It has a bridge Humbucker and 2 single coils on a 5 way selector so you can get quite a few different sounds out of it. The action is increadible low and smooth. There is plenty of cutaway to get to the uncharted territory on the higher frets and the sound does'nt break up too much when you get there. The tremolo arm works ok as well not that I often us it. The headstock seems to go on forever which means the strings are'nt bent up there and put under extra stress. All in all it's comfortable to play, the angles on the body make it nice to hold to. In my opinion you can't beat it for the price, it compares with strats but is almost half the price.

Unlike a normal yamaha guitar, it has two single coil pickups and one humbucker so that you don't get that annoying humming sound. You can also get a sharp tone on solos, but also get a deep palm mute without having to change settings. It also looks just like a Fender Stratocaster, but it costs less. The height of the frets are nice because they are low enough to make soloing easy, but high enough so that you can feel some resistance when you press down on the strings.

One disadvantage about the guitar is that it come with a plastic cover for the input jack to screw into, and it breaks easily. I recommend replacing it with a metal one. Also, I don't like the fact that it only has two knobs, I would prefer something with three knobs, maybe an extra tone just to change things up a little.

The Pacifica is built like a tank, and after my many times of taking it apart, I haven't noticed any problem with wiring, or connection, or resistors. I don't what kind of pickups are used in it, but they sound good. All in all, it is constucted quite solidly.

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• Very easy to play
• Has a great range of tones
• Good starter guitar

• No second tone control
• Tremelo bar de-tunes it very easily