I just bought a Yamaha RGX-A2. It's their new style with the A.I.R. body. This is light as a feather. I have played this one several times at my local music store and honestly wasn't impressed. For some reason I tried it again today and liked it. So I traded an Epi 335 for it. On the condition that it wasn't final until I took it home and played it for several hours through my amps. I'm here to tell you guys, this is a great sounding and playing guitar! Probably the only issue I would have with it , if I were still playing out, would be the pup switch. It's a rotary switch where the tone knob would be. Other than that, I love it. I do not miss not having a tone control, as I rarely used one anyway. Nice guitar.
Yamaha RGX-A2
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RW James
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Re: Yamaha RGX-A2
Congrats!
I have a RGX820Z - similar but different electronics - but I love mine. I passed it over several times in the store - then one day I pulled it down and I was sold. It is my main guitar now.
Anyway, I've been intrigued by the A2 ever since they came out. But I'm into gadgety things.
But overall, I think Yamaha has been largely overlooked as a serious guitar - unjustly so.
Congrats!
I have a RGX820Z - similar but different electronics - but I love mine. I passed it over several times in the store - then one day I pulled it down and I was sold. It is my main guitar now.
Anyway, I've been intrigued by the A2 ever since they came out. But I'm into gadgety things.
But overall, I think Yamaha has been largely overlooked as a serious guitar - unjustly so.
Artie
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Re: Yamaha RGX-A2
Nice. I've always been intrigued by those. I'm glad to see someone actually got one . . . and likes it. Maybe you can answer something. Doesn't the selector switch light up behind it with different colors for each pup? If so, does that mean that it needs a battery just for that function, or is there other active electronics inside?
Nice. I've always been intrigued by those. I'm glad to see someone actually got one . . . and likes it. Maybe you can answer something. Doesn't the selector switch light up behind it with different colors for each pup? If so, does that mean that it needs a battery just for that function, or is there other active electronics inside?
Re: Yamaha RGX-A2
It has a 9 volt battery that powers only the light. The light comes on when guitar cord is inserted into jack. Doesn't matter if amp is on or off. Guitar is very resonant and light!
I don't know what exactly it weighs, but not much, and it is very balanced, not neck heavy. I guess the pickups surprised me the most. Almost every guitar I own I have changed pickups or want to change them, regardless of brand, these sound great!! Clean or dirty, neck or bridge. This is a very nice guitar. The only thing I really am not happy with is the pickup selector. You actually have to grasp knob with finger and thumb and turn. It may loosen up after some use, but it's pretty much not a change-on-the-fly thing right now. They may have changed that, this was one of the 1st out from Yamaha, been in store for a while. Hope this helps.
dave
edit, to answer your question; blue facing bridge/indicates bridge only, green facing neck/indicates neck only, in the middle both lights are on.
It has a 9 volt battery that powers only the light. The light comes on when guitar cord is inserted into jack. Doesn't matter if amp is on or off. Guitar is very resonant and light!
I don't know what exactly it weighs, but not much, and it is very balanced, not neck heavy. I guess the pickups surprised me the most. Almost every guitar I own I have changed pickups or want to change them, regardless of brand, these sound great!! Clean or dirty, neck or bridge. This is a very nice guitar. The only thing I really am not happy with is the pickup selector. You actually have to grasp knob with finger and thumb and turn. It may loosen up after some use, but it's pretty much not a change-on-the-fly thing right now. They may have changed that, this was one of the 1st out from Yamaha, been in store for a while. Hope this helps.
dave
edit, to answer your question; blue facing bridge/indicates bridge only, green facing neck/indicates neck only, in the middle both lights are on.
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Re: Yamaha RGX-A2
One other small issue; I find when I want to change pickups, I go to the lighted knob. That is the volume. The knob that changes pickups is the unlighted one in the tone-knob position. I suppose that after I play it more that won't be a problem. I am still amazed at the sound!
And I have Duncan's in almost every other guitar I own...:wizard::wizard::wizard:
One other small issue; I find when I want to change pickups, I go to the lighted knob. That is the volume. The knob that changes pickups is the unlighted one in the tone-knob position. I suppose that after I play it more that won't be a problem. I am still amazed at the sound!
And I have Duncan's in almost every other guitar I own...:wizard::wizard::wizard:
