Author Topic: Another "check what I just bought!" thread ;) (Read 3515 times)

Kilby · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2007, 11:22:34 PM »

Sweetheart, the guitar not you ;)

Nice looking beastie, I always had a soft spot for them, and much more vercatile than people think

Ratrod · « **Reply #16 on:** December 11, 2007, 10:47:45 AM »

That's a very nice looking one. These guitars love Crawlers. Other pickups that would go well are Rebel Yells, Mules and Abraxas. The Abraxas with AV is the closest to the original pickups.

The original pickups are pretty good, maybe even too good. They're a bit clinical and it feels like it has a built in compressor/limiter so it feels like the pickups are holding you back in your expression. (Does that make sense? :roll: )

Ratrod · « **Reply #17 on:** December 11, 2007, 10:50:08 AM »

Almost forgot. Another reason to post mine...........again.

indysmith · « **Reply #18 on:** December 11, 2007, 11:06:45 AM »

Very nice 8) anyone know if BKP still do the engraved covers?

LazyNinja · « **Reply #19 on:** December 11, 2007, 11:00:51 PM »

That is a very sweet looking SG there Ratty I might be tempted to buy another in brown if i like the one I'm getting enough.

My guitar's serial number is k000078 apparently, does anyone know how to decode vintage Yamaha's serial no.s? It gives me 'invalid number' when I put it into their serial number wizard. Three piece top was only available on the early ones i think so mine might be one of the first ones ever built. That'd be cool.

noodleplugerine · « **Reply #20 on:** December 12, 2007, 12:30:58 AM »

Quote from: indysmith

Very nice 8) anyone know if BKP still do the engraved covers?

Pretty sure they do - I think they needed to get quite a lot of kit to be able to do it in the first place - Doubt they'd throw it all away.

Kilby · « **Reply #21 on:** December 12, 2007, 09:42:23 AM »

Quote from: noodleplugerine

Quote from: indysmith
Very nice 8) anyone know if BKP still do the engraved covers?

Pretty sure they do - I think they needed to get quite a lot of kit to be able to do it in the first place - Doubt they'd throw it all away.

http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/links.html and follow the 3d Laser Tech link

Ratrod · « **Reply #22 on:** December 12, 2007, 11:22:30 AM »

Quote from: LazyNinja

My guitar's serial number is k000078 apparently, does anyone know how to decode vintage Yamaha's serial no.s? It gives me 'invalid number' when I put it into their serial number wizard.

Try e-mailing Yamaha Japan.

On mine, unfortunately, there was a sticker covering the printed on serial number. When I removed the sticker, the serial number was partially gone so Yamaha couldn't help me.

All they could tell me was that my SG400 was a limited production for Europe only in the late 70's.

LazyNinja · « **Reply #23 on:** December 14, 2007, 02:17:21 PM »

Got this delivered yesterday. Very well packed, but the guitar was far from what I'd call mint. Anyways on to the guitar.

The guitar is much lighter than I thought. About the weight of a regular Les Paul. Body top is flattter than a Les Paul. Closer to the SG in this respect. The burst in the finish is much more subtle than in the picture. The neck has a quite shallow profile but not too thin. Very comfortable and fast and the heel is beautifully carved. Maybe from the age but the raw resonance is incredible. I think it's got 9s on now but even then it resonates for ages; unplugged I can hear a note for 10 secs easy.

The pups sound thick but I don't think it has enough bite in the bridge. Saying that though, I find pretty much 95% of the guitars I try to be muddy. Maybe my LP Studio with NBs is uber-bright? Didn't really get time to play it much last night so I'll have more play with it before I make my mind up. The push-push pot is fantastic. Much easier to use than a push-pull. Single coil sound is much more convincing than on my LP. It feels like it's currently strung on 9s (because it's really easy to play) so I'll get on to changing that to 11s when I get a chance.