Yamaha Revstar RS720BX, Vintage White

Full Description

Powerful sound, vintage tone

It goes without saying. Every electric guitarist needs pickups strong enough to ensure every note gets heard. The twin VH5+ pickups loaded into the Revstar RS720BX are exactly that. They perform exceptionally well at loud volumes, eliminating hum and delivering everything you play with total clarity. So your audience will only hear your music exactly as you intend it to be heard.

The VH5+s are superb for a wide range of styles and genres. That's because they're supremely well-balanced. This means they'll easily accommodate anything you throw at them, and will provide maximum sound quality whether you're playing intense, bassy power chords or scintillating, sharp solos at the top of the fretboard. With Alnico V magnets, they've got a classic, vintage quality with particularly bright overtones. Have peace of mind that you can play what you like - these pickups will be with you the whole time, performing at their best.

Perfectly engineered playability

A ton of expertly designed features. All coming together to give you the most complete playing experience you've ever had in a guitar. First, the neck. It's made from sleek mahogany, allowing your hand to glide smoothly up and down the RS720BX's scale. And it's feel comfortable as it does so. A "C"-shaped neck profile fits snugly to the contours of your hand.

There's much more. Jumbo sized frets increase the guitar's playing area. This means that it's easier to hit every note - especially useful for when you're playing at speed. And a double cutaway body provides uninhibited access to the top of the slick rosewood fingerboard, which provides definition and crisp articulation in everything you play. This is playability, enhanced.

Gigantic sonic choice with maximum clarity

Coil-splitting. But not as you know it. The Yamaha Revstar RS720BX comes fitted with the specially designed dry switch feature. With most coil-split humbuckers, after the pickup is split to sound like a single-coil, volume is lost and clarity muddied. Thanks to the dry switch, this won't happen with the Revstar. It filters out low frequencies, while maintaining output and fidelity. So you can experiment as much as you like with humbucker and single-coil voices, safe in the knowledge your sound will be on-point.

Vintage tremolo

The Bigsby tremolo. It's iconic in its own right, seen on the guitars of some of the greatest artists ever to walk the earth (including John Lennon and Keith Richards to name but two). So you can be sure that a Bigsby vibrato is going to give you the very best of the warbling tremolo sound that's been heard in some of the most iconic music of all-time. The Revstar RS720BX's B50 Bigsby will let you divebomb and pitch shift to your heart's content. And to be frank, it looks cool too. Functional and attractive in equal measure.

Revved up style

This is iconic style. Inspired by Yamaha's legendary Cafe Racer motorcycles seen on the roads of Tokyo and London in the 1960s, the Revstar looks sleek, distinctive, and unmistakably cool. With dual racing stripes in the centre of the body, a unique black pickguard, and shining satin nickel hardware, this is a guitar stylish enough for the catwalk. Absolutely stunning.

Specifications

Body

• Model Name: Yamaha Revstar RS720BX, Vintage White
• Model Code: GRS720BXVW
• Series: Revstar
• Body Material: Mahogany
• Top Material: Flamed Maple
• Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Colour: Vintage White
• Body Cut: Top and Back

Neck and Fingerboard

• Neck Material: 3-Piece Mahogany
• Neck Profile: Standard "C"
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
• Scale Length: 24.75"

Hardware and Electronics

• Pickups: 2 x VH5+ Humbuckers/Alnico V
• Bridge: Tune-O-Matic/Bigsby B50
• Hardware Colour: Satin Nickel
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
• Nut Material: Urea
• Nut Width: 1.7"
• Tuning Machines: Locking Die-Cast
• Additional Controls: Dry Switch

Miscellaneous

• Case: Gig Bag (Included)