Yamaha SA2200
| Yamaha SA2200 | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Yamaha |
| Construction | |
| Body type | thinline semi-solid |
| Neck joint | Set |
| Scale | 24.73 in (628 mm) |
| Woods | |
| Body | laminated maple top, back and sides, solid maple center block |
| Neck | one piece mahogany |
| Fretboard | single bound 22-fret ebony |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | gotoh nashville style tune-o-matic, gold plated |
| Pickup | twin alnico humbuckers with gold plated covers |
| Colors available | |
| brown sunburst, violin sunburst | |
The Yamaha SA2200 is a Japanese made semi-hollowbody electric guitar model that replicates Gibson's ES-335 classic save for the popular Far Eastern variation of thinner horns. The detailing more closely resembles the more upmarket ES-347 with gold-plated hardware, split block inlaid ebony fretboard and multi-bound body and headstock detailing.
The headstock angle is slightly flatter than the classic 17-degree angle used by Gibson, with Yamaha choosing to retain the volute to help strengthen the area behind the nut. The finger board uses medium gauge (2.54mm x 1.2mm) frets, which unlike the Gibson, extend over the single edge binding.
Pickups
The standard Gibson-style wiring is augmented by Yamaha's push-push tone pot switches which knock out the outer coils of each Alnico V humbucker allowing for combinations of humbucking to single-coil use. The coil-taps produce a Strat-style mix with both pickups on, while the neck single-coil alone provides a thinner, more acoustic like version of the plummy humbucker mode.
Notable SA2200 Users
References
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- ^ "Torsten de Winkel". torstendewinkel.de. Archived from the original on 2016-04-22. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
- "The Guitar Magazine" UK, Vol 6 No 8. 1996. Review.
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