Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This is the 2022 Yamaha Revstar Standard RSS02T P90 edition in Swift Blue!
At Thomann: thmn.to/thoprod/539429?offid=1&affid=1250
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/XYKByb
After checking out the Revstar Element and Standard (with humbuckers) models in 2022, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the Standard model with P90s to try, and finally we’re there!
The Standard Revstar has a chambered mahogany body and a maple top. The neck is mahogany, and it’s reinforced with carbon fiber! The fingerboard is rosewood, with a 12” radius, and you have 22 jumbo stainless steel frets.
Sounds-wise, we have a pair of Yamaha’s VP5 P90s fitted, and a Focus Switch on the push-pull tone pot. The Focus Switch is a passive boost which pushes your signal, shaves off some highs and boosts your mids and low-end. Oh, and the guitar also comes in a decent and well-padded gig bag.
With all those tonal options, then, how does the Standard P90 model perform? That’s what we’re about to find out. In the video, I test the guitar in as many different musical styles as I can, from country, folk and indie, to pop, rock, blues, punk, metal and more – and we test out that Focus Switch as much as we can too.
Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:
00:00 Hello!
00:17 Introduction to the Yamaha Revstar Standard
01:36 Specs and info
04:59 Today’s rig and plan
Clean Sounds
05:44 Clean tone reference chords on all pickups/Focus Switch options
06:30 Poppy barre chords
06:45 Ringing open indie pop chords
06:59 Blues progression
07:10 60s rock rhythm tone
07:22 Country lead sound
07:29 Country ballad arpeggios
07:42 Jazzy chords
07:53 Funky rhythm chords
08:07 Strummed folk pop chords
08:24 Cowboy chords with tone control test
09:13 Ascending droning indie chords
Indie Rock Sounds (Clean Channel w/Greer Lightspeed)
09:27 Fat indie rhythm chords
09:57 Indie octave chords riff
10:26 Indie rock barre chords
10:51 Volume control roll-off test
11:20 Garage rock riff
11:37 Edgy indie rock chords
11:51 Indie rock octave chords
Classic Rock Sounds (Crunch Channel)
12:15 Groovy classic rock riff
12:41 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
12:59 Airbourne inspired rock riff
13:12 Driving rock riff
13:28 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff
13:45 Classic rock riff
Heavy Overdrive Sounds
14:02 Classic hard rock riff
14:19 Hard rock riff
14:36 Glam rock riff
14:52 Hard rock melodic lead
15:16 Chunky alt rock chords
15:40 Alternative rock riff
15:54 Pop punk riff
16:07 Pop punk melodic lead riff
16:23 Green Day inspired punk rock riff
16:37 Punk rock power chords
16:50 Droning power pop riff
17:02 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
17:18 Modern rock palm-muted power chords (Drop D)
17:42 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D )
Clean Channel w/Revv G3 Distortion Pedal (all in Drop D)
17:59 Metal chugging riff
18:34 Mastodon inspired metal riff with country twang
18:46 Heavy metal lead sound
19:02 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff
19:16 Fast chugging riff
19:26 Classic metal/sludge riff
20:04 My thoughts
20:37 First impressions of the guitar and the gig bag
21:14 Weight
21:44 Playability and neck
22:35 Sounds and the Focus Switch
24:57 What competition is out there for the Revstar?
26:24 Revstar Standard with humbuckers or P90s?
27:02 My conclusions on the Revstar range and Standard
28:28 Don’t forget about the Revstar Element!
28:55 Thanks and goodbye
More info on the Revstar Standard model – and more chambered body pics – are here:
yamaha.io/3JIjkwn
My setup was as follows: I ran the Revstar into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, also using my Greer Lightspeed for overdrive and my Revv G3 for heavy distortion sounds. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.
Here’s some links to those bits of gear:
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H&K Black Spirit 200 head: thmn.to/thoprod/447827?offid=1&affid=1250
Greer Lightspeed: thmn.to/thoprod/478415?offid=1&affid=1250
Revv G3: thmn.to/thoprod/437353?offid=1&affid=1250
Focusrite 4i4 (this is the newer equivalent of my 2i4, which they don’t make any more!): thmn.to/thoprod/467952?offid=1&affid=1250
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Enjoy!
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Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#YamahaRevstar #Revstar #YamahaGuitar #YamahaGuitars
*Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much!*
@YamahaGuitarsOfficial
This is the 2022 Yamaha Revstar Standard RSS02T P90 edition in Swift Blue!
At Thomann: thmn.to/thoprod/539429?offid=1&affid=1250
At Sweetwater: sweetwater.sjv.io/XYKByb
After checking out the Revstar Element and Standard (with humbuckers) models in 2022, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the Standard model with P90s to try, and finally we’re there!
