1978 Yamaha Japan SF500 Super Flighter Electric Guitar (Brown Burst)

1978 Yamaha Japan SF500 Super Flighter Electric Guitar (Brown Burst)Similar to the model used by Jerry Garcia, the SF500 was Yamaha's budget friendly model Super Flighter with a mahogany taun body, bolt on mahogany neck and 24 fret rosewood fingerboard (628mm scale length, 13. 75" radius). Weighing 4. 1kg's, these have a nice slim feel to them (like an SG) while still retaining some of the extra weight and bottom end (that you'd get in a LP). This one appears to be close to all original as pictured. Received a full

Sold as pictured (no accessories etc included)

Loaded with factory Schaller PJ-X pickups along with an active EQ circuit (1Vol

can be emulated

​ Produced from October ​1979 until 1990

As seen in the 1988 Kramer catalog

BRIDGE: VINTAGE FIXED TYPE

too: you get a handy 3-way pickup selector switch and Bourns low-friction volume and tone pots for total control over your tone and volume

the frets have plenty of life and the neck is straight with an adjustable truss

The frets have some light wear but are shiny and play well

plays and sounds great with a smooth straight neck and shiny frets with plenty of life left

The neck was sanded smooth at some point too so it has a satin feel

4kg's with a fresh Daphne Blue refinish applied to the body