Members AlexMC Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 Originally Posted by Jkater I come the closest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Flogger59 Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 I'm 1/3 of the way there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 I bet no two members here have exactly the same Yamaha models, they`re all exclusive. So? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlexMC Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 Originally Posted by zenbu I bet no two members here have exactly the same Yamaha models, they`re all exclusive. So? So... it's nice to have a collection of quality instruments that AREN'T your typical Strat/Tele/LP/335. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moot Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 My Yamahas have ended my guitar GAS, too. It's an odd feelingperusing the classifieds and craving nothing. I guess Yamaha needs to put out more guitars, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 In the latest Yamaha catalog I picked up here they are moving in the opposite direction...they have drastically reduced the number of electrics on offer and increased the number of acoustic models. They have the new SG series but all their strat types now fit on two pages facing each other...37 and 38...and they even have the SA2200 and SAS1500 on page 38 and thats it for electrics...no tele types at all. They`ve been in the game for a long time an right now in japan there are many very good choices for outsourced electrics at reasonable prices...mostly MICs...strats, teles, LP types...you name it...then if we speak of those on the used market well, prices are almost silly cheap in this city at least...so Yamaha must be doing better with their acoustics than electrics. Probably won`t always stay that way but at this time it is what it is...no middle of the road electric models...either high ends or low ends.I don`t see the SG 1000, 2000 or 3000 models...there are more basses than guitar on offer in this catalog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 ^^^ Interesting read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 Originally Posted by zenbu In the latest Yamaha catalog I picked up here they are moving in the opposite direction...they have drastically reduced the number of electrics on offer and increased the number of acoustic models. They have the new SG series but all their strat types now fit on two pages facing each other...37 and 38...and they even have the SA2200 and SAS1500 on page 38 and thats it for electrics...no tele types at all. They`ve been in the game for a long time an right now in japan there are many very good choices for outsourced electrics at reasonable prices...mostly MICs...strats, teles, LP types...you name it...then if we speak of those on the used market well, prices are almost silly cheap in this city at least...so Yamaha must be doing better with their acoustics than electrics. Probably won`t always stay that way but at this time it is what it is...no middle of the road electric models...either high ends or low ends. I don`t see the SG 1000, 2000 or 3000 models...there are more basses than guitar on offer in this catalog. I noticed that MF is pushing the new Yamaha acoustics pretty hard but I have never seen any electrics in their catalogs. We had them in the store when I worked for them (1997-1999) but never saw them in a catalog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 Well, the electric strat type models I see now are... the Pac212...44,000 yen and the 112...38,000 yen...both come in various colors with the 112 having the optional maple board. One left hand 112 model. No jazz box types this time round either. Basically...they all have the same p`up configuration only differences are laminated quilt, flame or plain tops and finger boards. Even the local Yamaha shop has fewer Yamaha models than other brands, same goes for acoustics...more non Yamahas than Yamahas. Gotta stay flexible to stay alive today I guess. Can`t really blame this on the March quake either `cause the shop has been that way for a couple of years...though they did have an SG 1000. 2000 and 3000...but they didn`t sell so they must have been sent along to other shops in the chain. I doubt there are many people buying new guitars in Sendai these days though...the local Rock Inn is having a used guitar sale this week-end...there are probably more guitars coming into the store than going out right now...and the gov`t is talking of increasing the sales tax...I`ve been saying for years, if they just started cracking down on traffic violations there`d be no need to raise the sales tax but the cops seem more interested in stopping kids riding double on bicycles than stopping cars going through red lights...and I`m not kidding...by the numbers, Japan is in worse shape than Greece is now...there are other differences that change the two situations but looking at numbers only, Japan is worse...there is no money to rebuild this part of the country so they`re trying to come up with ways to do something but so far, they still have done very little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moot Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 I spent the last few days fooling around with the Q-100's in my AES-1500 and I'm growing to like them. I lowered them way more than I'd expected which dropped their output and smoothed out what had been a harsh high-end. They're a lot smoother, of course, and I found some nice Jazz tones in them. For the first time I'm satisfied them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CreamTele2 Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 My first(of many to come) Yamaha, scored off of eBay recently. A friend of mine has the Billy Sheehan sig bass, and since I got a chance to play that, I've fallen for Yamaha instruments. RGX620Z Amber Burst. The neck is amazing, needs some cleaning up, new set of strings, strap locks, Planet Waves autotrim locking tuners. I have a couple Dimarzio pickups sitting around, but I like the sound of the stock pickups so far, so I'm going to leave them for the time being... