Members calclown Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 In an effort to ease my move, I've been trying to unload my 12 extraneous guitars. Yesterday I finally sold one of my basses. Today? Today I was on craigslist for literally 10 mins and ended up with this weirdo. Strings were rustier than the pg screws are (and pickup magnets!) What a funky lil guitar though. I had to right?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Super cool! HNGD!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkBastable Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 I, for one, approve. (See sig photo.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slideroni Posted June 11, 2012 Members Share Posted June 11, 2012 Been wanting one of those. I don't care what everybody says, you scored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moot Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yup... it seems there was some good LSD in Japan in the 60's. Yamaha came out with a bunch of crazy designs in those heady days. Oddly enough some of these older Yamahas are rising in value these days. Cool score, btw! It's an EGV103, if I'm not mistaken? http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/el-guitars/egv103ypf/?mode=model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 That's a 90s reissue of the SG from the 60s - though the model you have is an adaption made to be much like a Strat. Original 60s models like the SG5A had a top mount trem, bound neck, and different pickups. (3 single coils, though 2 were together and there was a blend knob.) I've owned both the guitar and bass versions from the 60s - pretty funky stuff. Regret selling the guitar, though the bass I didn't gel with so much. I'd pick up a 90s reissue just for the samarai headstock. Score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jtr654 Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I want it, I missed one a year or 2 ago for $200 on CL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Snappy Hat Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I always wanted one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saturn Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I had one of those in red. I believe it was the SC300T. I kind of wish I still had it. I gave it to my brother and he completely destroyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 SC300T had the same headstock, but was a product of the 80s, with a different body shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I love those. Is it a newer one? What's the model? I fail to see the problem you mention in the thread title. If you're looking for a financial problem, you can buy the $9,000 version too: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jrockbridge Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 HNGD! (@Y@) Woot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members calclown Posted June 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Yup... it seems there was some good LSD in Japan in the 60's. Yamaha came out with a bunch of crazy designs in those heady days. Oddly enough some of these older Yamahas are rising in value these days. Cool score, btw! It's an EGV103, if I'm not mistaken? http://usa.yamaha.com/products/musical-instruments/guitars-basses/el-guitars/egv103ypf/?mode=model Yeah it's an egv103. Pretty sure these sold new with amp for $100 so ya based on what i paid it has appreciated but i doubt this low end model will ever be worth much. Those originals look super cool! I realized later i turned the tuners the wrong way. I guess because of the headstock shape the string is supposed to turn around the high side, unlike a strat or tele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deanmass Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 That is a cool guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Those are supposed to be great for Surf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Cool. The Flying Samurai model! I had one of these in Lake Placid Blue and sold it to another forumite a few years back. 'twas a fun guitar though. It's a MIC reissue of a 60s model Yammie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkBastable Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Mine is a '67 SG7 as they were called then. I first bought one simply because it looked so weird - in a pawn shop, maybe thirty-five years ago, for less than a hundred pounds. I didn't really know anything about guitars - I was simply smitten. That first one - which was red - was stolen, and this replaced it, for about the same price. For a long time it was my only electric. It has the lowest action of any guitar I've ever owned, and is very smooth to play. Perhaps a bit too smooth. I think I would have developed faster as a guitarist if it had fought back a bit more. I saw on a Japanese site that one of these sold recently for more than three grand. Not that I have any intention of selling it ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Muddslide Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 ^^^ Well, I can't beat that gorgeous piece of kit, but here's the one I used to own: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fretmonster Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Too cool. Big congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=Pennywise=- Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Negative Nancy here...... That is one of the ugliest guitar shapes I have ever seen, and want to light that guitar on fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 I regret not buying one of those when they came out. I had money back then. They are cool guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MarkBastable Posted June 12, 2012 Members Share Posted June 12, 2012 Negative Nancy here...... That is one of the ugliest guitar shapes I have ever seen, and want to light that guitar on fire. My taste in guitar shapes is hardline conservative - LP, SG, Strat, at a push Tele, and I'm trying to love the Jag thing. Apart from that, I'm pretty sniffy about pretty much everything else, prettywise. But there's something about this shape - the counterintuitiveness of it, perhaps - that appeals to me, although I'd have to agree that, in some ways, it's ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members calclown Posted June 25, 2012 Author Members Share Posted June 25, 2012 well i'm moving in 2 weeks and have 4 guitars left my parents couldnt move for me so if anyone wants this thing shoot me an offer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted June 25, 2012 Members Share Posted June 25, 2012 Mine is a '67 SG7 as they were called then. I first bought one simply because it looked so weird - in a pawn shop, maybe thirty-five years ago, for less than a hundred pounds. I didn't really know anything about guitars - I was simply smitten. That first one - which was red - was stolen, and this replaced it, for about the same price. For a long time it was my only electric. It has the lowest action of any guitar I've ever owned, and is very smooth to play. Perhaps a bit too smooth. I think I would have developed faster as a guitarist if it had fought back a bit more. I saw on a Japanese site that one of these sold recently for more than three grand. Not that I have any intention of selling it ever. That one is the real deal, I think. I read somewhere that some of the samourai models had one of the most sophisticated trem/vibrato to be had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DaleH Posted June 25, 2012 Members Share Posted June 25, 2012 Yep, ugly duckling but nice score. HNGD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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