The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by lmountain » Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:03 pm

Have you bought from this site before? Any advice?

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lmountain wrote:I've looked through many threads and I know this is a long shot, but does anyone have a line on a spare trem bar and/or a saddle height screw? I'm missing one of each on my SG2/SG3. Thanks!

These are the trem bars: http://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/f203055964

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The grub screws are actually M2.5 x 8mm - these should work: http://www.ebay.com/itm/25-Pcs-Slotted- ... 0996162264 but they must be available in plain steel somewhere, rather than black.

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by theworkoffire » Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:20 pm

lmountain wrote:Have you bought from this site before? Any advice?
Yes - have bought 2 or 3 of these over the last few years with no problems whatsoever. There's a slightly unfamiliar process whereby you have to pay a PayPal deposit to cover potential shipping costs upfront, but it gets refunded very quickly.

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by lmountain » Tue Apr 11, 2017 11:26 am

theworkoffire wrote:
lmountain wrote:Have you bought from this site before? Any advice?
Yes - have bought 2 or 3 of these over the last few years with no problems whatsoever. There's a slightly unfamiliar process whereby you have to pay a PayPal deposit to cover potential shipping costs upfront, but it gets refunded very quickly.
Thanks! I'll get on that then. How have the trem arms worked for you? Do they look close to an original?

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by theworkoffire » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:50 pm

lmountain wrote: Thanks! I'll get on that then. How have the trem arms worked for you? Do they look close to an original?
They've all worked perfectly. The arm shape is spot on, the tip slightly different from vintage but although I have both in my lounge and see/play them every day I couldn't tell you what the difference is - it's negligible in practice. Very different shape to the Fender tip, which is a good thing.

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by frelonvert » Wed Apr 12, 2017 1:51 am

I have one two on my sg-2 and it works great.
Bought thru buyee without any trouble.
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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by PJazzmaster » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:33 am

back in the day:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va-YqmVa2-U" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R51Nhnv-gKM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Post by windmill » Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:15 pm

Excellent

Thanks for posting

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by surfin_bird » Mon Apr 24, 2017 7:14 am

So the project SG-2C came in and I finally came home after 3,5 months.
Looks fine, unfortunately the paint has some weird discoloration on it and the TOM holes are wider than the tremolo.
I put a trem on it from another sg-3c whom is butchered heavily.

I added a photo of all my Yamaha sixties SG's

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Post by SuperAxe » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:05 am

No images above ....

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Post by theworkoffire » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:24 am

Wow! Hadn't seen that before. It's a brute.

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Post by frelonvert » Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:56 am

I have some pics of the gsx33b on my blog:
https://screamingyamahas.wordpress.com/ ... ha-gsx33b/
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Post by theworkoffire » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:07 am

Yes, I just found them when I googled it! Thanks for archiving! Really interesting that the SG-1 prototype had this pickguard. It looks way ahead of its time.

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Post by frelonvert » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:09 am

SuperAxe wrote:No images above ....

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The mystery for me from this magazine, is the "SB 7" bass with a 3 pickups combinaison. I have never seen one before. Seems to be a 90's reissue...
I need to investigate.
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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by antisymmetric » Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:46 am

theworkoffire wrote:Wow! Hadn't seen that before. It's a brute.
I concur. Any info? Thanks for posting.
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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by frelonvert » Sun Apr 30, 2017 2:18 am

theworkoffire wrote:Yes, I just found them when I googled it! Thanks for archiving! Really interesting that the SG-1 prototype had this pickguard. It looks way ahead of its time.
Iep, the pics are from the yamaha museum site. Not much guitars on this site but the pictures are great.
https://europe.yamaha.com/en/products/c ... th/museum/
Take care the skons is evrywhere !

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