{"product_id":"yamaha-pac212vfm-tb-electric-guitar-flamed-maple-body-and-headstock","title":"Yamaha PAC212VFM Electric Guitar Translucent Black","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere is the honest truth about buying a guitar in the $400 range: most of them make you choose. You can have good looks or good tone. Versatile pickups or solid hardware. A finish that turns heads or one that actually plays well. The Yamaha PAC212VFM refuses to make you choose, and that is exactly why it keeps surprising people who pick one up for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe guitar that makes people stop and ask\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat flamed maple top is real. Every guitar has its own unique flame pattern, and the Translucent Black finish lets the wood grain show through in a way that is dark, striking, and unlike anything else at this price. It catches the light on stage in a way that makes people lean over mid-conversation and ask what you are playing. When you tell them it is a Yamaha under $450, the look on their face is worth it every time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy the HSS pickup setup with coil-split changes everything\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost guitars at this price give you one sound and ask you to live with it. The PAC212VFM gives you a full HSS configuration with a push-pull coil-split on the bridge humbucker, which means you are genuinely getting two guitars in one body. The bridge humbucker delivers thick, punchy tones for rock and blues. Pull the tone knob and it splits into a bright, twangy single-coil character. The middle and neck single-coils give you that classic Strat chime and sparkle, and positions two and four produce the glassy, quacky in-between tones that funk and indie players live for. Whatever style you play, whatever tone you hear in your head, this guitar can get you there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt plays like it costs twice as much\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYamaha has been building instruments since 1887 and the Pacifica series has been refined for over thirty years. That history shows up in the details. The maple neck is smooth and fast. The frets are well-dressed with no sharp edges. The action comes set up properly from the factory. The vintage-style tremolo with block saddles holds tuning reliably through real playing. This is a guitar that gets out of your way and lets you focus on the music, which is the whole point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull specs:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlder body with flamed maple veneer top in Translucent Black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaple bolt-on neck with rosewood fingerboard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e22 frets, 25.5 inch scale length, 42mm nut width\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAlnico V humbucker at bridge, Alnico V single-coils at middle and neck\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePush-pull coil-split on bridge tone control\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5-way pickup selector\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVintage-style tremolo with block saddles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDie-cast chrome tuners\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho this guitar is really for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is for the intermediate player who has outgrown their starter guitar and wants something that will grow with them for years. It is for the gigging musician who needs one versatile instrument that can handle any style on the setlist. It is for anyone who has been told they have to spend $1,000 or more to get a guitar worth playing, because this one proves that wrong at $439.99.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCome play it at The Pied Piper or let us bring it to you:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are The Pied Piper Music Store, proudly serving musicians in New Albany, Ohio and across the greater Columbus Metro area. Come in and plug this guitar in, try the pickup positions, feel the neck, and see that Translucent Black flamed maple top in person. If you cannot make it to the store, we ship anywhere in the continental United States so your next great guitar is never out of reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the guitar that makes you stop researching and start playing. It is in stock and ready for you right now.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yamaha","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42918485819481,"sku":"PAC212VFM TB","price":439.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/9338\/7097\/files\/Translucent_Black_Pac.png?v=1774374199","url":"https:\/\/thepiedpipermusicstore.com\/products\/yamaha-pac212vfm-tb-electric-guitar-flamed-maple-body-and-headstock","provider":"The Pied Piper Music Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}