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, rose 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 starts 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 its original faux leather gigbag. Weight of guitar approx. 4.5 Kgs, neck width at nut approx. 4.4 cm. Postage reflects shipping cost and insurance in transit.