Here on offer ” The Beast” , the work horse Yamaha SG, this guitar is like “The SAS/Navy Seal of Electric guitars. This is a 1st issue, near 40-year old Yamaha SG700, a great electric guitar designed and made in Japan with the famous Yamaha SG175 and SG2000 as pedigree. It sports great looks, plays excellently and has enormous tonal range with a tremendous sound and a good solid feel. It is set up nice and low, so it plays light and fluid. This guitar has a lot of mojo and a definite vintage vibe. Solid maho body with carved top, fitted with a set neck, rosewood fretboard with split mother of pearl position markers, clean chrome hardware and tuning pegs. The sound is through 2 high output pickups with coil tapping options for that little extra. The guitar’s serial number does start with the numbers 00 for guitars made in the period 1977-79. Yamaha SG-700 guitars were produced along with the well known SG2000 and were available in walnut brown and cherry sunburst. Comes with gig-bag. Weight of guitar approx. 4.5 Kgs, neck width at nut approx. 4.4 cm. Postage reflects shipping cost and insurance in transit.