Although Yamaha has only been producing Yamaha electric guitars since 1966, they have more than 100 years of experience in creating musical instruments. Have you ever wondered why the Yamaha logo on your motorcycle is 3 tuning forks? Now you know! Today, when it comes to buying Yamaha electric guitar there are wide array to select from including complete kits which contain a practice amplifier, guitar cable, padded gig bag, 2 single coil pickups and hum bucking pickup, a tremolo bar, and a 5 positioning pickup switch.
In fact, many of the world’s accomplished guitarists would have first used one of Yamaha’s electric guitar kits and one of the most popular being the EG-112PF. As well as being suitable for those who are only just starting to play an electric guitar it can meet their needs as their skills improve.
Yamaha also makes Yamaha acoustic guitars such as Folk Guitar, Classical Guitar, Handcrafted Guitar, Parlor Guitar, and Jumbo Country Guitar.
Guitarists may wish to move on to other models that Yamaha makes. One such Yamaha electric guitar kit that you may want to consider is the Gigmaker EG Guitar Pack that comes with a PAC012 Pacifica solid body electric guitar, a 20 watt 2 channel drive guitar amp, guitar cable, gig bag, guitar strap and Qwik Tune digital chromatic tuner. Plus it also comes with an instructional DVD.
Yamaha’s lowest priced is the PAC012 it is solid body electric guitar. But the quality is not really sacrificed. This reputable instrument with its comfortable neck, fast action, versatile pickup configuration and affordable price is an excellent first time electric guitar.
Yamaha PAC012 Pacifica electric guitar has been one of the best values in electric guitars; providing quality workmanship and outstanding playability at an unbelievable price. Yamaha is now putting that same value into the popular GigMaker series with the GigMaker Electric. With an impressive 15-watt amp, protective gig bag, and a wide assortment of outstanding accessories, the GigMaker Electric is the ultimate electric guitar package. It includes Guitar, Amp, Gig Bag, Qwik Tune Digital Chromatic Tuner, Cable-in, extra Strings, instructional DVD, Guitar Strap, & Picks!
The Yamaha Pacifica 112XJ electric guitar is a double cutaway built with a quality materials and premium features. It is bolt on construction, 25 ½ inches, with Rosewood Fingerboard with 22 frets, Vintage Style Tremolo Bridge, and 2 single coils, one humbucker pickup.
Another guitar, also proving popular, from Yamaha is the SLG100 Silent Guitar that is perfect if you live in close proximity to others. This allows you to connect a set of headphones to it and as you practice you will feel as if you are playing in a concert hall, yet no one else can hear what is happening. Plus you still have the capability to connect it up to a sound system when you want to play your Yamaha electric guitar in public.
The Yamaha electric guitars are very easy to recognize, as the neck of the instrument is set deep into the body of the guitar rather than being bolted on to it. Also they have a patented “T cross system” and “sustain plate” which no other electric guitar has and which provides a powerful but warm tone to the sound they make.
Whether you only just want to learn how to play the electric guitar or have been learning for some time, Yamaha electric guitars are suitable for you. Not only are these types of Yamaha electric guitars is very affordable but also you will find them easy to play. So when it comes down to it, a Yamaha electric guitar will not only meet your requirements but will help to enhance your skills as you play it again and again.
Filed under Instruments by on Feb 25th, 2009. Comment. 
My band Kaktooz has been planning to put up an all original album for months now. Our guitarist Jeph has a few tracks on his mind and I’ve got a couple as well. We’ve tried to rehearse some and wanted to record it but somehow, our busy schedules just won’t let us finish what we’ve started. Lately we had an offer to play for three days over at Puerto Vallarta in Mexico and Carlo, keyboardist turned singer suggested that we stay there longer and finish the album. It was actually the right thing to do and so we scouted for a venue where we could both stay at and record at the same time after our performance contract. Two weeks would be enough and we could choose from some Puerto Vallarta condo available. Maybe the money we get from our contract would be enough to pay off the rent for that place.
We tried to ask our client if he had suggestions and fortunately, he’s got a cousin who owns a place we could use and even offered us a staggering fifty percent discount on the rent as long as they could drop by and party from time to time; since they knew there’s likely to be more party than work. It was a done deal. They say that we are lucky because out of the many Puerto Vallarta condos, theirs had one of the most amazing views and only a few steps away from the beach of Los Muertos. There was a build-up of excitement as the days of our departure came near as we all wanted to start and finish our long planned project.
It was off to Mexico after a week upon settling everything. We arrived at the hotel we were invited to and played on the same night at the beach front. We rocked the place for three days and partied hard with some island music of which everyone seemed to dance to and enjoy, thanks to the tequila. In the morning after our last day of playing, we packed our things and transferred to the condo in Puerto Vallarta by the beach and we were in for a surprise. It was a four unit, two-story building with each unit having an ocean view and porch. It had complete amenities and even an outdoor Jacuzzi! The condo was said to have been designed by a famous local architect. Everything was perfect and I felt I was already a “rock star” even without an album out, though I knew it was only for two weeks. We decided to stay in two rooms, set up one room as a temporary recording studio and one room as the party headquarters.
During our first three days we actually visited other condo in Puerto Vallarta when we were invited by some guests and locals but the one we were at was one of the best. Thanks to modern technology, recording equipment now is smaller and so we were able to bring a full multi-track studio packed in just a few boxes. We were set up in a few hours time. It was like a recording studio for the stars since you could actually see the beach while you are recording your tracks.
Since we were going to stay two weeks, we decided to take it easy on the first day. Some locals were kind enough to accompany Richard, our bassist, to a local market where he bought some food supplies. The condo we were at had a complete array of cooking equipment on each unit which we could use. We decided on making barbeque and settled to party at the Jacuzzi area with some friends and the proud owner of that Puerto Vallarta condo.
Before we recorded tracks, we decided to refine some of our old songs first and maybe we could also make some new ones. Upon having breakfast the next day, we stayed by the porch with our guitars and jammed until it was time for lunch. We jammed a lot of stuff and somehow, the place just powers us up to do amazing creative things we could never do when in the city. We decided to record at night and the first takes were just magnificent as everything seemed to fall perfectly into place. On the first night, we were able to finish two full songs, a feat which we were never able to do in two months before.
Days passed, and each one seemed to offer a different light on how our album should be done. It was as if we were driven by an invisible creative force of nature during our stay in that condo by the beach in Puerto Vallarta. One song after another we recorded the tracks until we had ten. The album is done; what it needs now is just to be mixed and mastered by our sound engineer friend Norman once he gets the raw tracks. We were actually ahead of time and still have three days from our two week stay. We were so grateful to our client there and the condo’s owner we even decided to give them a free show at the same hotel on our last night. Now, we are home and the tracks are being mixed, we can’t wait to hear the songs which were inspired by such a beautiful place.