![]() You might expect PRS's budget take on its venerable Custom 24 to pale in comparison to the real deal, but that certainly isn't the case. Read our full Gretsch G2622 Streamliner review Best for versatility If you want a great-value semi-hollow, this is among the best electric guitars. The beefier pickups certainly don't nail a classic Gretsch tonality – although if that's what you want, the full-size pickups are easy to replace – but they do broaden the sonic potential, especially for more gained styles, while staying close to the classic iconography. And while its construction gives it a more solid, or at least ES-335, character, it's a little more airy and less punchy with a softer, squashier tonality. The G2622's construction gives a different response and resonance to other new releases from Gretsch and, with these pickups, moves further from the Gretsch sound. Two new Broad'Tron humbuckers are controlled in classic Gretsch style by a three-way toggle selector switch on the bass side shoulder, a master volume on the treble side horn, and then a trio of controls by the treble-side f-hole for individual-pickup volume and master tone. The Streamliner concept is simple: to create more affordable Gretsch guitars without losing their specific DNA. Read our full Yamaha Pacifica 112V review Best hollow body Neck and middle combined produces a fine modern Strat-like mix - the added brightness will cut through a multi-FX patch nicely. The solo single-coils impress - plenty of percussion and with a little mid-range beef added from the amp these get you to the correct Texas toneland. It's good to have the choice too when mixed with the middle pickup - switching between the full and split coil here is subtle but, especially with cleaner 'class A' amp voicings, there's enough character difference to be useable. In fact the bridge humbucker will surprise some, it's beefy without being too mid-range heavy and although the coil-split proves a little bland played clean, with a distortion boost it's a pretty useful gnarly and wiry rhythm voice. But when we say brighter that doesn't mean overly shrill. Trust us, if looked after well, this will be a guitar for life.īy design it's an altogether more modern, brighter and lighter take on a hot-rod Strat. Yet the construction is of excellent quality. The 112 is far from fancy and simply concentrates on the bare necessities. The Yamaha Pacifica has long proved a benchmark for quality and specification, and the 112V remains one of the best guitars for beginners.
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