I bought a "blemished" guitar without a blemish. The Yamaha Revstar RSE20

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10 ай бұрын

Here's my thoughts after 24 hours of setting up and playing the Yamaha Revstar RSE20 - I bought what I thought was a blemished guitar but after careful inspection, the only thing that was wrong with it was the set-up. It was a customer return and I'm assuming someone made some adjustments without knowing what they were doing and after making it unplayable, returned it to the dealer. It was a pretty easy fix and I'm very happy with the result.

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@maxwellbowden9961 7 ай бұрын

Hi there. I bought one of the earlier models, the Black with gold flecks RS420. Aside from a set up, all I've done is sand the gloss off the neck. It plays and sounds great, really comfortable on the strap. Took a while to get used to the neck, but now I love it. A real quality feel to the construction. Probably a tad brighter than other twin humbucker mahogany guitars out there, and certainly lighter. They have sure put some thought into this design, and I love the fact that it is an original shape. Very happy with mine.😊

@olddogguitars23 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the fact that it doesn’t really look like anything else. It’s not trying to be anything other than what it is!

@jeanm.8344 8 ай бұрын

I have the Standard with P90, made in Indonesia too, same color. The factory setup was very good on mine. Great finish, very easy to play, great sounds (10 very distinct sounds). I love this guitar, as much as I love my Gibson SG that costs twice and LP Classic that costs 3 times the price of this Revstar RSS02T.

@olddogguitars23 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I am very impressed with mine. Since it was a customer return, I can’t really blame the factory for the bad set up. I’m guessing the bad adjustments were probably made by the original purchaser who apparently didn’t know what they were doing.

@jeanm.8344 8 ай бұрын

@@olddogguitars23 On the other hand, I almost returned the Revstar the same day I received it. The sound was lifeless, the guitar had no soul. By chance I replaced the original Elixir strings with David Gimour GHS Boomer in 10.5 - 52 (the ones he uses on his P90 Les Paul) and the miracle happened, the guitar started to sing !

@ikigai47 3 ай бұрын

@@jeanm.8344 - That doesn't make sense. I've never heard of strings making that much of a difference. Especially when you're getting rid of a HIGH quality string like Elixirs

@leifkeane 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like you got a good deal. Nice.

@olddogguitars23 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I took a chance and it paid off. I really wasn’t too worried about cosmetic blemishes, I just wanted to see how it played. The lack of blemishes was sure a bonus though!

@ikigai47 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I just got one in yellow shipped for 400 mint condition. I'm blown away. Not my choice of color but I'm going to black out all the hardware / pickguard (plus will install a Duesenberg trem). In my case the setup was beyond anything I've played in my 30+ years of playing. I didn't think action could get that low without consequence but no buzzing even on bends I can't believe how buttery smooth fast runs are. My only gripe is the 3 way switch. The 5 way on the standard/pro models gives a nice quack in the in between positions and I love that. I'm not entirely sure how to wire this myself for that type of thing having only dealt with strat re-wiring and I can't find much online for these Yamahas

@olddogguitars23 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I think it's a pretty standard PCB switch that would be replaced with a nicer Switchcraft or something similar. I've been trying to figure out the push/pull tone switch because I't obviously NOT a coil split but seems to give a similar tone. I'm sure the yellow is a great looking guitar!

@ikigai47 3 ай бұрын

@@olddogguitars23 Yeah I'm a bit surprised I can find nothing online to help me wire this properly. If you search in KZfaq 'revstar mod' there are a few vids but they're focused on the 5 way switch models. One is pretty interesting called "Fixing the flaws." That guy is very picky, and very smart. Yeah the yellow's okay to my taste, just not beautiful. I always like yellow and black though so making everything but the body black I think it will suit my taste more

@cliftonmoberg288 7 ай бұрын

nice end-user review!

@olddogguitars23 7 ай бұрын

Hey, thanks!

@fabieneldridge3414 7 ай бұрын

You got lucky, it happens . You have a beautiful guitar 🎸 ! I think they sound great.

@olddogguitars23 7 ай бұрын

I think so too!

@hannahshipman 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video

@olddogguitars23 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching

@stevepelham9010 8 ай бұрын

I have experienced a lot of realy bad setups from Indonesia. My RSE20 made no exeption, the setup was terrible. The bridge sky high and the neck dead straight, tension a lot of tension. Well that tension are to go somewhere and as these necks are not of premium stuff something where to give in, it snaped over to an backbow. That took me an week to sort out and as for know the neck is relifed as much as it gets and in steps I am to tighten it. Not the first Indonesian made that came in that way and it may work in some parts of the world but not around here where the weather conditions are like riding a Roller coaster. But in overall a very well crafted guitar maybe the best one in the span 100-700 dollar, lot of premium tutch to it. I also got a Yamaha Pacifica 012 that put me in the direction of Yamaha. Also a very well made guitar for its low price.

@olddogguitars23 8 ай бұрын

Yeah, I really like this one once I got it set up. I can see why the original buyer returned it if he didn’t know how to make truss rod and bridge adjustments. Overall an amazing instrument for the price.

@cenkocenk 4 ай бұрын

i love blemished guitars great instruments for dirt cheap

@olddogguitars23 4 ай бұрын

It’s a great way to save some money without compromising the usefulness of the instrument! I’m probably going to blemish it at some point any way.

@johnjonesToffeeman 4 ай бұрын

The Pacifica has many upgraded features at a good price but not popular

@olddogguitars23 3 ай бұрын

Yes I’ve heard good things about them but never see anyone playing them. It’s too bad.

@philcal2000 Ай бұрын

the strap buttons are too shiny....

@olddogguitars23 Ай бұрын

I never noticed until you said something!!

@svenwalther135 4 ай бұрын

Is it possible that the former customer do something wrong on it?? I can not believe, yamaha had this bad qc....

@olddogguitars23 4 ай бұрын

Yes that’s my guess. I’ve always heard Yamaha QC is very good.

@Jesuswinsbirdofmichigan 6 күн бұрын

#33_June23_2024_ZSoundzLikeYouWonOnThisOne_😇🇺🇸

@Marc-NZ 7 ай бұрын

black back neck would perfect...

@olddogguitars23 6 ай бұрын

I think the next level up of this guitar has that. This is the budget version.

@powbobs 2 ай бұрын

It’s a return, not a blemish.

@olddogguitars23 2 ай бұрын

Yeah I eventually figured that’s what was going on. The listed said blemished but the description said customer return. I kind of assumed it was both.

@powbobs 2 ай бұрын

@@olddogguitars23 Lots of people order things online just to try them and then return them. That’s why some stores now charge for returns.