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I wanted to love them but found them still a little...ordinary. I think it’s the neck profile, which feels like every Yamaha I’ve ever played - not a bad thing at all but there’s something about it that means it doesn’t scream PLAY ME.
My recommendation in that price bracket would be a PRS SE Mira (or SE Starla if a single-cut is more your thing).
I think there's Gibson guitars for New within your budget if that's also your bag.
Epiphone Les Paul Standard '60s?
Epiphone Les Paul Custom?
Personally I'd be looking at a PRS SE of some sort. Way better than most in their price range imo. You might be able to stretch to a pre owned/ex demo S2 on that budget which would give you the pattern regular neck which might be one of my favourite neck profiles ever. One of those where it instantly feels right. Feel like I'm turning into a PRS fanboy and I've never even owned one but every PRS I've played so far I've enjoyed. Only thing is I feel like the SE neck profiles vary a bit, a few of the wide fats I've played have felt a bit too big for me, but then some of them felt similar to my Gibson 50s rounded.
I didn't really rate the new 2020 Epiphones I had a go on, same for the lower end Gibson tributes.
Neck profile deathmatch!
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The 320 and 420 are 'skinny' (20.0 mm at the 1st fret and and 22.6 mm at the 12th) the rest are 'fat' (21.1 mm at the 1st fret and and 25.2 mm at the 12th).
The 820 was also big sounding but had a bit more upper mids which gave the impression the pickups were a tad hotter. The neck was also a bit more on the slim side. I found it much easier to play out the box.
I'd prefer an SE or even a used S2 for similar money - I also found the used Revstars I had in stock not easy to sell, either in store or at guitar shows
Seems with a Revstar that going further up the range generally gets you more features such as tummy cuts, nicer finishes, etc. As far as I can see though things like the bridge, tuners, etc are no better on the more expensive models than on the cheaper end of the range.
Bearing in mind that the first digit in Yamaha’s model numbers has traditionally been an indicator of additional features and quality it seems strange that the Revstar range doesn’t seem to work in quite the same way (IMHO of course).
Shame to hear they're so underwhelming.