Members aliensporebomb Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 A guy I'm an acquaintance of has a white SBG 3000 with gold hardware. If a guitar could exude sex appeal, that would be pretty much it. Damn what a nice guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by tincob I have only one now, SBG1200... What a BEAUTIFUL guitar! The three-piece top is the real thing (or put differently, the real thing had a three-piece top). When Yamaha's put their incredible brain to design the SG2000, they had the top made of three pieces with the middle piece running differently. There was a precise reason for this and it was certainly not to use bits of smaller wood... Here is an add from the time where you can clearly see the three pieces of the top: Originally Posted by tincob ...for a SA2200 that's being offered for $750. Strats are dime-a-dozen but I think that's a good price for a 2200. It would take time to sell the two guitars and the SA2200 might have already been sold... They COST twice as much and are WORTH three times as much (if you see what I mean) but, of course it's also a question of the conditions it's in. Is it in good shape? If you don't grab it, it'll be gone in no time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaXu Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 SA-1200SPacifica 1511. I recently changed the humbuckers to a 'bucker sized P90 in the neck and a tele singlecoil in the bridge (both pickups from Vintage Vibe) and now I really love this guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by LaXu SA-1200S Solid spruce top SA's are rare and very special guitars. There was a guy here some time ago who had an SA-2000S and was asking us if he could get $1000 for it! He got gently and respectfully bombarded by forumites telling him to hold on to it at any price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted October 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by adlo76 Pacifica? This is an SJ550 from the early 80's. Long before the Pacificas I know but the pacificas are all I can get hold of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted October 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by cavpilot That SL500 is the bomb-diggity. I like it.I'll try and get some better pics of it this week, the finish is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted October 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Damn, there are some fine guitars here. Welcome to the Yamaholics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by bigfatmonkeyboy I know but the pacificas are all I can get hold of. Ohhh...haha...I know.I first had a guitar exactly like this about 1985. I got it for my 9th birthday I think. It was stolen about a year later. I kept an eye out for years for another and over the years only saw about 3 others...2 were trashed, one was an ugly reddish color...this one came up on ebay back in January this year. Just in time for my 31st birthday, so I snagged it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lambchoppy Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by adlo76 Ohhh...haha...I know.I first had a guitar exactly like this about 1985. I got it for my 9th birthday I think. It was stolen about a year later. I kept an eye out for years for another and over the years only saw about 3 others...2 were trashed, one was an ugly reddish color...this one came up on ebay back in January this year. Just in time for my 31st birthday, so I snagged it i hope you don't mean this "ugly red color"!!! i thought the finish on this guitar was so beaut i just had to own it! hard to see in the pic, but the finish isn't the same opaqueness the whole way through and you can see the yummy woodgrain running through it especially in the middle *i loves my yammie!* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wader2k Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Here's mine.....An sbg200 and it's big brother sbg2000. The 2000 came in it's original case with case candy! Both are early to mid 80's if I'm not mistakenThe 200 has had a minitoggle added to split the pickups. The 2000 has push push tone controls to split. 8^)Wade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trill Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by LaXu Pacifica 1511. I recently changed the humbuckers to a 'bucker sized P90 in the neck and a tele singlecoil in the bridge (both pickups from Vintage Vibe) and now I really love this guitar. That's the Mike Stern signature model, right? I love everything about that one, except the 7 1/2" radius. Do you feel like it gets in your way when bending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted October 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Awesome. All being well I am trading my SG500 for a pacifica 120s at the end of the month. I reckon it would benefit from a black pickguard (it has no guard as stock) and some replacement knobs (knurled tele style). I'll post if it turns up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Small Stone Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 There, there:See my signature, for the whole story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members simonthepieman Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Heres my yammy! its a SG1500 in jade green w/ push push pots havent found anyone else with this model. I have found 3 or 4 on