The Standard Revstar has a chambered mahogany body and a maple top. The neck is mahogany, and it’s reinforced with carbon fiber! The fingerboard is rosewood, with a 12” radius, and you have 22 jumbo stainless steel frets.
Sounds-wise, we have a pair of Yamaha’s VP5 P90s fitted, and a Focus Switch on the push-pull tone pot. The Focus Switch is a passive boost which pushes your signal, shaves off some highs and boosts your mids and low-end. Oh, and the guitar also comes in a decent and well-padded gig bag.
With all those tonal options, then, how does the Standard P90 model perform? That’s what we’re about to find out. In the video, I test the guitar in as many different musical styles as I can, from country, folk and indie, to pop, rock, blues, punk, metal and more – and we test out that Focus Switch as much as we can too.
Here are some links to the various playing samples and info bits:
00:00 Hello!
00:17 Introduction to the Yamaha Revstar Standard
01:36 Specs and info
04:59 Today’s rig and plan
Clean Sounds
05:44 Clean tone reference chords on all pickups/Focus Switch options
06:30 Poppy barre chords
06:45 Ringing open indie pop chords
06:59 Blues progression
07:10 60s rock rhythm tone
07:22 Country lead sound
07:29 Country ballad arpeggios
07:42 Jazzy chords
07:53 Funky rhythm chords
08:07 Strummed folk pop chords
08:24 Cowboy chords with tone control test
09:13 Ascending droning indie chords
Indie Rock Sounds (Clean Channel w/Greer Lightspeed)
09:27 Fat indie rhythm chords
09:57 Indie octave chords riff
10:26 Indie rock barre chords
10:51 Volume control roll-off test
11:20 Garage rock riff
11:37 Edgy indie rock chords
11:51 Indie rock octave chords
Classic Rock Sounds (Crunch Channel)
12:15 Groovy classic rock riff
12:41 AC/DC inspired classic rock riff
12:59 Airbourne inspired rock riff
13:12 Driving rock riff
13:28 Hendrix inspired classic rock riff
13:45 Classic rock riff
Heavy Overdrive Sounds
14:02 Classic hard rock riff
14:19 Hard rock riff
14:36 Glam rock riff
14:52 Hard rock melodic lead
15:16 Chunky alt rock chords
15:40 Alternative rock riff
15:54 Pop punk riff
16:07 Pop punk melodic lead riff
16:23 Green Day inspired punk rock riff
16:37 Punk rock power chords
16:50 Droning power pop riff
17:02 Progressive rock riff (Drop D tuning)
17:18 Modern rock palm-muted power chords (Drop D)
17:42 Rage Against The Machine inspired groovy riff (Drop D )
Clean Channel w/Revv G3 Distortion Pedal (all in Drop D)
17:59 Metal chugging riff
18:34 Mastodon inspired metal riff with country twang
18:46 Heavy metal lead sound
19:02 Rammstein inspired industrial metal riff
19:16 Fast chugging riff
19:26 Classic metal/sludge riff
20:04 My thoughts
20:37 First impressions of the guitar and the gig bag
21:14 Weight
21:44 Playability and neck
22:35 Sounds and the Focus Switch
24:57 What competition is out there for the Revstar?
26:24 Revstar Standard with humbuckers or P90s?
27:02 My conclusions on the Revstar range and Standard
28:28 Don’t forget about the Revstar Element!
28:55 Thanks and goodbye
More info on the Revstar Standard model – and more chambered body pics – are here:
yamaha.io/3JIjkwn
My setup was as follows: I ran the Revstar into my Hughes & Kettner Black Spirit 200 head, also using my Greer Lightspeed for overdrive and my Revv G3 for heavy distortion sounds. The amp went from the Red Box DI straight into my Focusrite Scarlett 2i4, which went into Logic Pro X. That's it. No post-processing on the sounds was done.
Here’s some links to those bits of gear:
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H&K Black Spirit 200 head: thmn.to/thoprod/447827?offid=1&affid=1250
Greer Lightspeed: thmn.to/thoprod/478415?offid=1&affid=1250
Revv G3: thmn.to/thoprod/437353?offid=1&affid=1250
Focusrite 4i4 (this is the newer equivalent of my 2i4, which they don’t make any more!): thmn.to/thoprod/467952?offid=1&affid=1250
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Enjoy!
-----
Backing music from the YouTube Audio Library: Duck In The Alley – TrackTribe.
#YamahaRevstar #Revstar #YamahaGuitar #YamahaGuitars
*Note: certain links in the description are affiliate links. If you click said links and purchase anything as a result, I will receive a small commission. This doesn’t cost you anything extra, but it does help to support the channel. So, if you do that, thank you very much!*
@YamahaGuitarsOfficial
