Many (many) years ago a mate of mine was "between gigs" and so sold me his Yamaha SJ-500 Super Flighter.
This must have been circa 1984 or 1985. I paid the princely sum of $150.
I mucked around with it for a while (I couldn't play at the time - many, including me, would say I still can't) then it got tucked under a bed and essentially forgotten.
A few years ago that old mate passed away, and at the time I wondered what had happened to the guitar but never followed it up.
I little while ago my parents asked me if I still wanted the guitar - apparently it moved with them over the last 30 years.
Well it has finally found its way back to me.
Long story short, it doesn't work. Nada, nought, zero, 3/4 of 5/8 of nothing, SFA.
I've opened up the panels and it looks like someone has had a fiddle - it has at least one non-standard pick up, but it also had masking tape as insulation and a few other issues. No corrosion or verdigris, no physical damage so a bit of old fashioned fault finding is my destiny. First things first though - the battery in the multimeter just gave up the ghost (Murphy is alive and well and visiting Mt Colah)
Given its state and also its history (for me) I'd like to get it back in working order with something akin to its original wiring.
I've done a couple of interweb searches looking for a schematic or wiring diagram of the original wiring - alas I've not had any success.
Does anyone have any info on this guitar or a secret stash of wiring diagrams/service manuals?
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