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guitargeek62

One of these awesome offsets popped up locally yesterday in my favourite colour, it'd have been rude not to, so...





This continues my on-going love affair with quirky Yamahas when they weren't afraid to be different. Unlike the recent SA-60, this one's a newer reissue (~2000) of the original 'Flying Samurai' series. For a 20+ yo guitar it's in great condition, albeit in need of a decent clean. I'll make a new pickguard for this soon too, I feel it's a bit of an unassuming guitar at the moment so something pearled or sparkly is needed to make this one stand out a bit.

p90fool

Always loved the look of those!

JezWynd

Is the photo deceiving or does it have a very shallow neck? Either way it’s a beautiful looking thing.hngd!

HarrySeven

Lush!

AK99

That is a gorgeous looking thing

guitargeek62

JezWynd said:

Is the photo deceiving or does it have a very shallow neck? Either way it’s a beautiful looking thing.hngd!

Thanks That's just the Decepticons at work again - it's got a fairly standard slim-C profile.


@HarrySeven - how many SGVs do you already have then? I'd love to get my hands on one of the originals at some point

kentuckyklira

I love those. A shop here blew them out some 20 years ago. I would even have got e rebate because a good friend of mine was working there at the time. Sadly, I was a bit short of cash back then and only got one. 

tony99

Really like that and don't believe I've seen or heard of them before.

Now I'm going to buy one.

Paul_C

Lovely - I have the hard tail version in gunmetal which is a nice memory of all the basses I had (most from the re-issue period but I did have three from the first four year period they made them too).

Kittyfrisk

Very cool, nice find.
Is that a very wide range humbucker or two close mounted single coils?

thermionic

You'll be allowed to keep that in the living room as it matches the sofa. Well played.

DrJazzTap

That is a cool as a polar bear in an ice bath. Lovely guitar!

gusman2x

Gorgeous that. 

Saw a few when I was in Japan, and forgot that I wanted one. 

rockmonster

Lol! That’s orrible!

guitargeek62

thermionic said:

You'll be allowed to keep that in the living room as it matches the sofa. Well played.

Admittedly that's the shop's photo - but I agree, I might have to get a matching chair to noodle on!

guitargeek62

Kittyfrisk said:

Very cool, nice find.
Is that a very wide range humbucker or two close mounted single coils?

Two close-mounted SCs - the third pot is a center-detented blend pot for them, with the 3-way toggle then giving you all sorts of options. Personally I'm just glad that the 'middle' pickup is moved towards the bridge enough that it doesn't interfere with my playing style now - the bridge and neck also sit more proud from the body than on a typical bolt-on design, so that feels much more natural for me coming from mostly playing carvetops and TOM-equipped guitars these days/  



As per the SA-60, this one's largely been bought in for upcoming build 'inspiration'. I'm planning to offer something akin to this once I get my workshop up and running this spring.

guitargeek62

Paul_C said:

Lovely - I have the hard tail version in gunmetal which is a nice memory of all the basses I had (most from the re-issue period but I did have three from the first four year period they made them too).

I remember those from our InterMusic days - the collection looked awesome!

TTony

You’re on a roll!!

HAL9000

DrJazzTap said:

That is a cool as a polar bear wearing Aviators in an ice bath. Lovely guitar!

FTFY

BobHillman

Nice guitar, love the colour!

GavRichList

always fancied one, never quite bought one. Great catch though, looks splendid and tremendous.