Members billy budapest Posted November 14, 2008 Members Share Posted November 14, 2008 Does anybody know anything about a Yamaha SE312M? It's an HSS strat-type guitar. The only thing I could discover in an hour of web searching is that it was only made for one year in 1988-89. Does anybody out there have one or an opinion on it?? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members louloomis Posted November 15, 2008 Members Share Posted November 15, 2008 I don't know that exact model but I know that series and that era of Yamaha. What do you want to know? It's good for a super cheap guitar (i.e. under 100.00 USD). And it is actually not a bad guitar in general although the neck profile may not suit everyone. Additionally, many of those guitars had proprietary whammy bars, so parts on those will be difficult to replace. All Yamahas, and that era especially, gets a bad rap, but if a guitar was only out for a short while and uses proprietary parts, you may have issues at some point that can't be resolved. LouLoomis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheSkyIsCrying Posted November 15, 2008 Members Share Posted November 15, 2008 Try this link:http://www.yamaha.com/apps/guitararchives/guitarchive2.asp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billy budapest Posted November 15, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2008 I was wondering whether or not it might be some sort of brilliant sleeper that has gone completely under-recognized in the world. Yamahas can be like that, no? Here's a photo: Thanks again. bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted November 15, 2008 Members Share Posted November 15, 2008 Did a search, and this is all I could find http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewPicture&friendID=240321270&albumId=652398 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billy budapest Posted November 15, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 15, 2008 Yeah - I know. A search on this guitar is quite useless! I was hoping to draw on the centuries of collected HC wisdom for insight. But many thanks for trying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members louloomis Posted November 16, 2008 Members Share Posted November 16, 2008 well, you may not like what i said, but your picture proved it. This guitar is not worth much attention. You can get a G&L tribute Legacy HB for like 300 bucks used. That guitar will smoke this Yamaha anyday. LouLoomis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted November 16, 2008 Members Share Posted November 16, 2008 well, you may not like what i said, but your picture proved it.This guitar is not worth much attention.You can get a G&L tribute Legacy HB for like 300 bucks used. That guitar will smoke this Yamaha anyday.LouLoomis Not true. At all. Yamaha's are actually very good guitars for the money, capable of selling for much more than they actually do. The problem, is nobody wants a guitar made by a motor company. The Pacifica 112, the $160 Yamahas, are capable of running with the middle of the road Epi G-400's and the MIM's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 well, you may not like what i said, but your picture proved it.This guitar is not worth much attention.You can get a G&L tribute Legacy HB for like 300 bucks used. That guitar will smoke this Yamaha anyday.LouLoomis I have to agree with Bored here. Yamaha's in general have a well deserved reputation for being as good as - if not better - than every other guitar in their respective price brackets, in many cases - once you actually pick them up to play. Just because this particular model isn't that well known doesn't mean it isn't going to be any good. Yammy's in general offer more bang for the money than many guitar manufacturers. It's easy to dismiss them but once you look a bit more closely at them you tend to find that they smoke their rivals in terms of build quality and overall playability. Don't be deceived by the low used price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billy budapest Posted November 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 well, you may not like what i said, but your picture proved it.This guitar is not worth much attention.You can get a G&L tribute Legacy HB for like 300 bucks used. That guitar will smoke this Yamaha anyday.LouLoomis Lou - quite the contrary! Yours is exactly the sort of input I am looking for but, just as I suspected, there also seems to be some support from the other side of the aisle as well. The guitar is available for $100. I tried in vain to figure out for myself if it was a bonanza or fool's gold but came up completely empty-handed. I own a modern day Yammy and couldn't be happier with it which peaked my interest in an older (possibly unappreciated) one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 that model isn`t listed here... http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/eg/database/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billy budapest Posted November 17, 2008 Author Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 that model isn`t listed here... http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/guitar/eg/database/ I know - unbelievably frustrating! That (official) database skips the SE series altogether! But here's a shot of the headstock just to prove that I'm not dreaming it up... bb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoredGuitarist7 Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 You stumbled upon the Prototype of a Yamaha Stratocaster. It is worth several million dollars. Really though, the model number and other factors are irrelevant. If you like the way it plays, looks and feels, and feel it was right for the money, whats holding you back? Yamaha themselves tend to be helpful in this sort of matter, try calling them up during business hours tomorrow and seeing what they come up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 so you got your date from the guitar archive?this is what I found, not sure what other info you`re looking for but... Year(s) Sold: 1988-89 Original MSRP(US$): $449.00 Neck: Satin Finish Maple Fingerboard: Maple Color(s): Red, Black, White, Gunmetal Blue String Length: 648mm Nut Width: 41mm Electronics: 5P Pickup Switch, Vol, Tone, Coil Split Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lowbrow Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 IIRC, the above is correct. They didn't do certian SE models very long before they changed the headstock and started calling them RGZs and RGXs. Yamahas are a conundrum. Fantastic guitars with terrible resale value. Yamahas from the 80's & 90s are especially high quality instruments...particularly when you start getting above the 300 series into the 600s and beyond. Look up the RGX 1212 for an idea... IMHO, they are getter guitars than their main competition at the time...Ibanez (and that's no knock on Ibanez). Yet, Ibanez is what commands the $$$ these days. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 bb http://www.uncletim.com/setup.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Musicscotty Posted November 17, 2008 Members Share Posted November 17, 2008 The real winners are the people who actually buy used Yammy's - and use them. A great example of this is the Pacifica series. The price of some used 812's I've seen, makes my GAS jump a notch every time. Of course the reverse is also true. If you sell it on, you aren't going to make a lot of cash on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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