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Re: Yamaha SF500 SuperFlighter

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Posted by sandy fleming (from: ) on April 26, 2004 at 16:28:59:

In Reply to: Re: Yamaha SF500 SuperFlighter posted by Graeme Urquhart on December 16, 2003 at 01:32:35:

: Hi, has anyone any additional information on this guitar? It's really difficult finding anything on the net.
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I bought one of these guitars in about 1981 . It was one of a range of three fairly similar twin humbucker ed guitars from yamaha sf500 sf700 and sf1000. the main diference was that the sf500 did not have coil taps on the pick ups.
when I bought mine it cost about Ł200 (uk), the body was made of mahogany and another wood something like luan( I can not remember exactly) the neck,which was bolted on, was mahogany with a rosewood finger board.it was built along Gibson lines ,that is if the yamaha sg2000 series was like a les paul the sf500 was similar to an SG,though the horns were more aesymetric.
I traded mine in when I bought a telecaster,I thought I could not justify having both, but have regretted it ever since. It is not that the telecaster is in anyway bad,it was what I needed at the time, I just wished I had kept both.
the sf500 was a good guitar and anyone that played mine was impressed with the build quality and playability.
I had many hours playing inthe bedroom with it but never used for gigs which the tele was suited for but it would have been nice to have it as a back up
sandy

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: : Hi, has anyone any additional information on this guitar? It's really difficult finding anything on the net. : reply : I bought one of these guitars in about 1981 . It was one of a range of three fairly similar twin humbucker ed guitars from yamaha sf500 sf700 and sf1000. the main diference was that the sf500 did not have coil taps on the pick ups. : when I bought mine it cost about Ł200 (uk), the body was made of mahogany and another wood something like luan( I can not remember exactly) the neck,which was bolted on, was mahogany with a rosewood finger board.it was built along Gibson lines ,that is if the yamaha sg2000 series was like a les paul the sf500 was similar to an SG,though the horns were more aesymetric. : I traded mine in when I bought a telecaster,I thought I could not justify having both, but have regretted it ever since. It is not that the telecaster is in anyway bad,it was what I needed at the time, I just wished I had kept both. : the sf500 was a good guitar and anyone that played mine was impressed with the build quality and playability. : I had many hours playing inthe bedroom with it but never used for gigs which the tele was suited for but it would have been nice to have it as a back up : sandy

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