Great video , I finally got my Yamaha SG guitars for the same reasons. The ‘S’ on my 1981 SG1000S signifies slimmer body (10mm) than my SG2000 which is around 2 “ 50 mm thick over the main body , a quick measurement of yours will tell if the 2000S is the Same . The S has nothing to do with the lawsuit stuff , the SBG truss markings probably were built for the US market (solid body guitar ) not SG is in Gibson SG the whole thing was stupid anyway because the Yamaha SG is closer and better than the Les Paul . Glad to see you are enjoying the Yamaha.
Yamaha added S to a model when they made changes to an existing models specs, might mean Special but that’s only a guess. In the case of the SG2000S they added push/push pots allowing you to split the coils of the pickups and higher output pickups with Alnico 5 magnets. The body didn’t get slimmer nor did the neck, I owned one and the neck was pretty chunky. The Gibson lawsuit meant Yamaha added a B to the SG for example the SG200 became the SBG200. Hope that answers your question.
@@jimir68 Thanks for that - makes more sense! I hadn't heard or read anything about slimmer designs before, but the gentleman I bought it from said that's what he thought the S related to. Didn't ring true because, as you say, this is a heavy guitar!
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Great video , I finally got my Yamaha SG guitars for the same reasons.
The ‘S’ on my 1981 SG1000S signifies slimmer body (10mm) than my SG2000 which is around 2 “ 50 mm thick over the main body , a quick measurement of yours will tell if the 2000S is the Same . The S has nothing to do with the lawsuit stuff , the SBG truss markings probably were built for the US market (solid body guitar ) not SG is in Gibson SG the whole thing was stupid anyway because the Yamaha SG is closer and better than the Les Paul .
Glad to see you are enjoying the Yamaha.
Great quality video. These guitars are so awesome.
You're gonna go with a 2000..??? If you're gonna dream, then why not the 3000 custom?
😁 Nah - too 'bling' for my taste!
This is the dream green model! Very classy, without being too over the top.
Yamaha added S to a model when they made changes to an existing models specs, might mean Special but that’s only a guess. In the case of the SG2000S they added push/push pots allowing you to split the coils of the pickups and higher output pickups with Alnico 5 magnets. The body didn’t get slimmer nor did the neck, I owned one and the neck was pretty chunky. The Gibson lawsuit meant Yamaha added a B to the SG for example the SG200 became the SBG200. Hope that answers your question.
Nice guitar, enjoy.
@@jimir68 Thanks for that - makes more sense! I hadn't heard or read anything about slimmer designs before, but the gentleman I bought it from said that's what he thought the S related to. Didn't ring true because, as you say, this is a heavy guitar!