This is an Estate find from a small country house in Terrell Tx. My wife and I went down 3 dirt roads to discover this wonderful Yamaha SA15 fom back in the late fifties ( early 60s model is most common )
This guitar was known as a backpacker and originally created in Japan by Yamaha to be less weight and referred to as the suggested
guitar of G.I.'s serving the military at the time due to its light weight and great sound whether plugged in or left unplugged.
I have done some action adjustments and have few complaints about the guitars playability beyond the fact that the Low ( E string) rumbles a bit when played open. The strings I use on this one are wound and snake skin like stainless steel vintage strings not serated wound nickel. This gives it a great Banjo-like ring when playing chords on the
lower frets ( 10-14 ).
As this guitar is an ongoing restoration It is suggested with great TLC.
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