Building The ULTIMATE Yamaha Pacifica - It's FINALLY Happening!!
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- The Yamaha Pacifica has joined the party! Follow along as I take this stock guitar and make something really special!
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I know a buch of you have been waiting a very long time foe this video! Enjoy :)
Let me know if you think I should go with black or chrome hardware
Black always black!!!
black or gold
Black
Black
And the vegatrem
I agree with you Darell, got to be blacked out.
After Half Life 3, Darrell's Pacifica build must have been the most anticipated release
My vote goes for black out. Looks great with that dark red. Tiny bit of shine with the bridge pickup, but it'll take in the hue of the pickguard. Looking forward to the results!
I think that black tuning machines and Vega Trem is better option, in the same color of pick guard. It’s will be a cool guitar.
I'd say blackout. Black and red are classic, and look awesome combined.
This stuff comes so naturally to you! Very technical but also accessible!
The black and red look really good. Gives it a hot rod attitude. Can't wait to see it.
Essendon FC!
@@DMSProduktions It's a Bombers strat!
@@mikedwiles TOO right! The 'Dons were my late father's fave ARF team, as he spent his formative years in & around the Moonee Ponds area!
It's all about the looks.
@@narvul No substance!
2nd. Love the Pacifica. Know lots of players who like them as much or more than their Strats!
Black on red guitar will always looks good.
Gold either
Dude. I just came in from outside, made a coffee, sat down and turned on CZcams. Thank you!
I've been waiting this for years!
Thanks
Thanks for this one man...... I’ve had one apart a while now and am super stoked to see how this turns out !
Really appreciate the parts breakdowns ..... top shelf vids man !
I LOVE THESE BUILDS! i’ve been watching hour vids for about a year and a half now and my god man you never disappoint from the amazing and honest gear reviews to all the amazing builds! i love the build videos especially the warmoth projects :) anyways thanks for starting yet another exciting project!
with love from texas
I did up My Pacifica about 6 yrs ago It's one of my favorites out of 20 + that I own.
My god FINALLY! I postponed the acquisition of a new guitar since you first announced the Pacifica mod when you showed your collection. Thank you ❤️
Yessss!!!!! I failed to locate tuners and a nut to upgrade my 112V recently. Really looking forward to a few “add to basket” moments after this build! Keep up the super content Darrell!!
I recently purchased a fender strat that the guy had nodded with the Floyd rail tail. Didn’t know too much about it so I’m glad you spoke about this and gave me some info
I really like the look of the black tuners in a natural finish headstock and of course the black bridge
Thanks for this awesome project build! This will help a lot. I definitely approve the "Blacked out look". Go for it! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for doing this video! I have a Pacifica that I’ve had for about 30 years. Really like the guitar, but have always suffered when it came to trying to make any upgrades.
Excited for the build. I want to build my own Pacifica
Fantastic stuff as always. Look forward to the next one.
Just some RED fun below.. Know that I ❤️ love your channel, the greatest relaxation and joy for a Guitar lover, and newbie, like myself. Everytime I see your snowdive at the beginning, I laugh out loud.. every time! You are a gift to the world! Thank you‼️
I love hkw you're always happy in every thumbnail. Keep up the good work!
Those Lamberton Triple Shots are great!👍 Can't wait to see and hear this thing.
My vote goes to blacked out hardware! Got a black cover for that Lambertone humbucker? ;D
I have a 212 Pacifica in translucent black, and I blacked it out completely with black locking tuners, black bridge and black pickguard then added a seymour duncan tb10 and now its the best thing ever, love the good old yamahas
Darrell, you had my curiosity, now you have my attention. I've been raving about the Pacifica for years to anyone who keeps asking me for guitar advice, been ignored, even laughed at, and here y'are in my wheelhouse!
Pacifica of any level is just an avatar of consistency, value and quality. Nobody else gets close.. I've no idea why.
