YAMAHA SG series is one of the monumental work of original Japanese guitars.

YAMAHA produced prototype of SG in 1972 and have been developing over 40 years.  Financial power of large company made it possible, but it should be praised that they didn’t abandon the weak section based on only profit-and-loss arithmetic.

In case of SG series, we can easily confirm the production year by the chart of "The History of YAMAHA Guitars over sixty years of innovation”.

This guitar’s serial number is 065123.  According the chart, No.059620～096639 were handcrafted in 1982.  Pickup date “57.1.28” means 28 January,1982, no discrepancy.

Hard maple 3-piece top, through neck structure.  “T-Cross Maple” structure was named due to T-shape formation by top maple and core maple at horizontal section of the body.  What a thick body!  The price was 150,000JPY then.  4.35kg(includes strings). (Updated 2016.8.28)