The good: doesn't look to bad for its age. Beautiful fret-board but very thin. The neck and headstock are in good condition. The pots and switches all work well. Sounds good on the neck pickup.
The bad:
1) Needs new tuner for the high E string as the peg end will probably break off if I try to open up the gap. Hopefully an SA-30 or SA-50 tuner will be a match. [u](Edit - fixed, opened up the gap gently with a screwdriver)[/u]
2) Missing whammy bar, so either buy one from the dude in Japan or make one myself.
3) Bridge has non original parts. Both the low and the high E string saddles are not original and cannot be adjusted for height. Anyone out there with spares?
4) The bridge G and D saddles have non original grub screws. I understand they are 2.5mm by 8mm grub screws which can be sourced from Alibaba?
5) The bridge pickup is not original, has a significant volume drop compared to neck. I am going to check its DC resistance and then perhaps I'll rewind it or even use coil parts from another Yamaha pickup. Thinking about half an SA-30 coil... Keen on receiving bridge DC resistance from other SG-2 owners.
6) The frets are super low, I am going to refret this with medium fretwire. The zero fret will be a S/S one. (Edit - done, zero fret not S/S)
I hope to update this thread as things happen...
Some photos:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Front-JAY_1079-768x1203.jpg)
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Back-JAY_1090-366x1024.jpg)
Tuner issue:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Tuner-Problem-JAY_1085-768x1146.jpg)
Whammy bar connection point:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Whammy-bar-grommet-JAY_1084-1024x666.jpg)
Non original saddles and grub screws:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Bridge-JAY_1081-967x1024.jpg)
Non original bridge pickup:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-non-original-bridge-pickup-JAY_1080-1024x844.jpg)
Serial Number:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Serial-Number-and-neck-pickup-JAY_1083-1024x586.jpg)
Very low frets:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Low-Frets-JAY_1087-331x1024.jpg)
Thin fretboard:
![Image](https://www.thesupposedstringmeister.net/superaxe/TheSupposedStringMeister/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/SG-2-Low-Frets-JAY_1088-819x1024.jpg)