Thank you, just picked one up this weekend as a project
This is really cool. My first guitar was a Pacifica so it's really cool to see how I can upgrade it.
The Pacifica with the alder body is a fine guitar that is a crazy value. I’ve had one with AT pickups (cruisers and AT1) for 6 years and it’s a good guitar. I paid $200 for it.
Black hardware will be awesome!
Nice modifications, can't wait to see the result 🤘
Me and you Compadres on the red guitar black pickguard black Hardware. Nothing is cooler then a Strat type guitar with a black pickguard and black Hardware that just rocks .you 🎸 rock !
I am delighted that you are getting to the Pacifica mod. I have been waiting for it. I love the Yamaha Pacifica: I have four of them. They do have a unique feel on both the body and particularly the neck: very different from a typical Fender product. I find them much more comfortable to hold and play. As you mentioned, the choice of aftermarket parts is not as plentiful and I most appreciate your effort in tracking down what can be used. I can add a tuner choice: My impression is that the stock OEM tuners are by PING and an upgrade is to use PING branded tuners which have the same footprint but are beefier/taller than the stock ones. They are not locking but are more stable and come in black and gold as well and are a less expensive upgrade. You should have mentioned that after market pickguards in SSS and HH configurations are also available on ebay in many colors. The trickiest upgrade was the bridge. I tried Fender of all kinds - Asian, MIM, & US - and none those will work, so I'm real happy you found some choices. Now, if we could only find a jack plate replacement for that plastic one? Great work. Sorry I didn't win it, but I have my four.
I love watching your build videos! I get so many ideas and you introduce so many great bits of kit. I'm planning on purchasing a new Squire Classic Vibe '50s Strat. I'll be going over many of your videos to select upgrade parts. I figure I can create a super-strat parts-caster that will totally kick butt for less than I'd spend on a new American Strat. Besides... the build is half the fun!!!
Thank you Darell for this video, I already did mine from a red Pac012 and changed it to a 311 as i put a splittable humbucker and a p90 for the neck, and of couse as you're doing graph tech nut, gotho mechanics, wilkinson saddles and cts pot, sounds really great. For a couple ok bucks you have a really nice guitar.
Awesome videos Darrel 😁
And I love each and every Tele u have❤️
I hope Darrell sees this, big fan awesome video skills and a great guitar player. This guitar is gonna play mint! Blacked out hardware btw!!
I bought a Pacifica 611 HFM a few months ago & wish that I had got it years ago. Very good guitar, plays & sounds great.
Hi Darrell! I actually modded my Pacifica a year ago and I got a drop in solderless kit from Wainwright Custom from Reverb. Amazing quality stuff.
I've realized although i love the look of more traditional Fender strats, *I got spoiled learning to play on a Yamaha!* they have 13.5 inch radius, 41mm nuts.... I am yet to see a Fender with those specs!
Love your channel. Keep up the great work 😃
*In the tuner segment* I find it brilliant they way you use focus on the camera to literally focus the audience on the working and the non working tuners ☺️
ALWAYS GREAT VIDEO's LOOKING FORWARD!
Mate, I recently discovered the PAC611.. what an awesome guitar! A humbucker and a P-90 together... pure bliss. It's on the shopping list...
Blackout. VEGA TREM! So looking forward to this build. Cheers!
You're doing basically EXACTLY what I want to attempt! I'm also planning on using the two Triple Shots + the Crema. But I'm doing it with a red Peavey HSS T-style guitar instead.
