The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by surfin_bird » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:29 am

Things slowly got out of control.
From left to right, top to bottom

SG-3C, SG2C, SG2A, SG12, SG2, SG2, Pacifica 302s, SA5, SC300T, SGV800, SBV500.

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Post by Gavanti » Fri Jul 14, 2017 7:52 am

Oh wow. The green SA-5. :?

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by windmill » Fri Jul 14, 2017 2:44 pm

What a good collection !
Nice work

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by SuperAxe » Mon Jul 17, 2017 10:28 pm

Man, that is a cool collection alright.... You need a room and hang them all on the walls....

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by antisymmetric » Mon Jul 17, 2017 11:23 pm

Very cool & interesting bunch of guitars! Can you give any details on that "project"(?) SG-2 with the Fender-ish neck?
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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by surfin_bird » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:36 am

antisymmetric wrote:Very cool & interesting bunch of guitars! Can you give any details on that "project"(?) SG-2 with the Fender-ish neck?
Hi, yes sure. I bought it with a ugly old warped teisco neck on it. (It had 3+3 old yamaha tuners for some reason). I lost that neck along the road (ex-gf long story) but I fitted a cheap fender neck on it to test it out.
It definitely needs a new switch and pots.

At the moment I am destaining the pickguard and pickup covers
I actually think I'll put a sg3c neck on it that I have spare or I go all out with a aluminium neck if I get ahold of one.

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by surfin_bird » Tue Jul 18, 2017 11:06 am

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This band is called W.I.T.C.H (We Intend To Cause Havoc) 70's Zambian Rock. SO COOL!
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Post by bacca51 » Tue Jul 18, 2017 2:46 pm

Id kill for one of those 12 strings. Such a sick collection.

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Post by Mimasu » Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:31 pm

Surfin Bird,

Great collection. Never thought there were so many fantastic 60'ies Yamaha SG's in our little country :)

Leon

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Post by RIORIO » Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:43 pm

Just got a Modern SGV300 and I realllllllly dig it. The neck is so comfy and quick!

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by surfin_bird » Sat Jul 22, 2017 9:11 am

Riorio, lucky man! What color?

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Post by RIORIO » Sat Jul 22, 2017 4:45 pm

surfin_bird wrote:Riorio, lucky man! What color?
Black 8)

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by bacca51 » Sun Jul 23, 2017 2:20 pm

RIORIO wrote:
surfin_bird wrote:Riorio, lucky man! What color?
Black

ImageIMG_3017 by Collopyjosh, on Flickr
You got such a good deal... I wanted that one so badly, but I was on vacation >:(

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Post by RIORIO » Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:12 pm

bacca51 wrote:
RIORIO wrote:
surfin_bird wrote:Riorio, lucky man! What color?
Black

ImageIMG_3017 by Collopyjosh, on Flickr
You got such a good deal... I wanted that one so badly, but I was on vacation
I know...talked em down a bit too. Been on the hunt for a minute and they do NOT pop up in the US too often..esp in this condition. Will be fun to mess around with for awhile. Not sure if its a long haul kind of guitar but I'm really into it at the moment

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Re: The Unofficial OSG 60s Yamaha SG Thread

Post by eborej » Sun Oct 01, 2017 8:37 pm

Hi everyone, very cool thread. Hope someone could help me with adjusting the trem tension on this SG-3 that has recently come into my possession. It arrived without strings and when I put a set on it wouldn't stay in tune until the tail-piece part of the trem rocked completely forward (essentially locking the trem). From what I've read on this board it seems like the spring adjustment is under the trem top plate so some disassembly is required. If that's the case then what's the purpose of the hole in the middle? Also how is the tension adjusted if you have to take the strings off? Hopefully I'm just completely in left field with how this is done. Any advice is appreciated.

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Also just wondering how everyone adjusts the height of their pickups since this SG-3 doesn't have any pickup screw springs. Is it just a matter of ordering some of these (http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_Par ... rings.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;) and installing them?

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