Yamaha Revstar Standard Rss20 Vintage White

Essential Information About the Yamaha Revstar Standard RSS20 Guitar

• Chambered body (Yamaha Acoustic Design process) for enhanced resonance, better balance, and reduced weight


• Two Alnico V humbuckers paired with a 5-position selector switch: a very wide tonal palette for a two-pickup guitar


• Focus Switch (passive push/pull) to thicken the sound and increase presence without altering your effects chain


• 3-piece mahogany neck with carbon reinforcements and jumbo stainless steel frets: stability, precision, and durability

Revstar: Yamaha's DNA Between "Café Racer" Design and Modern Engineering

Initially launched in 2015, the Revstar series marks Yamaha's return to the forefront of electric guitars, featuring a strong identity inspired by 1960s "café racer" motorcycles. The range is structured into three levels (Element, Standard, Professional handcrafted in Japan) and focuses on stage-oriented design: race-inspired finishes, ergonomics, and switching innovations to multiply tonal textures without complicating the instrument.

For Which Guitarists and Styles?

The Yamaha Revstar Standard RSS20 is aimed at intermediate to advanced guitarists seeking a reliable, expressive, and versatile electric guitar, equally comfortable in rehearsals, concerts, or studio settings. Thanks to its humbuckers and extended switching options, it easily covers rock, blues, indie, pop, alternative, and more saturated genres, while maintaining clear definition on clean tones.

Tone

The RSS20 combines a chambered mahogany body with a maple top: mahogany provides body, rich mids, and natural sustain, while maple adds attack and clarity to better cut through the mix. The Alnico V humbuckers offer a balance between warmth and bite, with firm lows and precise highs, perfect for transitioning from organic crunch to denser saturation. The 5-position selector switch offers combinations designed to access more nuanced "intermediate" textures than a simple 3-position wiring, and the Focus Switch (passive push/pull) enhances presence and thickness for beefier riffs or leads that stand out without increasing volume.

Technical specifications

Electronics: microphone configuration	HH	Nbrs of frets	22
Category	Double cut	Body	Mahogany
Left handed	No	Bridge / tailpiece	Fixed
Strings	Steel	Electronics	Passive
Nbr of strings	6	Color	White
Top	Maple	Finishing	Glossy
Fingerboard	Rosewood	Hardware	Chromed

Finish	polyurethane gloss	Width (nut/12th fret)	41.9 mm / 1.65"; 56.8 mm / 2.24"
Height	969 mm	Bridge	Tune-O-Matic
Width	347.2 mm	Tailpiece	stopbar
Weight	3.7 kg	Tuners	oil-bath
Construction / joint	glued	Pickguard	3-ply cream
Neck	3-piece mahogany with carbon reinforcement	Neck pickup	Alnico V humbucker
Neck finish	polyurethane satin	Bridge pickup	Alnico V humbucker
Scale length	24-3/4" / 628.6 mm	Controls	master volume, master tone (push-pull "Focus Switch")
Radius	12" / 304.8 mm	Selector	5-position switch
Frets	22, jumbo stainless steel	Case	deluxe gigbag
Nut	composite