japanese websites and maybe 2 on ebay but thats it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted October 15, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by Small Stone There, there:See my signature, for the whole story. I read it, nice to see the 'spider web' gone!The one I'm looking at is a HH configuration, but it does look much bettter with a pickguard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by Small Stone There, there:See my signature, for the whole story. I read the story (and the thread) about how you got your PAC 302. You're a clever guy and well deserve this nice catch.I thought it was priceless when you said "I can't believe I bought a Yamaha". This mirrors a perception in some circles that Yamaha is more about motorcycles than musical instruments. Actually, it's quite the other way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pische Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 I have an rgx121z, the first and last electric guitar I bought. I paid her 135 euros and I'll never change it with anything under 500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tincob Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 There's a craigslist ad for a Yamaha SBG500B for $250.http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/msg/443878709.html Now the B stands for Bolt-on. This isn't a killer deal considering you can probably buy the set neck SBG500 for a $100 more (maybe a bit more) but probably worth a look if you're in the area. And, no, it isn't mine. Nor a friend of mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spikezone Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Here's mine (the one on the left, that is! LOL!):Man, what a guitar! Cheap and so versatile!-MikeyP.S. I also love my DG-Stomp and my APX-6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LaXu Posted October 15, 2007 Members Share Posted October 15, 2007 Originally Posted by trill That's the Mike Stern signature model, right? I love everything about that one, except the 7 1/2" radius. Do you feel like it gets in your way when bending? Yeah, Mike Stern model. It took me a while to get used to the radius and given the choice I'd go for something flatter but it hasn't caused any problems, the guitar plays really well and is very comfortable.With the stock S.Duncan humbuckers I thought the guitar was way too dark sounding for my tastes and I generally like my tones dark. Especially the bridge pickup sounded TOO thick through my Diezel Einstein combo. If I remember correctly Stern uses Fender amps so it could go better with those. Thankfully the pickup swap cured the problem in my case, especially since I've wanted a P90 guitar but also a singlecoil tele so I kind of combined both here. I also had this Pacifica 812WX, but never quite bonded with it. Shame, cause it was a real beauty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted October 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Originally Posted by LaXu Yeah, Mike Stern model. It took me a while to get used to the radius and given the choice I'd go for something flatter but it hasn't caused any problems, the guitar plays really well and is very comfortable.With the stock S.Duncan humbuckers I thought the guitar was way too dark sounding for my tastes and I generally like my tones dark. Especially the bridge pickup sounded TOO thick through my Diezel Einstein combo. If I remember correctly Stern uses Fender amps so it could go better with those. Thankfully the pickup swap cured the problem in my case, especially since I've wanted a P90 guitar but also a singlecoil tele so I kind of combined both here. I also had this Pacifica 812WX, but never quite bonded with it. Shame, cause it was a real beauty: That may be the best looking pacifica I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Small Stone Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Thanks for the nice comments, guys! Now I have big GAS for that Mike Stern Tele... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Originally Posted by Small Stone Thanks for the nice comments, guys! Now I have big GAS for that Mike Stern Tele... I tried the MS sig (PAC1511) and it is like all the high end Made-in-Japan Yamahas. You can feel the quality the second you hold it. It does not have the contoured back (which I thought is a nice touch on the 302S) but a regular slab just like a traditional tele.The body is a little fancier than a Fender tele with a very high grade of tonewood and nice appointments like binding around the top. I also find the shape to be more elegant than the tele (just a taste) but some Fender purists would say that it is not the "right shape". Someone told me that about my SA2200. He said that the shape of it was "wrong".Here's a pic of my semi-acoustic with the "wrong" shape : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted October 16, 2007 Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 Originally Posted by Small Stone Thanks for the nice comments, guys! Now I have big GAS for that Mike Stern Tele... Don't forget to check out (IF you can find one) an SJ550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigfatmonkeyboy Posted October 16, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 16, 2007 My newest yammy.....more pics in the NGD thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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