Yamaha Revstar RS720B, Shop Black

Full Description

Versatile humbucker sound

Wide-reaching sound for any genre. The Revstar RS720B has been crafted with versatility in mind. And, thanks to a pair of Filtertron style humbuckers, its sound will flourish no matter your playing style. Filtertrons are hailed for their ability to blend the crisp, bright characteristics of a single-coil, with a fat, warm humbucker. They're low output. So you can kick out anything from twinkling cleans to huge, gritty overdriven tones – and still maintain that vintage PAF character. Frankly, it doesn't matter how you use these pickups. Because you can trust that they'll always thrive in performance. Exceed all expectation.

Perfectly engineered playability

A ton of expertly designed features. All coming together to give you the most complete playing experience you've ever had in a guitar. First, the neck. It's made from sleek mahogany, allowing your hand to glide smoothly up and down the RS720B's scale. And it feels comfortable as it does so. A "C"-shaped neck profile fits snugly to the contours of your hand.

There's much more. Jumbo-sized frets increase the guitar's playing area. This means that it's easier to hit every note - especially useful for when you're playing at speed. And a double-cutaway body provides uninhibited access to the top of the slick laurel fingerboard, which provides definition and crisp articulation in everything you play. This is playability, enhanced.

Gigantic sonic choice with maximum clarity

Coil-splitting. But not as you know it. The Yamaha Revstar RS720B comes fitted with the specially designed dry switch feature. With most coil-split humbuckers, after the pickup is split to sound like a single-coil, volume is lost and clarity muddied. Thanks to the dry switch, this won't happen with the Revstar. It filters out low frequencies, while maintaining output and fidelity. So you can experiment as much as you like with humbucker and single-coil voices, safe in the knowledge your sound will be on-point.

Vintage tremolo

The Bigsby tremolo. It's iconic in its own right, seen on the guitars of some of the greatest artists ever to walk the earth (including John Lennon and Keith Richards to name but two). So you can be sure that a Bigsby vibrato is going to give you the very best of the warbling tremolo sound that's been heard in some of the most iconic music of all-time. The Revstar RS720B's B50 Bigsby will let you divebomb and pitch shift to your heart's content. And to be frank, it looks cool too. Functional and attractive in equal measure.

Revved up style

This is iconic style. Inspired by Yamaha's legendary Cafe Racer motorcycles seen on the roads of Tokyo and London in the 1960s, the Revstar looks sleek, distinctive, and unmistakably cool. With dual racing stripes in the centre of the body, a unique black pickguard, and shining satin nickel hardware, this is a guitar stylish enough for the catwalk. Absolutely stunning.

Specifications

Body

• Model Name: Yamaha Revstar RS720B, Shop Black
• Model Code: GRS720BSPB
• Series: Revstar
• Body Material: Mahogany
• Top Material: Flamed Maple
• Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Colour: Shop Black
• Body Cut: Top and Back

Neck and Fingerboard

• Neck Material: 3-Piece Mahogany
• Neck Profile: Standard "C"
• Fret Size: Jumbo
• Fingerboard Material: Laurel
• Scale Length: 24.75"

Hardware and Electronics

• Pickups: 2x Filtertron style Humbucker
• Bridge: Tune-O-Matic/Bigsby B50
• Hardware Colour: Satin Nickel
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black
• Nut Material: Urea
• Nut Width: 1.7"
• Tuning Machines: Locking Die-Cast
• Additional Controls: Dry Switch

Miscellaneous

• Case: Gig Bag (Included)