Mosrite Inspired Yamahas

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Mosrite Inspired Yamahas

Postby sonichris » Sun Feb 21, 2010 2:33 pm

Since I don't have any Mosrites to share pictures of, here's some pics of my 60's vintage Yamahas.

This one is a '66 SG-2 kind of a cross between a Fender Jaguar, and a Mosrite, kinda.... It sounds more like a Fender.

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This one is a little more Mosrite-y. Its a '69 SG-2a. It covers the Mosrite sound very well, I think.

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I bought the sunburst on craigslist, sans strings, and fixed it up a bit. It's really great. I bought the blue one as a backup on ebay, and since they have the same tremolo and pickups, figured it would sound similar. They don't. Two totally different sounding guitars.

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Postby 101Volts » Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:26 pm

That reminds me, I saw a picture of a guitar that looked like a Bluesbender in a book I have. I think it was a Yamaha but I couldn't find pictures of it on the internet so I may have to take a pic of it from the book, Upload it and link to it here. By the way, How well do the vibratos work on those guitars?

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Re: Mosrite Inspired Yamahas

Postby Veenture » Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:44 pm

They appear to be in pretty good shape! So, do you also play drums? :shock: ...nice set!

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Postby IguanaKahuna » Sun Feb 21, 2010 6:51 pm

amazing !!!

I have a Yamaha SGV-800 and an old blue SB-1c bass

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Heres the SGV

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Postby Veenture » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:02 pm

That is one COOL picture Damian!...and that's a pretty slick blue bass there! Me likey, I feel a bit of GAS* coming on I think :D

* (Guitar Aquiring Syndrome)

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Postby zarfnober » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:04 pm

Only Link Wray is cool enough for an SG-2. Contact me if you ever want to seel yours. NICE guitar.

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Postby IguanaKahuna » Sun Feb 21, 2010 7:09 pm

zarfnober wrote:Only Link Wray is cool enough for an SG-2. Contact me if you ever want to seel yours. NICE guitar.

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One of my friends have a red SG-2 from 1967. All those guitars are really fun to play.

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Postby IguanaKahuna » Sun Feb 21, 2010 8:42 pm

Veenture wrote:That is one COOL picture Damian!...and that's a pretty slick blue bass there! Me likey, I feel a bit of GAS* coming on I think :D

* (Guitar Aquiring Syndrome)



Actualy Im selling that Yamaha and a Fender Mustang CIJ. I need money and I cant keep so many basses right now.

The SB-1c is great for recording or playing at home, but its not the best for shows with big PA systems.

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Re: Mosrite Inspired Yamahas

Postby stl80 » Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:53 am

Hey, what's that Ampeg amp ?
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Re: Mosrite Inspired Yamahas

Postby IguanaKahuna » Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:27 am

stl80 wrote:Hey, what's that Ampeg amp ?
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Ampeg B-100R for bass


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