The Yamaha SA2200 is a Japanese made semi-hollowbody electric guitar model that replicates Gibson's ES-335 classic save for the popular Far Eastern variation of thinner horns. The detailing more closely resembles the more upmarket ES-347 with gold-plated hardware, split block inlaid ebony fretboard and multi-bound body and headstock detailing.

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Yamaha SA2200
Manufacturer	Yamaha
Construction
Body type	thinline semi-solid
Neck joint	Set
Scale	24.73 in (628 mm)
Woods
Body	laminated maple top, back and sides, solid maple center block
Neck	one piece mahogany
Fretboard	single bound 22-fret ebony
Hardware
Bridge	gotoh nashville style tune-o-matic, gold plated
Pickup(s)	twin alnico humbuckers with gold plated covers
Colors available
brown sunburst, violin sunburst

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The headstock angle is slightly flatter than the classic 17-degree angle used by Gibson, with Yamaha choosing to retain the volute to help strengthen the area behind the nut. The finger board uses medium gauge (2.54mm x 1.2mm) frets, which unlike the Gibson, extend over the single edge binding.

The standard Gibson-style wiring is augmented by Yamaha's push-push tone pot switches which knock out the outer coils of each Alnico V humbucker allowing for combinations of humbucking to single-coil use. The coil-taps produce a Strat-style mix with both pickups on, while the neck single-coil alone provides a thinner, more acoustic like version of the plummy humbucker mode.

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• Greg Dawson^[2]
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• Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke)
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