'Restoring' a Yamaha SG-2 (FINISHED)
Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2021 12:31 am
This is my first offset guitar ever and it needs some work done to it. Below my list of 'defects' so far. If you see any more, yell out.
The good: doesn't look to bad for its age. Beautiful fret-board but very thin. The neck and headstock are in good condition. The pots and switches all work well. Sounds good on the neck pickup.
The bad:
1) Needs new tuner for the high E string as the peg end will probably break off if I try to open up the gap. Hopefully an SA-30 or SA-50 tuner will be a match. [u](Edit - fixed, opened up the gap gently with a screwdriver)[/u]
2) Missing whammy bar, so either buy one from the dude in Japan or make one myself.
3) Bridge has non original parts. Both the low and the high E string saddles are not original and cannot be adjusted for height. Anyone out there with spares?
4) The bridge G and D saddles have non original grub screws. I understand they are 2.5mm by 8mm grub screws which can be sourced from Alibaba?
5) The bridge pickup is not original, has a significant volume drop compared to neck. I am going to check its DC resistance and then perhaps I'll rewind it or even use coil parts from another Yamaha pickup. Thinking about half an SA-30 coil... Keen on receiving bridge DC resistance from other SG-2 owners.
6) The frets are super low, I am going to refret this with medium fretwire. The zero fret will be a S/S one. (Edit - done, zero fret not S/S)
I hope to update this thread as things happen...
Some photos:
Tuner issue:
Whammy bar connection point:
Non original saddles and grub screws:
Non original bridge pickup:
Serial Number:
Very low frets:
Thin fretboard:
The good: doesn't look to bad for its age. Beautiful fret-board but very thin. The neck and headstock are in good condition. The pots and switches all work well. Sounds good on the neck pickup.
The bad:
1) Needs new tuner for the high E string as the peg end will probably break off if I try to open up the gap. Hopefully an SA-30 or SA-50 tuner will be a match. [u](Edit - fixed, opened up the gap gently with a screwdriver)[/u]
2) Missing whammy bar, so either buy one from the dude in Japan or make one myself.
3) Bridge has non original parts. Both the low and the high E string saddles are not original and cannot be adjusted for height. Anyone out there with spares?
4) The bridge G and D saddles have non original grub screws. I understand they are 2.5mm by 8mm grub screws which can be sourced from Alibaba?
5) The bridge pickup is not original, has a significant volume drop compared to neck. I am going to check its DC resistance and then perhaps I'll rewind it or even use coil parts from another Yamaha pickup. Thinking about half an SA-30 coil... Keen on receiving bridge DC resistance from other SG-2 owners.
6) The frets are super low, I am going to refret this with medium fretwire. The zero fret will be a S/S one. (Edit - done, zero fret not S/S)
I hope to update this thread as things happen...
Some photos:
Tuner issue:
Whammy bar connection point:
Non original saddles and grub screws:
Non original bridge pickup:
Serial Number:
Very low frets:
Thin fretboard: