Yamaha US Made Pacificas and Yamaha Guitar Development

  • USA 1,2 and 2C
  • USA Custom
  • Yamaha Guitar Development opened in January 1989 in Weddington Street North Holywood. Much of the Pacifica design and development work was done here by Rich Lasner and Leo Knapp. They later around 1995 designed and produced 3 (or 4) Models. These are
    The USA 1
    The USA 2
    The USA Custom
    There is also a model designated as the USA 2C but this is just custom variations on the 1 and 2
    Interestingly I haven't yet found any of the USA models in Western catalogues, the Custom and the USA 2 appear in the Japanese catalogues, I haven't found the USA 1 in any Catalogues. Only the USA 2 appears in the archives.


    Extract from the 1996 Japanese catalogue
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