I've got a 1984 Yamaha SBG1000 that I bought new. I headed out from home that day to buy a Gibson Les Paul Custom that I had been drooling over for months. I ended up coming home with the Yamaha (for [u]half[/u] the price!), because it was a better guitar.

I've had a lot to say on this subject, most recently on another Gear thread. Rather than re-hash it all here, I'm going to ask you to click on the search icon near the top of the page. Type in Yamaha as the Keyword, and enter Lordathestrings as the User Name. That should provide you with about a week's worth of reading.

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