YAMAHA REVSTAR STANDARD RSS02TInitially launched in 2015, the
Revstar range was Yamaha's first series of electric guitars offered in over a decade, drawing on the brand's expertise in lutherie and electric guitar design as well as the engineering and design heritage of Yamaha Motor Co.'s motorcycle division.
The new
Revstar series is structured around three levels:
Element,
Standard, and
Professional, handcrafted in Japan. All models feature
chambered bodies developed using Yamaha's
Acoustic Design process. By utilizing advanced measurement and modeling tools, Yamaha developed the chambered design to acoustically shape the tones, increase resonance while reducing weight, and promote balance.
All new
Revstar models offer unique switching options for greater versatility. The
Revstar Element models are equipped with the
Dry Switch high-pass filter introduced in the original series. The
Revstar Standard and
Professional models, available with humbucker pickups or P90-style single coils, feature the
Focus Switch, a passive boost function that evokes the sound of overwound pickups, as well as a unique 5-position switching circuit that offers a new approach to classic "in-between" tones.
The new range also introduces a new neck profile across all models, a new variety of race-inspired finishes, and the first left-handed models in the history of the
REVSTAR series.
Premium parts and carefully selected materials, combined with ingenuity and craftsmanship reflecting the Japanese engineering ethic focused on detail, ensure this guitar stays true to the Café racer spirit: functionality, character, and style in abundance.
The new Revstar RSS02T is available in 4 café racer-inspired finishes and features an aluminum racing tailpiece, carbon neck reinforcements, and a chambered body – an innovative concept developed through Yamaha's exclusive Acoustic Design process to sculpt the sound, reduce weight, and ensure optimal balance without sacrificing sustain and resonance. The two VP5 P90 single-coil pickups, combined with a 5-position pickup selector and a passive push/pull focus switch, offer uncommon versatility for a two-pickup guitar. Delivered with its deluxe padded gigbag.
Highlights
- Chambered body
- Carbon neck reinforcements
- 2 x P90 configuration
- 5-position switch
- Focus switch
- Left-handed models
- Deluxe gigbag
Specifications:
- Construction / Joint: Set neck
- Scale length: 24-3/4" (628.6mm)
- Body: Chambered mahogany
- Top: Maple
- Finish: Gloss polyurethane
- Neck: 3-piece mahogany with carbon reinforcement
- Neck finish: Satin polyurethane
- Fingerboard: Rosewood
- Radius: 12" (304.8mm)
- Frets: 22 / Jumbo stainless steel
- Nut: Composite
- Nut width (nut/12th fret): 41.9 / 56.8 mm
- Neck Pickup: VP5n (P90 type single coil / Alnico V)
- Bridge Pickup: VP5b (P90 type single coil / Alnico V)
- Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone (Push-Pull "Focus Switch")
- Switch: 5-position
- Bridge: Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Stopbar
- Tuners: Oil bath
- Pickguard: 3-ply cream
- Strings: D'Addario EXL110 / 0.010-0.046
- Case: Deluxe gigbag
- Weight: 3.7 kg
- Height: 969 mm
- Width: 347.2 mm
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