Yamaha PAC1611MS NT Mike Stern Signature Natural 6 String RH Electric Guitar

The Yamaha PAC1611MS NT Mike Stern Signature Natural 6 String RH Electric Guitar has a maple neck with an oil finish.

Mike Stern's signature has been refreshed with Yamaha's exclusive wood treatment and finish. IRA (Initial Response Acceleration) technology shakes off the stress often found in new guitars and make them extremely vibrant and responsive. One-piece Maple neck is oil-finished for better comfort. PAC1611MS comes with a certificate personally signed by Mike to prove this guitar is perfectly crafted in his specification.

Features:

• One Piece Maple Neck
• Oil Finished Neck
• Light Ash Body
• Seymour Duncanl Pickups/SH-1n Zeb Rev, STHR-1b
• GOTOH SD91-05M-L Tuning Machine
• Six Saddle Hardtail Bridge
• I.R.A. Treatment
• Made in Japan

7-1/4 Inch Radius Neck: Mike's signature model features a vintage 7 ¼ radius maple neck for outstanding comfort and playability
PAC1611MS Controls and Pickups: A Seymour Duncan '59 in the neck position offers a smooth, defined tone for chords, while the Hot Rails in the bridge delivers fat sustain.

1. 3-Position Pickup Selector
2. Master Volume
3. Master Tone

I.R.A. / Initial Response Acceleration
If you've ever played another guitarist's instrument and not been able to get the same sound, it's probably because you are playing a different style than what the guitar is used to.
After playing the same guitar for years, the guitar adapts to the guitarist's playing style. It takes time for a new guitar to adapt to your own way of playing. Stress found between parts like finish, woods, body, neck, fingerboard, nut, bridge, etc., must be released before all of the parts can resonate together as an instrument. It takes time and a lot of playing for this to happen. Using IRA technology, stresses like those between the finish and wood are release by applying specific vibrations to the completed guitars. Once this treatment is complete, the guitar responds accurately to the guitarist's performance, and produces sound more easily. It also shortens the time needed for the guitar to adapt to your playing style. And it delivers excellent sustain.

Specifications:

• Construction: Bolt-on
• Scale Length: 25-1/2" (648.0mm)
• Body Materials: Light Ash
• Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
• Neck Materials: Maple
• Neck Finish: Oil Finish
• Fingerboard Materials: One Piece Maple
• Fingerboard Radius: 7-1/4" (184mm)
• Fret wire: Medium Jumbo
• Number of frets: 22
• Nut materials: Bone
• Neck Width @ 0 Fret / 12th Fret: 40.5 / 51.5 mm
• Thickness @1st Fret / 12th Fret: 21.3 / 23.0 mm

Electronics:

• Neck Pickup: Seymour Duncan SH-1n Zeb Rev
• Bridge Pickup: Seymour Duncan STHR-1b
• Controls: Master Volume, Master Tone
• Pickup Switch: 3-Position Lever Switch

Hardware:

• Bridge: Six Saddle Hard Tail
• String spacing: 10.8mm
• Tuning Machines: GOTOH SD91-05M-L
• Pickguard: 3-Ply Black

Others:

• String gauge: D'Addario EXL110 / 0.010-0.046
• Special Features: I.R.A. Treatment

This guitar has Initial Response Acceleration which helps speed up that "lived in" sound you crave.