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Welcome to The Supposed String Meister site which is dedicated to the early Yamaha Superaxes and other guitar related hobbies of mine.

The early vintage Yamaha Superaxe guitar series were all characterized by their distinctive horns and their high build quality.

This site is being updated regularly as and when a spare moment of time pops up…

Recent Posts

Yamaha SG-2 ‘Restoration Project’

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I always liked the look of the first electric guitar Yamaha made and finally managed to buy one locally. It needed quite some work done to it and the bridge pickup was a non-original, low output pickup that did not match with the neck. The bridge had some non-original saddles and I was not able to locate the proper ones. The vibrato arm was missing and I made a new one from scratch. I also made a bridge pickup from scratch which turned out to be a nice match for the neck pickup. All in all, a satisfying project.

The full ‘restoration’ project is documented on the Offset Guitar Forum here:

https://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=120819

Some photos of the finished guitar here.

  1. The Duovette Comments Off on The Duovette
  2. Making a Bridge Base Comments Off on Making a Bridge Base
  3. Building a guitar with some NZ native woods – Kohekohe, Puriri, Norfolk Pine, Mahogany and Ebony Comments Off on Building a guitar with some NZ native woods – Kohekohe, Puriri, Norfolk Pine, Mahogany and Ebony
  4. Yamaha SA-70 Bridge Damper Photos Comments Off on Yamaha SA-70 Bridge Damper Photos
  5. SA-60, SA-75, SA-90 Owner’s Manual Comments Off on SA-60, SA-75, SA-90 Owner’s Manual
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  7. The Yamaha SA50 Pearl Series Leave a reply
  8. Restoring a Vintage Case Leave a reply
  9. How to fix a broken case handle Leave a reply