LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

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LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by LVC » Tue May 24, 2022 11:02 am

Two new guitars in five days :w00t: :fp:
The first one arrived last Thursday, but I have been too busy with uncool things to post about it earlier.

Anybody want to take a guess? :ph34r:

Hint 1: it's an offset... I think?
Hint 2: it's a 2000s reissue of a late 60s guitar
Hint 3: it scratches that dark metallic green itch I've had for years

Second NGD post will be in the non-offset guitar section...
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Re: LVC's NGD 1:...

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Tue May 24, 2022 12:04 pm

Harmony?
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Re: LVC's NGD 1:...

Post by LVC » Tue May 24, 2022 12:13 pm

Shadoweclipse13 wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 12:04 pm
 Harmony?
Not even close :D
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Post by DrQuasar » Tue May 24, 2022 12:31 pm

Burns Bison?
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Re: LVC's NGD 1:...

Post by LVC » Tue May 24, 2022 12:40 pm

DrQuasar wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 12:31 pm
 Burns Bison?
No!

Hint #3 is actually more important than it might look... I mean, how many guitars are there with a factory dark metallic green finish option?
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Re: LVC's NGD 1:...

Post by windmill » Tue May 24, 2022 1:29 pm

Yamaha samurai ?
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Re: LVC's NGD 1:...

Post by LVC » Tue May 24, 2022 2:04 pm

windmill wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 1:29 pm
 Yamaha samurai ?
:w00t:
That was fast!

Yes, it's a Yamaha SGV300, aka Flying Samurai reissue
(I was planning to use the following pic as hint #4) :D
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It came all the way from Austria with the help of MayTheFuzzBeWithYou... Thank you so much!

It's in perfect shape... More or less NOS. And it's gorgeous ! :w00t:

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Sorry about the horrible pics... I will try shooting better ones tomorrow with natural light


I owned a CAR one for a little while about ten years ago. My then bandmate bought it on eBay but he wasn't a huge fan of the neck so he ended up selling it to me. Then he had a change of heart and and begged me to sell it back to him. I eventually caved in, but I wish I could have kept it as I really liked that guitar.
Well this one is every bit as nice, and the color is definitely the icing on the cake 8)
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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by MayTheFuzzBeWithYou » Tue May 24, 2022 2:17 pm

Happy to help!
Enjoy! :)
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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Tue May 24, 2022 3:55 pm

Yowsa! Quite a looker!!! I'm excited to see more pictures!!
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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by windmill » Tue May 24, 2022 4:02 pm

Looks excellent.

Looking forward to reading the full report !

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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by Stephen_42 » Tue May 24, 2022 8:28 pm

Very nice! To me that will always be the Doctor Who guitar.

(For anyone who doesn't know what I'm on about: https://youtu.be/-xO5omB7M2w)
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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by Zork » Wed May 25, 2022 12:38 am

Oh man, that's actually one of my dream guitars right here... :-*
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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by BoringPostcards » Wed May 25, 2022 2:42 am

Sweet score!
Det er mig der holder traeerne sammen.
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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by LVC » Wed May 25, 2022 3:30 am

Stephen_42 wrote: ↑
Tue May 24, 2022 8:28 pm
 Very nice! To me that will always be the Doctor Who guitar.

(For anyone who doesn't know what I'm on about: https://youtu.be/-xO5omB7M2w)
[hairsplitting]Well actually, the Doctor is playing an SGV800 in the video — this model's slightly upscale sibling, with two pickups supposedly based on Mosrite pups...[/hairsplitting]

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Re: LVC's NGD 1: Yamaha SGV300

Post by LVC » Sat May 28, 2022 12:15 pm

At last some slightly less crappy pics

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(Are these pics showing up? They're hosted on Postimages, which has always worked fine for me)

It's in excellent shape, with protective film still on plastics!
And it plays and sounds just as great as I remember my old one did. A really cool guitar 8)

It's missing the vibrato arm. Fortunately a standard 5mm metric thread Strat one will fit ― I've ordered one. Other than that, it requires only the basic treatment I give all my guitars: a quick setup, straplocks, oil on the fretboard and possibly copper foil shielding.
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