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Bang for buck they're far better than PRS and Gibson...Which is why I kept going back and it's the same deal for the SA or BB Series. Yamaha's RRP has gone up a lot recently, so I'm not sure how much longer it will be the case and Tokai/Deviser may need to start flying the flag alone.
'Jap Crap' was used a lot on Basschat, but sometimes it was justified if the Bass was made of Sen Ash (awful!! Don't know why Levinson use it), but the stuff made by Navigator (ESP) was incredible etc.
Congrats on the purchase!! Enjoy
The 1802 is the one I've been fancying - specifically, the Gold one.
I have an 80's SG3000S in Wine Red, a modern SA2200 in Tobacco Sunburst, and an 80's SA2000S in Gold (a respray). Lovely guitars.
I still can't shake my Fender habit though
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Eqd Speaker Cranker clone
Monte Allums TR-2 Plus mod kit
Trading feedback: http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/60602/
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I say SG2k is the guitar Gibson should have built but didn't.
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
The construction of the SG2k is similar to that of a Std Lester, except the neck is straight through. The body is mahogany with a maple cap.
You are right - Yamaha's QC is way more consistent, but this may be due to the CNC machines they make the guitars on giving them a way more consistent product to start with.
EDIT: they're side by side in this family photo
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Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
My SG1000 from 1983. Hopefully gonna have her regretted sorry refretted this year.
JM build | Pedalboard plans
What is the weight BTW?
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This thing doesnt just rival Gibson’s, it pulls their pants down and gives them a spanking.
Mine thing I love is the sustain. You can pluck a string, go make a cup of tea and it’s still ringing when you get back.
How annoying that the American propaganda machine was able to brainwash people for so long ........they did the same with Harley Davidson in the 1970 /80s ....the bikes were 30 years behind the Japanese Honda,Yamaha,Kawasaki etc but they were all JAPCRAP compared to Momma's Apple Pie .Buy American folks ! -just as the USA car manufacturers were also being sunk by Japanese imports.Pure Propaganda from Uncle Sam.
The fact is that the Tokai, Yamaha, Greco premium products of the 70s and 80s was miles ahead of the contemporary American equivalents but the American machine seemed to make the slander stick like shit to a blanket .
Japanese Waza (craftsmanship) has always been an almost religious experience (it takes 6 years to be a qualified Sushi Chef - ie to learn to cut up a side of fish ......the precision is incredible and an art...........calligraphy and metalwork are a lifetime study .......they made blades in the 17th century sharper than machines can make razors now )
.........why would their guitar making be any less precise......it takes a man 6 months to make a single Shamisen ( Japanese string instrument and they have been doing it for 400 years )they have huge respect for musical instruments .
Thank goodness that the public has become a bit more worldly in the last 20 years and this contrived smear campaign no longer has gravitas.