The Supercombinator is so called because of the 13 combinations that can be achieved from the pickups and their individual switches here is a pictorial representation.
Frankly that is a bit confusing to me so here is the simple version.
The switches are one for each pickup, (which I will call B, M & N.
The B switch switches the Bridge pickup, the M pickup switches the Middle pickup etc.
The important thing to note is that both the B and the M switches are 3-way whereas the N switch is only 2-way.
The reason for this is that both the B & M switches are configured - Down = pickup on, Middle = pickup off and Up
= Pickup on but out of phase. There is no need for the N switch to have an out of phase option because the other
two already have it.
Description
The 700, 800, 1000 and 1200 are all Strat shaped guitars with a medium sized headstock released in December
1977 and in production until 1980. All models in this range can have either SC or Supercombinator on the headstock.
All are 25.5" scale and 13.75" radius.
Note
As far as I can find the 700 only appears in Japanese catalogues suggesting it was a domestic only model.
Specifications
| 1200 | 1000 | 800 | 700 | |
| Body | Alder, Maple and Mahogany centre stripes | Alder | Alder | Alder |
| Headstock | Strat Style 2 string trees | Strat Style 2 string trees | Strat Style 2 string trees | Strat Style 2 string trees |
| Neck | Through Body Neck Maple and Mahogany | Bolt on Maple | Bolt on Maple | Bolt on Maple |
| Fretboard | Ebony Abalone Snowflake Markers | Ebony Abalone Snowflake Markers | Ebony white dot Markers | Rosewood White Dot Markers |
| Frets | 21 vintage | 21 vintage | 21 vintage | 21 vintage |
| Tuners | Gotoh | Gotoh | Gotoh | Gotoh |
| Controls | 1 volume 1 tone black speed dial and 3 toggle switches | 1 volume 1 tone black speed dial and 3 toggle switches | 1 volume 1 tone black speed dial and 3 toggle switches | 1 volume 1 tone black speed dial and 3 toggle switches |
| Bridge | 6 saddle through body stringing no trem | 6 saddle through body stringing no trem | 6 saddle through body stringing no trem | 6 saddle through body stringing no trem |
| Pickups | 3 black covered single magnet SCs (Ceramics) | 3 black covered single magnet SCs (Ceramics) | 3 black covered single magnet SCs (Ceramics) | 3 black covered single magnet SCs (Ceramics) |
| Hardware | Chrome | Chrome | Chrome | Chrome |
| Weight | 3.7kgs | 3.6kgs | 3.6kgs | 3.6kgs |
| Nut | 42mm | 42mm | 42mm | 42mm |
| Colours | Natural Blonde or Brown Stain | Natural Blonde or Brown Stain | Natural Blonde or Persimmon red | Black or Ivory White |
Some Pictures and Comments
Headstocks
The headstock style varies see the picture of the 1000 above for details. The domestic ones appear to be styled
differently to the export guitars
As with many early Yamahas my watching of Ebay auctions has not revealed many of these for sale there are some in
the guitar information and prices section but not many.
Update March 2018
An SC1200 in very good condition with original hard case has just sold on Ebay for £550.