Here a well kept Yamaha SG-3000s, a quality guitar made in Japan 1985. Sporting killer looks and equipped with a great sound. It comprises a mahogany body with maple cap, a proper thru body neck, ebony fret board, abalone split-wing fret-board position markers, abalone purfling round the binding. Brass plated hardware, including the pick guard, Spinex pups with coil tapping option.The guitar is heavy and has lots and lots of sustain. The plastic pick-guard was never fitted on this guitar, but the brass plate was used instead. The guitar has seen some use and there are some minor scuff marks, however these are only surface marks. The Yamaha SG-3000 is the ultimate SG, evolved from the renowned Yamaha SG-175 in 1974 which was made famous by musicians such as Carlos Santana, Despite the heavy weight of 4.3 kgs, the guitar is easy to handle and play. The neck width at nut approx. 4 cm. One of the best of Yamaha SG range…..

Here a Yamaha SG-3000s in metallic gold, finish made in 1985. The Yamaha SG-3000s, alike the SG-3000 is the top of the Yamaha SG line up and an upgrade from the SG-2000 model and built from maple and mahogany with a mahogany thru body neck in a so-called “T-cross construction” mode. The fretboard is bound ebony  with mother of pearl/abalone split wing style inlays. Typical weight of these models was around the 4.4 kgs. Hardware was gold plated with a gold stop bar. Unlike the SG-2000, the SG-3000 does not have a brass sustain block under the bridge and the bridge is a narrower type than the SG-2000 models. The sound of this model is strong, coming  from 2 open humbuckers. The electronics are controlled with 2 Amber Speedial 2V/2T Push/Push Coil Tap on tone pots and a 3 way toggler switch.  The guitar stands out with the finish topped off with elaborate binding in abalone. It once more demonstrates the Yamaha luthiers’ craftsmanship. The Yamaha SG-3000 is considered by many to be the ultimate SG.