Yamaha SG1000 style guitar?

[Simon Barden]

The Yamaha SG 2000 series is not one that seems to have been available in kit form or have been emulated by other manufacturers, yet it is a classic guitar.

The thru-neck SG 2000 (or 3000) is clearly out, but a set neck SG1000-style guitar would be achievable.

It's also pretty close to another certain range of guitars in general terms of construction. Mahogany body + neck with a maple cap on the body, two humbuckers, 2 x vol 2x tone 3+3 headstock.

Something a touch slimmer and lighter than the original would be nice though, my old SG3000 weighed a ton.

Obviously any trademark issues would need to be cleared first, but it started out as a pretty derivative design to start with. Spade headstock, rectangular block or dot neck inlays, no need to copy the Yamaha double trapezoid ones.

Might be a nice mainstream guitars if other kits don't make a reappearance.

[chrissyinbkk]

Certainly looks nice Simon when I googled it, also has a lot of positive comments about it

[Simon Barden]

They were/are very good guitars, if on the heavy side. The old ones are really appreciating in value at the moment. A few years ago you could get a late 70s/early 80s SG2000 in good condition for £600. They are generally going for around £2000 now wit the SG1000's and 1500's only slightly less. I forecast that they'd continue to rise in value and I'm kicking myself for not getting one at the time.

Les Paul type construction but with SG style upper neck access. They've been dropped and re-introduced a couple of times and they still make a variation of them, the SG1820 (two passive humbuckers), 1820A (active humbuckers) and the SG1802(two P90s). But new, they are as, or more expensive as an LP Standard, but for some reason they haven't tried to make them look anything special.

The models sold in the US are called SBG rather than SG, after being asked to change the name by Gibson (but just for the US market). Otherwise they are the same guitars.

[wazkelly]

Santana used them for a while and they had a really creamy tone.

Found this on YT that shows the differences between SG1500 & LP....

https://youtu.be/rqH0cZUlf88