I just finished almost this exact same project! mine is an EG 112 C (?) I found for $60 w/a dead humbucker
..I went with a generic beefy brass claw + an aftermarket brass block on a BLACK Wilkinson WPV6 bridge...a 'copy' of the PRS style trem bridge, I added a set of graph tech white Tusq saddles that each had to be hand sanded on either side evenly to narrow them and make them fit (!)..but the white saddles in the black bridge on a black guitar looks trick, and works awesome. I love that floyd bridge....but I say go black..I ended up swapping in a set of black gotoh tuners I've had for 30 yrs off an RG550, a blqck roller string tree, ( graph tech tree standing by...) & I experimented with bone and graphtech blanks, I blew my nut at least 1ce had to start over.. I decided to just do the electrics myself old school and save $125.... all new pots, cap and switch, push bk wire, custom made PG and trem. cover, full shielding, switch craft jack... I went with a Generic humbucker for now, a SD SSL-6 rwrp middle and a dragonfire Area 52 neck and it sounds pretty damn sweet.. finally I drilled out all the inlays and Installed 6mm turquoise dots instead...it's a black and white guitar, needed a touch of color... Looking fwd to following this build.. stay warm and we'll!!
I love these series and I like the blacked out idea.
I'm sure this will come out great regardless of which options you choose. The chrome hardware would look great with that humbucker too but obviously the black is neat as well. I love Yamaha guitars, they are amazing value and play so great. Looking forward to seeing the finished product Darrell - have fun with the upgrade build!
That red body with black ratio tuners and the black vegatrem .... Awesome!
All blacked out looks amazing!
Sweet, love building guitars and hot rodding 🙌🏻🎸
Yes - would love to hear a tone comparisons between the bridge options and the claw. Would love to know just how big of a difference that makes.
One of my favorite guitars is a Yamaha cheap guitar that was left in an apartment in hurricane Katrina. Refurbed it and it is sweet. There used to be a no name brand I loved that no longer exists. Excellent for super mod build.
I recieved a 012 in 2004 for my birthday. I was into it until I broke a string. This year I've decided to try again I'm glad I found this before ordering parts.
Good stuff, Darrell (Hah! Literally! 😄) I too have always liked the red/black aesthetics, especially a transparent cherry red that shows the wood grain. I've always loved Strats like that but somehow have always had sunburst ones instead 😄 Greetings from NZ! 😀
Yeah blacked out for sure !
I've got the same pacifica in United blue might do a build along 🤙🏽
that "done" at 3:27 brought me right back to tenacious d when jack says the beast was done in tribute
I prefer also the black one, darrel..i once played pacifica before..so easy to play.
Just in time! I own a Yamaha Pacifica 012 from the early 2000s, and yesterday I was planning to change all the white parts to black. I started looking for parts and I have my list, but definitely will compare with yours and will see which ones are the best.
Looking forward to see it finished.
Glad to see you doing this upgrade video! The black pickguard looks great. However, I think the rest of the hardware should be chrome. That Floyd Rose bridge looks hardcore. I dig it! Can hardly wait to see the finished project.
I don't have a Pacifica but this has got me really interested to see the results👍
Well Darrel you did it again , I have a blue and white Yamaha Pacifica hanging on the wall in my wife's cafe LOL . I have been staring at it thinking its a pretty looking guitar , actually plays nicely but was thinking of hot rodding it and you just set that action into motion . Great tips and I'm looking forward to your assembly video .Cheers !I vote blacked out BTW
go with the black darell , please lol ! also I want to thank you for turning me on to the Pacifica , I am normally a Gibson guy but I was really interested in buying a strat mostly for that infamous strat sound and tone , with cash in hand I was prepared to head to guitar center and buy a fender strat untill i saw your comparison vidio of Pacifica vs. fender strat so I'm happy to tell you thanks to your input , knowledge of guitars i am now the proud owner of a gorgeous candy red Pacifica with the seymore Duncan's and humbuckers ! totally awesome guitar that I got for 649.00 ! played it for the first time on stage the other nite and fell totally in love with this guitar ! thank you Darrell, not only did you put me in the right direction but you saved me enough money to now I can do up grades on my other guitars ! you are the man broda !
I love the black pick guard but I'd suggest you get chromed covers for the single coils and chrome everything else up.
