Members Gravity Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 Awesome guitar. -Plays very easily with very little buzz -Frets are in very good shape. -body and neck are in very good shape (tiny bit of buckle on the back ) -just feels super solid ... more than enough sustain There's a push-push tone pot that splits both pickups I need to dial the pickups in a bit, but they're original and they sound good. when I first looked at it in the shop, I thought that it might be a neck-thru ... but I believe it's a set two-piece neck with a three-piece body ... (edit: it's four piece) $300 out the door and I left a neglected Ibanez RG 470 in the shop on consignment. So does anyone know what type of wood this axe is made from? I don't know how to tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members billy budapest Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 I'd bet a box of doughnuts that that's a great feeling/sounding axe! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Woody_in_MN Posted September 25, 2009 Members Share Posted September 25, 2009 I like naturals. Sorry I don't know the wood. HNGD - w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tim gueguen Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 Betcha its alder. It doesn't look grainy enough to be ash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mackin Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 Old school ! That's rock-worthy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 I had one of those, great guitars with a coil split. They were actually made by Warmoth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gravity Posted September 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 It's stamped "Made in Japan" on the back of the headstock. Did warmoth have a Japan facility in the early 80's? What's the story? If you know it, I'm curious. I did find on an old and completed ebay listing where someone listed it as alder ... so there's two alder descriptions ... I bet that's it then. Thank you. I'm a big fan of naturals too ... this axe just spoke to me hanging there on the wall with it's funky-carl-thompson-like upper horn, gibby-esque headstock, and beautifully designed bridge/tailpiece. Unplugged, it has a wonderful acoustic tone ... very balanced and articulate. It's light, maybe a tad heavier than my faded SG, but .. it's hard to explain, it's probably the most solid feeling guitar I've ever owned. When I first took hold of it ... didn't even strum it, I could feel just how solid it was and knew that it was of above average construction. Playing it only then told me what I already knew. I'm really stoked about this acquisition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Superrust Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 Looks killer. Love the shape of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 Good old Yamaha guitarchive! http://www.yamaha.com/apps/guitararchives/guitarchive2.asp SPECIFICATIONS: SHB400 Year(s) Sold: 1982-83 Original MSRP(US$): $450.00 Neck: Maple Fingerboard: Rosewood Bridge: Adjustable Color(s): Natural, Chestnut String Length: 628mm Electronics: 2 Vol, 2 Tone, Coil Split Doesn't ID body wood, though. I bet one of the other Yamahalics will have an answer for you. Looks all maple to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Elias Graves Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 HNGD EG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 It's stamped "Made in Japan" on the back of the headstock. Did warmoth have a Japan facility in the early 80's? What's the story? If you know it, I'm curious. I did find on an old and completed ebay listing where someone listed it as alder ... so there's two alder descriptions ... I bet that's it then. Thank you. I'm a big fan of naturals too ... this axe just spoke to me hanging there on the wall with it's funky-carl-thompson-like upper horn, gibby-esque headstock, and beautifully designed bridge/tailpiece. Unplugged, it has a wonderful acoustic tone ... very balanced and articulate. It's light, maybe a tad heavier than my faded SG, but .. it's hard to explain, it's probably the most solid feeling guitar I've ever owned. When I first took hold of it ... didn't even strum it, I could feel just how solid it was and knew that it was of above average construction. Playing it only then told me what I already knew. I'm really stoked about this acquisition. The bodies and necks were were made at Warmoth then shipped to Japan. The pickups were DiMarzzios. The body was a combination of alder and ash or just alder or ash depending on which one you had. Mine was one of the alder/ash combos. It was a great guitar. they sold for$350 back in 81. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 then there should be some kind of Warmoth ID marks somewhere, the USA II and Pacifica 10th anniversary I have both have the Warmoth stamps on the necks and bodies...mine came later though. easy enough to check the underside of the p`ups. perhaps a Warmoth mark under the p`ups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 maybe we can do it by process of elimination...sure doesn`t look like sen to me, somebody said doesn`t look like ash either...certainly not basswood...so whats left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 (714) 522-9011 Yamaha support for guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members aclarke Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 All the other guitars of that body type (SF series in japan) that I've seen have been alder, alder and maple, or maple/mahogany for the top of the line. Based on that, I'd say alder. Also- Warmoth has never had a factory in Japan. I don't think they were even around when this guitar was built. So, yeah. Probably not warmoth, and probably alder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 All the other guitars of that body type (SF series in japan) that I've seen have been alder, alder and maple, or maple/mahogany for the top of the line. Based on that, I'd say alder. Also- Warmoth has never had a factory in Japan. I don't think they were even around when this guitar was built. So, yeah. Probably not warmoth, and probably alder. If you read my post I said the bodies were made in the USA and shipped to Japan:poke: They also made these guitars for 3 years using different woods and combinations of woods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 Warmoth and Yamaha have been doing very nice things together but I thought more in the bolt-on side of the sortiment. In any case, "Made in Japan" speaks a lot for any Yamaha and i'm not surprised the OP says it feels very solid. I love the simplicity of it, yet the quality is obvious. The volute and headstock shape is the same as my SA2200. Beautiful guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wader2k Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 i'd sure like to add one of them to my stable! Nice Yammy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 Nice guitar!....unique looking but classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zenbu Posted September 26, 2009 Members Share Posted September 26, 2009 theres a real nice SF-7000 neck through at a local pawn type place, but the shop staff just don`t seem to be catching on that at $1000.oo it`s been over priced for more than a year. I`m waiting for them to drop the price but I guess they`d rather keep it hanging around than sell it. Plus...it`s had the truss rod changed. What can I say...this ain`t Tokyo eh.Same body shape as the one in this thread, basically it`s got the same features as the SG-2000 minus the binding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gravity Posted September 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted September 27, 2009 played it with my band last night awww man ... totally in love with this thing:love: I want another one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dimmypage Posted September 27, 2009 Members Share Posted September 27, 2009 played it with my band last night awww man ... totally in love with this thing:love: I want another one When I had mine I preferred it over my SG Standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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