T H E GA S STATION 86 TOTAL GUITAR JULY 2022 TGR359.gear_lead.
REVIEW YAMAHA RSS02T £649 Yamaha’s Revstar range gets a serious makeover and much more B ack in 2015, Yamaha took the wraps off its Revstar range, their first new electric guitar design in over a decade. It involved substantial R&D, not to mention worldwide evaluation sessions with industry insiders and artists, and the final designs mixed up Yamaha’s long guitar history with a dash of motorcycle ‘café racer’ heritage and a flavouring of Japanese craft styles. Seven years on, here is the Revstar Mk II.
T H E GA S STATION Revstar Range Let’s take a quick peek at the rest of the Mk II Revstars... T you’ll see a small transformer inside your guitar! “We found that by passing the signal through a transformer, the level could be increased a little bit without a battery,” continues Takashi, “and also shift the frequency range. It could give an effect as if the pickup is over-wound.