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 Originally Posted by CreamTele2 My first(of many to come) Yamaha, scored off of eBay recently. A friend of mine has the Billy Sheehan sig bass, and since I got a chance to play that, I've fallen for Yamaha instruments. RGX620Z Amber Burst. The neck is amazing, needs some cleaning up, new set of strings, strap locks, Planet Waves autotrim locking tuners. I have a couple Dimarzio pickups sitting around, but I like the sound of the stock pickups so far, so I'm going to leave them for the time being... Beautiful. Congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Milky Boy Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 Originally Posted by Jkater Beautiful. Congrats. I have no better words to say... Just one question: She doesn't have inlays on the fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CreamTele2 Posted July 18, 2011 Members Share Posted July 18, 2011 Originally Posted by Milky Boy I have no better words to say... Just one question: She doesn't have inlays on the fretboard? Correct, no inlays, just side markers. I'm not positive how i really feel about it yet, I think i like the clean look of it, and i prefer block inlays, but I dont think they would look right on this guitar... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GibsonVMan Posted July 29, 2011 Members Share Posted July 29, 2011 I just nabbed an AES420 off of Craigslist for $90. Felt like I stole it! The pickups are uninspiring but the guitar is pretty awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted July 29, 2011 Members Share Posted July 29, 2011 Originally Posted by CreamTele2 Truss rod is accessed like on my 904. I think it's a nice way to do it. clean looking headstock and no need to undo the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edremy Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 Here's a Yammie I haven't seen before. SC3000. There's virtually nothing on the web about it- anyone know what this thing is and if it's worth the asking price?http://cgi.ebay.com/YAMAHA-SC-3000-O...item4aad966a6e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 That's a tough one. They are made with Yammies typical awesomeness but that body shape is an acquired taste. Local shop had the humbucker version. Plays and sounds great but I just can't get past that body shape. I would say $400-500 is a good price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted August 8, 2011 Members Share Posted August 8, 2011 BTW talked to a friend that I play with occasionally. He plays a Fender Jeff Beck strat these days but I remember that, years ago, he played a Yamaha. I asked him about it and he said, "Yup, Yamaha SG2000 that I bought brand new in 1980." The thing is immaculate and amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members prolog Posted August 9, 2011 Members Share Posted August 9, 2011 Originally Posted by keytone Here's one I no longer have. Regrets! I have one - bought it in late 2008. I called Yamaha and mine dates to May 2006, so it had obviously been sitting in the shop for a long time! I've taken the pickguard off mine, and use it as my slide guitar. I keep it in open D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlexMC Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Can anyone tell me what model this eBay auction is for?http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=160633828225Archtop with art-deco f-holes; tobacco sunburst; individual tailpieces/LP-style control layout... sitting at £180 with no bids.And a heads-up on a SA2100 semi-hollow:http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:ITCurrently at £500 with 5 days to go. I'd bid myself if I didn't have an SA2200... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Milky Boy Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Hey, you guys knows if the RM-Pro uses a 6mm whammy bar?Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mike003 Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Originally Posted by AlexMC Can anyone tell me what model this eBay auction is for? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=160633828225 Archtop with art-deco f-holes; tobacco sunburst; individual tailpieces/LP-style control layout... sitting at £180 with no bids. And a heads-up on a SA2100 semi-hollow: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...=STRK:MEWAX:IT Currently at £500 with 5 days to go. I'd bid myself if I didn't have an SA2200... It's an AE500. http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music...product_lineup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AlexMC Posted August 10, 2011 Members Share Posted August 10, 2011 Originally Posted by mike003 It's an AE500. http://usa.yamaha.com/products/music...product_lineup Thanks for the tip... An archtop is the one type of guitar I don't own - and to be honest will probably never need. OTOH it's always nice to add another Yamaha to the collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jgodin Posted August 23, 2011 Members Share Posted August 23, 2011 Hi, I just bought a nice Pacifica 604, (not the W). The guitar is in mint condition except for the wiring. The previous owner mess with the original wiring. I am now looking ALL OVER THE NET for Pacifica wiring and I can't find any. Is there a Yamaholic that can help me out there ? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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