Yamaha Guitars at Total Guitar Buyer

The famous Japanese Yamaha company started making electric guitars in the mid 1960's with a series of well constructed solidbodies. The company had to wait until 1976 for its first major success in the form of the SG 2000. Such was the quality of this instrument that it was endorsed by Carlos Santana.

Many of the designs that followed were strongly influenced by Fenders and Gibsons with many models manufactured in cheaper locations such as Taiwan. From 1990 Yamaha started building guitars in its US facility and its most notable models included the Pacifica, Weddington, AES and SGU series.

Over the years Yamaha has produced numerous guitars of a very high technical and build quality. Most of its designs have avoided the unusual but it has been this emphasis on building quality instruments that has ensured a still strong following for Yamaha guitars.