector switch. The maple neck has a width of 41 mm at the nut. Its 22 medium frets and 648 mm scale length correspond to the standard electric format.
What styles can be played with the HSS configuration?
The configuration combines two ceramic single coils at the neck and middle positions with a ceramic humbucker at the bridge. The intermediate positions provide clear sounds suitable for pop, blues, and funk. The bridge pickup offers thicker tones for rock and energetic rhythms.
What string gauge should be used on a Pacifica 012?
A set of steel strings in 0.009-0.042 gauge corresponds to the original gauge specified for this model.
Is the vibrato on the Pacifica 012 usable?
The Vintage Style Tremolo bridge allows adding vibrato effects. Its screw-in arm has a diameter of 5.2 mm and the string spacing is 10.5 mm.
What accessories should be planned with this guitar?
For a complete playing setup, it is possible to add a clip-on or pedal tuner, a standard strap, and picks. The mahogany body features a glossy black polyurethane finish, with chrome hardware and a single-ply white pickguard.
