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Condition: Used, Vintage, Excellent
SP Luthier Notes: All of the frets were polished, recrowned and leveled. The truss rod and bridge were fully adjusted. No further work was required.
This Yamaha SSC-500 in classic Sunburst is one of those rare early-’80s electrics that immediately feels alive in your hands, blending vintage character with a surprising amount of tonal flexibility. Its alder body, set-maple neck, and trio of blade-style single coils create a sound that moves easily from crisp clarity to warm, expressive grit, giving you a guitar that invites you to play rather than fight against it. This particular example has been thoughtfully tended to by a skilled luthier, making it not an “as-is” relic but a genuinely dialed-in instrument—stable, smooth, and ready to inspire. It’s the kind of guitar that feels like an investment: collectible, dependable, and built with the sort of care that makes each note ring with purpose!
Model / Finish: Yamaha SSC-500 — Brown Sunburst
Body: Alder
Neck: Set maple
Scale & Frets: 25.5″ scale; 21 frets
Fingerboard: Rosewood, dot inlays.
Pickups: 3x Yamaha bar-magnet single-coil.
Coil-split / Tone feature: Push/pull tone control provides a coil-tap/split (factory wiring).
Controls: 1 volume, 1 tone (push/pull), and individual on/off mini switches for each pickup (factory configuration).
Bridge & Hardware: Original Yamaha fixed bridge (factory chrome hardware).
Tuners / Headstock: Three-per-side tuner layout (original factory tuners).
Weight: 7.7lbs
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
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