I wouldn't have any interest in selling it myself, in all honesty. Thanks for the the helpful comments! HarrySeven Frets: May edited May HarrySeven said:. Voxman Frets: I started out with nothing Pitting in 'gold' hardware is extremely common.
So is 'fogging' finish appears clouded in the models from the first half of the s. These are both red flags, imho, and would hurt the value hugely. Also the 'gold' comes off the hardware extremely quickly with light wear. Cool colours exist for the purple, white etc and accordingly attract a premium I sympathise with the difficulty in pricing these - the market is utterly distorted for a few reasons. Some wise words above regarding value. Ignore anything to do with 'joey moorewood, 'jaysgrocker', 'henri mood', 'jilles edema', 'jeahazlett' or 'elitevintageguitars'.
This is one person and the guy is rip off merchant flipper fraudulently portraying himself as a collector, whilst he aggressively harvests and processes Yamaha SGs to sell in their most valuable iterations.
When I see that wooden bench I get the fucking fear. Interesting comments on vs - I much prefer the as a guitar, the pickups are outstanding.
I think it's actually the that attracts collectors precisely because it's the 'iconic model' or because the bling scares people away. I have several Yamaha SGs, including , and The is more scarce and good ones go for a fortune these days, way more than a , which are relatively common. Imho obv Moving onto to the OPs Four letters and a number, like so: LJQH See chart at the top of the page.
The first letter is the year; The second letter is the month; March. The three numbers at the end are the unit number. Made in Japan , Letter-letter-. Two letters, four numbers, like so: MI The second number is the month; February.
The four numbers are the unit number; Made in Japan , -letter-. The first number is an internal code. The letter is the month; February see chart.
The next two numbers are the date; 4th. Made in Japan , Made in Japan , -letter-letter-. Like so: 7FM The letter 2nd position is an internal code. The final three numbers are the unit number.
Made in Japan , -letter-letter- , like so: 8FJ The first letter is an internal code. The second letter is the month; June. So, June 2nd, The first letter is an internal code both I and S were used. The third letter is an internal code for Japan. The final letter is an internal code could be E, F, I, or S.
Made in Taiwan , Letter-letter- , like so: PH The first two numbers 07 in this example are the day; 7th. The two numbers that follow are the day; 12th.
The four numbers that follow are the unit number; 00 The last number is an internal code could be D, R, U, or Y. The ebony fingerboard was inlaid with abalone split wing or pyramid inlays. Finishes were natural, black and red, at least. It was, in fact, an SG that first caught the eye of Carlos Santana, who began playing one around this time. He had custom pickups without the covers, and a fancy pearl inlay design covering the belly of the guitar.
There were at least one custom-made SG with a brown sunburst finish and large pearl block inlays. The SG employed the basic look of the SG, combined with both subtle refinements and some bolder new ideas. Instead of carved solid mahogany, the SG had a carved, mildly figured three-piece maple top, with the grain of the center section set perpendicular to the sides.
Replacing the flat back of the SG was a contoured back with a scoop out of the top waist to increase playing comfort. The head of the SG featured the now-standard double-dipped shape, with five-ply binding, a block lettering logo, and a fancy three-piece floral inlay.
The fret ebony fingerboard was bound with mother-of-pearl split-wing inlays. The top also featured five-ply binding. The twin-shielded Alnico V humbuckers were covered in black plastic with a cool cover that surrounded the bobbins, but left them and the poles exposed. Electronics were conventional two-humbucker, same as on the SG The laminated pickguard was slightly elevated, as on the SG The finetune bridge had metal saddles, and the stop tail was engraved with a harp-and-scroll design.
Hardware was gold-plated. Five finishes were available initially — cherry sunburst, brown tobacco sunburst, cherry, brown tobacco and black. A plush-lined hardshell case was standard. In the U. The name was not changed in Japan. Altogether, this was a superb guitar. The SBG was sold in the U. The American Cousin Here, we encounter our first turbulence. The top was a single piece of maple, without the perpendicular centerpiece, and was unbound.
Instead of being a neck-through, it was set-neck with solid mahogany. Also, it did not have the brass sustain plate under the bridge. These came in cherry sunburst or brown sunburst. It is not clear how long the SG was exported, because it does not appear in many U. The name was changed to SBG in the U. These had slightly less fancy headstock inlays and chrome hardware.
The SG had an unbound maple top made of several pieces of maple and came in cherry sunburst and brown. The had traditional black plastic pickup covers with only one row of poles exposed.
The SG came only in opaque colors, black and cherry, suggesting use of lower-grade maple on the tops.
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