Description

Here we have a vintage Yamaha SA (Super Axe) 800 guitar in very clean condition.

The varnish has gone the familiar cloudy finish so common with Yamaha guitars from this age due to the humidity - it does not effect the way the guitar looks,plays or sounds.

Has a fantastic C shaped neck which makes the guitar easy to play and is perfect for Rock,Jazz and Blues and everything in between.

These guitars are becoming increasingly hard to come by - production ended in 1987.

This guitar was made in Taiwan and is the actual guitar featured on the website below:

https://www.alston-family.co.uk/SA/sapdfs/sa800.pdf

https://www.alston-family.co.uk/SA/SA800.php

Was purchased 2nd hand in a well known Glasgow Music Shop

Comes with Original Case - very rare.

Great quality and less expensive alternative to a Gibson ES-335 or a Yamaha SA2200.

Looking for cash

From the web:

The SA800 has a distinctive tonal character that is largely determined by the overall body construction. The top and back are formed of beech and birch with a special alder block running through the centre of the body. The spaces between the inner block and arched top and back are filled with spruce. The result is an unusually sensitive, “acoustic” sounding guitar.

The SA800 pickups are hum bucking design, but with brand new magnets designed for ideal sensitivity and response. These pickups deliver warm sound that can be delicate or dynamic depending on the type of music you play. A new lightweight, compact bridge with brass saddles further contributes to the SA800’s original sound. The relatively low overall mass of this bridge transfers string vibration to the guitar body without damping them as much as heavier bridges, emphasising the fine acoustic properties of the body’s woods and structure.

• Two humbucking pickups
• Yamaha chrome-plated stop-bar tailpipece for additional sustain
• Yamaha special truss rod held in aluminium channel
• BODY: arched beech and birch top and back with a special alder block
• FINGERBOARD: Rosewood, dot inlays, 22 frets - 24 3/4” scale
• NECK: mahogany set in body
• COLOUR: Wine red
• Spinex magnet, covered humbucking pickups, 8.4 kOhm DC Resistance, 0,06 mm coil gauge, 5,300 Turns per pickup
• 22 fret fingerboard with 350 mm radius
• frets are 2.9 mm wide by 1.0 mm height
• Tuner gear ratio is 18:1