1972 Yamaha SA90

[DB44]

I'm a newbie so hello guitar people on this forum. I noticed a thread by patrick [3-12-10] about his Yamaha SA90 [Bass] as I was searching the web regarding my Yamaha guitar.

This conflicted as my guitar is an SA90 but it is a six stringed instrument. It dates from 1972, I have owned this since 1992. Around that time I was into guitar set ups & improvements as an interest - hobby.

I didn't know much about the guitar apart from the fact it was a Yamaha & a classy looking instrument. At a music shop in Milton Keynes [[IMG]1972 Yamaha SA90[/IMG]Yamaha-Kemble] I made contact with a Mick Sweeney [In house guitar tech] who was able to provide me with the answers to what the guitar was. A photo copy & a letter tells me it is an SA90. This was made in either sunburst or natural. Around that time I bought a few odd parts - spares as they were difficult to obtain.

Mine is in a guitar case though probably not a pucker yamaha one but is a good enough home for it. Whether others out there have SA90's I look forward to finding out & maybe Jules can give an opinion on today's value despite it not being a fender or gibson. I'll try to upload some pics.

Regards

DB44

[jvpp]

DB44 - what a stunning guitar you have! I have been looking for a blond SA90 for a while now and they just do not seem to pop up on ebay. I have a beautiful SA60 and it plays like a dream.
The SA60s and 90' were manufactured between 1973 and 1977, so your date is wrong. You can get a better idea of when it was made by removing the pick ups and looking at the back of them. There should be a stamp saying something like " SA90 51.8.17". That's the japanese emperor date for when the pickup was made. 51 equates to 1976, 52 to '77, 53 to '78, etc.

Also have a look at the following forum:
http://forum.japanaxe.com/phpBB3/vie...407083e9feb3c3

Regards
Sean

[Barium]

Hello, I have bough the same guitar but I have not for now, I have bough it from Japan and wait it! Can you tell me his qualités or défaut, I am ver y interesting. thanks.

[jvpp]

Hi Guys, not many of these guitars around so I hope you can help me. The Yamaha website says that the pick ups of these are high performance:
http://www.microsofttranslator.com/b...0%2Findex.html

I would be interested to know their impedance. Can anyone of you measure the pickup KiloOhm value? (Plug a guitar cable in the guitar and just measure across the plug at the other end of the cable. Measure the value for each switch position)
Cheers
Sean