1980 Yamaha Japan SG-1000 Double Cutaway (Cherry Sunburst)

1980 Yamaha Japan SG-1000 Double Cutaway (Cherry Sunburst)Considered by many as an upgrade to the standard Les Paul design, the Yamaha SG series are some of the fullest sounding guitars you'll ever play. This SG 1000 was a mid range model in the 1980 catalog and is a step up from the entry level models in specs. Weighing in at 4. 3kg's, it's built with a mahogany body with a 2 piece maple cap, slim 60's maple mahogany set neck and an ebony fretboard (12" radius, 628mm scale length, 43mm nut width). Loaded

which is sufficient to operate directly with power amplifier

"The Nomad Standard is the perfect practice travel guitar for serious guitarists who need to keep their chops up with a full-scale instrument

This is one of the rarer Japanese guitars that had the words Les Paul written on the headstock

this was one of the earlier Edwards SG's

Loaded with passive PJ pickups controlled by two volume knobs and a master tone

vintage models are difficult to find and are often plagued by vintage problems along with their vintage price tag

Tested on power supply (not included) and is working perfectly

this one has the original humbucking pickups with the push/push coil split switches on the tone knobs

It plays as good as it looks with a straight neck and shiny frets that have some light pitting but play smoothly

With a transparent red finish and shiny chrome hardware

With a 39cm lower bout and a 27cm upper bout

Plays and sounds as it should