Description
The Yamaha Revstar Element RSE20 serves as the accessible entry point into Yamaha’s critically acclaimed Revstar series, stripping back complex features in favor of pure, reliable performance. Designed with a heavily chambered mahogany body, the RSE20 offers a significant reduction in weight while maintaining the dense, warm acoustic properties inherent to mahogany tonewoods.
Its primary real-world application is providing a reliable, dual-humbucker platform for hard rock, punk, and heavy blues players who need a straightforward, durable instrument for sweaty club gigs and rigorous rehearsal schedules. The inclusion of dual Alnico V humbuckers provides a thick, high-output signal designed to hit amplifier front-ends hard, generating smooth overdrive and heavy distortion without the 60-cycle hum associated with single-coil pickups. It is a strictly utilitarian instrument built for aggressive playing styles.
Who Is This For?:
The RSE20 is engineered for advancing students, hobbyists, and gigging musicians who require a straightforward, reliable dual-humbucker guitar. It is highly beneficial for players performing hard rock or metal genres who need maximum noise rejection, high output, and a comfortable, lightweight body for high-energy live performances.
Key Features:
Chambered Acoustic Design
By utilizing advanced acoustic measurement technology, Yamaha engineers routed specific chambers inside the mahogany body. For the player, this translates into a physically lighter instrument that prevents back strain during standing performances, while simultaneously enhancing the acoustic resonance and sustain before the signal even reaches the pickups.
VH3 Alnico V Humbuckers
The proprietary VH3 humbucking pickups utilize Alnico V magnets to deliver a hot, punchy output. In real-world applications, these pickups ensure tight, focused low-end tracking for heavy palm-muted riffs, while retaining enough treble clarity to prevent complex chords from sounding muddy under heavy distortion.
Dry Switch High-Pass Filter
Instead of a traditional coil-tap that can result in volume loss and introduced noise, the RSE20 features a push/pull “Dry Switch.” This passive high-pass filter selectively rolls off low frequencies, providing the articulate, biting tone of a single-coil pickup without sacrificing the hum-canceling properties of the humbucker.
Specifications Table:
| Specification | Detail |
| Brand | Yamaha |
| Model | Revstar Element RSE20 |
| Body Material | Chambered Mahogany |
| Neck Material | Mahogany (Set-Neck) |
| Pickups | 2x VH3 Alnico V Humbuckers |
| Hardware/Bridge | Tune-O-Matic with Stopbar Tailpiece |
| Finish | Red Copper |
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