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Leif Sorensen |
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I received my first e-mail from Leif Sorensen, who lives in Denmark, on May 14, 2013. Here is his story, as it appeared in that email ...
I bought a FG-360 second hand from a friend ca. 1976.
I don´t know the production year, but maybe somone
have broken the code around the seriel nr. ( well somone
might not, as it seems from your informations that not
even Yamaha now the secret.
A few years after I bought it, I build in a Barcus Berry pickup, it was the
hottest at that time. ( http://barcusberry.com/
) It was ment to be attached with some sticky rubber like chewing gum,
but I cut a precise hole in the bridge and mounted it permanently. I drilled a
hole through the bridge, to let the cable get inside, and let it out through a
jackstick in the body of the guitar.
The pickup can bee seen on the attached pictures as a wooden rectangle on the
bridge.
The guitar sounds very good both accustic and through the pickup.
I attach some images. ( Including the seriel, it is quite week inside the
soundhole, but I think I got the right numbers)
Thanks for the informations on your site.
Our thanks to Leif for sharing his story with us. His is the oldest FG-360 that we have information on. It is interesting to note that the serial number Leif provided is an 8-digit number. According to Yamaha, Japanese models had 5-digit s/n and 8-digit numbers appeared on the Taiwanese made units. His guitar is Japanese made in 1973. We have now received info from two people in Europe with 8 digit s/n. My theory is that this is one of the models that was not available for import into the US.
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