I'm also modding my old black pacifica. I went with hipshot gold locking tuners and I'm currently saving money to buy a gold rail tail.
For electronics I went with some wilkinson vintage single coils and bought a new pair of pots and a 5 way switch from stewmac.
Also replaced the nut with tusq one.
I bought an Ibanez s series because of you, now I’m doing up my ‘84 Pacifica Also because of you!!!! Cheers D
I would go with the Black hardware too. Great idea for a video!!! Congrats
Yeah!
Since last week i own a Yamaha Tele style guitar (102s).
I prefer the black options for your mods.
I'm so excited for the results of your Pacifica.
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I love the Floyd Rose trem, I'd therefore go for that along with chrome tuners.
Hello Darrell ! i love this project , i think black tuners and the black vega trem fit very well with your black pickguard ! i think if you find black cover for the single coils the match is absolutly perfect !!!!! but cream cover works too ,but i think black cover are better in this build !!! i'm impatient to see the final result !!! thnks for the video ,take care and be safe !
I'm so glad this video came out right before I decided to mod my 112V. Now I have to come up with a new plan...
Blackout!
Can't wait to see the next video.
Black hardware for sure, this pacifica will looks great. Can't wait to hear how it will sounds.
I did this about six months ago and it’s definitely a sweet beginners guitar.
I lown some Yamaha Revstars, and last week I got lucky and got a Pacifica 721 from 1990. I’m now very enamored with Pacificas!
I’m now on the lookout for a used Pacifica 112J/112V to tinker with…
Loved the video, this is actually my next project. Going chrome and I'm torn between the Rail tail and a Blade Runner, and going with a set of Dragonfire hexbucker HSS set. That one is going to look killer with the black hardware.
oh men I thought it was the full video. agree with the blackout, don't like the esthetic for that hum but I think it will come out great men! Can't wait to see it finished. I love these videos and the Pacifica was the final mod for your channel. Hope you doing great men. Have a beautiful day
i have an old ERG 121, very similar to this one, looking forward to doing some upgrades.
Ya apurale!!! Quiero ver el otro video!
When u pull out the lambertones pick up i am totally sold...
I'm looking to mod my 112j and this video is exactly what I needed
Always interresting!
I would go with black to see how it goes.
Yep, black it out. Can’t wait
I like the Rail Tail and am a fan of the chrome look
I am modding my Pacifica too in these days, I have the 112V version. Still waiting for the DiMarzio pickups to arrive, I have already put on locking tuners, new tremolo bridge, done some fretboard finishing and other minor aestethics upgrades. I have found that the Pacifica has one of the best neck I have ever played and the body is very confortable, great base for modding.
Totally agree on the neck! Can you specify which parts you went for exactly, especially for the bridge? I just looked up the prices of Darrel's mod and I think I'll have to find some alternatives there...
@@TimminatorPS for the tremolo bridge I used the Alnicov you can find on Amazon (I cannot put the link here). For pickups I chose DiMarzio AT-1 (Andy Timmons) at the bridge and Injector DP422 (Paul Gilbert PUs) at neck and middle positions
That Floyd Rose Tail looked so good with that shade of red. I'm a chrome it guy.
Great job
Interested to see how the blackout goes with the humbucker and single coils.
Cool idea!
I've done a similar upgrade to my red yamaha. Go with all black. Looks cool.
Absolutely go with the blackout, I personally would have sourced blacked out pickups also, but nevertheless its going to look badass
So torn!! I'm always about blacked out hardware, danggit if that Lambertones Crema didn't steal my heart. If they made that black, I'm not sure it would get the same old time radio grill vibe to me.
Yesss... I am excited for this one.
Have a 112j in my Collection just waiting for some upgrade mods.
I think this build will be worth the wait.
My Vote is also for Blacked out with the Vega Trem system. My 112j is Lake Placid Blue which i think would still look Great... Blacked out.
Black always look Great!
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