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Back 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. Outwardly similar in

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