Yamaha EG-112 Review

History:

Purchase: I bought this guitar with the GA-10 amplifier, strap, gig bag, and cord for $116(including shipping) on Ebay. I researched it on the web and found it to be a great deal.

Pros: Probably my favorite thing about this guitar is the fact that it has a humbucker. This makes it compatible with many more styles of music, especially more rock type music. The guitar is very light, thin, and has a reasonably fast neck. It also stays in tune fairly well. The guitar has pretty good tone for such a small price, and is easily upgradeable by putting a Seymour Duncan in or something like that.



Cons: This probably doesn't happen on most other units, but when I got mine, the pickup selector switch was very touchy. Sometimes I would be playing and in the middle of the song it will just stop producing sound. Before I play, I would have to strum, and then fiddle with the switch until it worked. I squirted some WD-40 in there the other night, and now it works fine. Another problem I have is when I play unplugged and strum hard, a buzzing sound comes from the tuners. It can't be heard through the amplifier, so no big deal. Other than that it seems fine, but the pickups are a little wimpy.

EG-112 Quality: Other than the problem with the pickup selector switch I mentioned, the thing seems to be built great. I play quite often, and nothing is coming apart. It seems to be built pretty well.

Yamaha Summary: This guitar probably shouldn't be bought if you're planning on gigging with it, but it makes a great first guitar. It's probably better than a Squier Strat, but don't expect too much out of this thing. As I said, for $75 you could buy a better humbucker and have a fairly decent guitar. If your shopping for your kid, this would make a great guitar(until he's on Good Morning America).

Rating of this product: 4

This Yamaha Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Dan

Date: 2002-12-08

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