1966 Yamaha Japan SG-2 Offset Electric (Coral Red)

1966 Yamaha Japan SG-2 Offset Electric (Coral Red)Made in Japan briefly in the mid 1960's, the SG 2 was one of the first Yamaha branded electric guitars ever to hit the market. With a solid body that wears a Coral Red finish bolted to a maple neck with a 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (zero fret, 648mm scale length, 43mm nut width), it weighs 3. 7kg's. Loaded with a roller style bridge with intonate able and height adjustable saddles, a Jaguar style tremolo system (missing the arm) and two very vibey

Metallic blue sparkle finish with a pearl white finish pickguard

an incredible introduction to the world’s greatest electric guitar that is affordable for everyone

These are truly outstanding heavy distortion pedals

Good vintage condition as pictured although it might have had a refinish at some point as there's some blemishes to the paint that don't seem to be from the factory

the frets are shiny and smooth and the neck is straight with a fully functional truss rod

locking tremolo system and Charvel branded tuners

The fat 50's-style neck profile and wraparound bridge add to the equation for rock solid tone

Very clean lightly used condition as pictured with some basic wear and tear

# 20 frets

wiring tidy up and setup

DMT Design humbuckers sound huge

The previous owner has replaced all the hardware on this one with generic gold hardware and the pickups were swapped out for a pair of Seymour Duncan's (an Alnico II Pro and a SH-4) controlled by only a single volume/tone control (although the volume control essentially operates as an on/off switch)