NGD: Yamaha SG content

jeztone2

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1983 Yamaha SG1000

Arrived today. Always had a soft spot for these. Incredibly well made. Condition is Journeyman Relic

PonchoGreg

That is tasty AF

Gassage

My first electric. I swapped it for a MIM strat.

UnclePsychosis

There is nothing about that that isn't awesome. Good work. 

jeztone2

Gassage said:

My first electric. I swapped it for a MIM strat.

Jesus!!! So you had a solvent abuse problem?

RandallFlagg

Ahoy! Ahoy!

(Skids reference)

ESBlonde

I remember these, they were billed as LP killers when Gibson had been suffering it's Norlin years. They played very nicely out of the box, sustained for your dairy herd to come in and were heavy but not noticably so compared to the CBS fenders and Norlin Gibsons of the era. Carlos santana was the poster boy for the flagship SC2000 and it's Brass lump under the saddle.
I don't think I've ever played a bad one, have you got a Duran Duran shirt too?

freakboy1610

Holy smoke that's lovely.   (would it be rude to ask how much you paid for it?)

jeztone2

It's a grey import from Japan so £760 landed. The case was rotten, mouldy & fucked so gonna get a Hiscox.

@ESBlonde I used to play in a Duran Duran influenced band 25 years ago

djspecialist

HNGD!  My main guitar is a '77 SG2000, love it.

Bork

*cough* Nice guitars - arguably way more popular than the later models I have.  I wish they'd made an SG with an MSG body shape.

guitars4you

surely the SG2000 and SG1000 (original format with thicker body) have the most credibility amongst MIJ Guitars - I dare say many  Ibanez JS and Jem based fans will add their 10 penneth to that claim, but coming in the late 70's when Gibson and Fender ruled the waves, the SG's led the charge from Japan for a serious contender - I could add the original Ibanez Artist models to this as well, but somehow the SG's trump them - maybe more to do with artist related to playing the SG's as well

congrats Jeztone - I've nearly had mine 40 years now

Voxman

Very nice - congrats & enjoy! 

bingefeller

Happy NGD!  Is it heavy?

jeztone2

It's about 9lbs which is the same as my LP. 

Gassage

jeztone2 said:

Gassage said:

My first electric. I swapped it for a MIM strat.

Jesus!!! So you had a solvent abuse problem?

A first in a long line of musically inspired yet financially crippling decisions

jeztone2

Gassage said:

jeztone2 said:

Gassage said:

My first electric. I swapped it for a MIM strat.

Jesus!!! So you had a solvent abuse problem?

A first in a long line of musically inspired yet financially crippling poor decisioning

You sound like my best friend who sold his Vintage 78 Musicman Sabre bass (ex Incognito) for £450 in order to take his vile ex wife on holiday. 12 years later
we still cry in the pub about that one.

OilCityPickups

That's proper gorgeous mate ... I love a Yammy SG ... my back doesn't, but if I found a nice one, bugger me back! 

lasermonkey

Being a McGeoch fan, I'd really like one of those!

samzadgan

congrats mate...those are beautiful. The black is especially classy looking.

57Deluxe

Yep - most beautilicious guitars... amazes me they dropped off the fashion cliff so quickly when the play and sound so fcuking superb...

My '86 Babe again in case you all forgotten!

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