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Hi How much do you want? I am in a guitar buying frenzy at the moment... and that looks lovely.

Hi All Looking for info on Greco PU-0 pickups. What are they like, what were they on and how do they differ from PU-2s Thanks!

Hi Mick - thanks for your reply I did send them an email and they gave a lot of details on the guitar - manufacture date, woods used etc - but no information on pickups. I can't help feeling though that there must be a 'stylesheet' for Yamaha pickups much as there is for Greco where you can...

Hi All I posted this a couple of months ago but didn't receive any reply - no... not one.... I'd be very grateful if anybody could shed any light..... I've lived with my astonishing Yamaha SL1000 (LP custom copy from 1977 fyi) for a couple of years now and have yet to find any other...

Hi I've lived with my astonishing Yamaha SL1000 (LP custom copy from 1977 fyi) for a couple of years now and have yet to find any other reference to it (or any other like it) on the web. I am now becoming desperate for knowledge as I use it as my main guitar and have been trying in vain to find...

I imagine you'll be in for a pleasant surprise...

No specific opinion other that I've never been anything less than astonished at the quality of Yamahas high end guitars (and the SL800 will be a high end guitar). I get the feeling that Yamaha went in for producing really professional quality instruments that happened to look like Les Pauls...

I have received the following information from Yamaha in Japan on my SL1000 Body / Maple + Mahogany Neck / Mahogany F.Board / Ebony Neck Construction /Set in Production / Sep. 1977 Made in Japan er... That's it. It's a monster guitar and you'se all should be kicking yourselves for not...

My SL1000 is definitely 70s/80s as the lacquer has that slightly milky look in places that old Yamahas from that era get.

Strangely... I have acquired a Yamaha SL1000 - which is a Studio Lord LP custom copy of such exquisite beauty and tone that no record of it dare exist anywhere - Google? Nada! Only the original ebay ad I got it from. I can vouch for it being a genuine Yamy because I own an SG800 of similar...