![]() ![]() The switches and pots are usually good, but seem to have been inconsistent in quality. The Studio Lords would have the same electronics as the SBGs as far as I know. Any Gibson LP I compared at the time sounded dark and muddy relative to the SBGs. The stock pups were a bit more clear and trebly than the stock Gibson pups of the same vintage. When I bought a second 1984 SBG1000, I kept it completely stock for years before I did any mods on it. Bear in mind that the stock pups are good. My own SBG1000 guitars have this feature, and I like it enough that I modified the DiMarzio pickups to retain this feature. A lot of them had a 3-point mounting system that allowed you to keep the face of the pup parallel to the strings as you adjusted the height. The pickups on the lower-numbered Yamaha models were good, but not great. Some will tell you that that is still the case. Gibson at that time was not delivering quality that justified the prices they were charging. You will find that these guitars were made by people who care, and it shows in the construction, fit, and finish. Gibson found that it was easier to sic their lawyers on Yamaha than to try to compete with the quality/price ratio being offerred by their competitors. That said, there are reasons that these are referred to as 'lawsuit' guitars. I have never held one of these in my hands, because I prefer the double-cutaway profile of the SG & SBG series. ![]()
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