Yamaha SA 2000
Sunburst 2000
This guitar was made in Japan from 1977 to 1982 and retailed on release at 150,000 yen. It also appears in the 1981 US catalogue and the 1981 and 1982 UK catalogue. Note differences in the colours available.
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From Japan Archives verified in catalogues |
From US Catalogue |
UK catalogue 81 and 82 |
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Fret board |
Bound Ebony split block inlays |
Bound Ebony split block inlays |
Bound Ebony split block inlays |
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Radius |
13.75 ins |
13.75 |
13.75 |
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Body |
Beech and Birch |
Beech body Birch top and back |
Beech body Birch top and back |
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Neck |
Mahogany |
Mahogany |
Mahogany |
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Hardware |
Gold |
Gold |
Gold |
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Pickups |
HB Alnico x 2 split able |
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2 High Intensity HBs (Spinex) |
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Colours |
Sunburst or Natural |
Sunburst or Burgundy |
Sunburst or Burgundy |
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Weight |
4.2Kgs |
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Controls |
Gold 2 vol 2 tone push push coil split |
Gold 2 vol 2 tone push push coil split |
Gold 2 vol 2 tone push push coil split |
A 1977 2000 in Sunburst
This beauty is a 2000 in Natural a colour which only shows in the Japanese catalogue.
This colour only appears in the Western catalogue.
Update September 2019
Peter Melton has emailed me with details of a strange SA 2000. It has the wrong fretboard (I have also seen an SA700 with
the wrong fretboard see my SA 700 page). As well has having the wrong fret markers it also has the serial number 900038 on the fretboard
which also occurs on some older Yamahas. In all other ways it looks correct.
