YAMAHA SA-30T 1968

We are happy to offer for sale this vintage Yamaha SA-30T in a beautiful Alga Green finish. Details as follows:

 

• Year of manufacture: 1968
• Country of origin: Japan (Hamamatsu factory)
• Serial number: 3316
• Body: Symmetrical double-cutaway, fully hollow maple body with internal baffles to minimise feedback
• Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Alga Green finish
• Neck: Set-in maple neck
• Fingerboard: Rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays
• Scale Length: 24.75" scale length
• Frets: 22 medium jumbo frets plus a zero fret
• Nut: Approximately 42-43mm width
• Hardware: Chrome-finished hardware
• Bridge: Adjustable wood-based roller-style floating bridge
• Tailpiece: Trapeze tailpiece with a "feather touch" tremolo/vibrato system (missing arm)
• Tuners: Open-gear vintage-style tuners
• Pickups: Two low-output, covered "hum-free" humbuckers
• Controls: Three knobs (Volume, Tone, Balancer) and a three-way pickup selector switch
• Condition: 6/10 (Playing wear)
• Case: Gig bag included

 

Comments:

The Yamaha SA series represented a major step for the company in the electric guitar market, showcasing exceptional Japanese craftsmanship that rivalled American-made instruments of the era. The SA-30 model was first released in June 1968, with the SA-30T (tremolo model) following shortly after in July 1968. It was manufactured in the Yamaha factory in Hamamatsu, Japan, as a high-end instrument primarily for the domestic market, not a budget export model. The guitar features two early, low-output humbucker pickups, which were considered innovative for being "hum-free" at the time. It includes a "balancer" or "mike balancer" control knob in addition to the master volume and tone knobs, allowing players to blend the output of the two pickups for a wide range of tones. A common feature on many vintage Japanese guitars, the zero fret on the SA-30 T ensures consistent tone between open and fretted strings. 

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