Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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So i have one of these late 70s yamaha super jam guitars coming from Japan.
Made famous by a rhythm and blues guitarist Cornell Dupree.
Maple neck, alder body. Typical yamaha pickups...will have to see how they sound.
Thoughts?
Fugly?
Have I managed to get a tele that has bred with an sg?
Persimmon red...
Anyone wanna have a 'super jam' some time ? (we could wear capes)
Or is super jam what super man has on his toast?

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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Oh and please... Let's not get into what it's worth in this market :winky:
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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That's actually quite nice, I'll give you 100 bucks
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Ok that's one for 'quite nice'.
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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but heres a yamaha I really really like :D

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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Not at all fugly. And the trussrod adjustor is commonsense brilliance. Win!
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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A little bit Cabronita and a little bit SG to my eyes. I like it.
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Fugly, but I've seen much worse.
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I quite like it.

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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Nice red colour. Maple neck looks good. Umm. Yeah.
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Looks great to me, what do you think?
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Pretty positive feedback..yeh it does have a little cabronita going on....hmmm well if my filtertrons dont suit the yamaha sa50 then there is a good use for one of them :)
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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slowfingers wrote:Not at all fugly. And the trussrod adjustor is commonsense brilliance. Win!
yeh that truss rod adjuster is a nice touch.
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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StrummersOfThunder wrote:
slowfingers wrote:Not at all fugly. And the trussrod adjustor is commonsense brilliance. Win!
yeh that truss rod adjuster is a nice touch.
Before Twangsnarl gets on my case, I thank you for the spelling correction. :D
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Re: Yamaha sj 500 (fugly or not?)

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Apart from looking like it has been repeatedly dipped in lacquer, as was typical of guitars of the time, it's cool.
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