As many of you know I get lot's of guitar related emails from all over the world but thought this one was of sufficient interest to post here as well as on my website.It is from Steve Blackburn here we go
Hi Bill,
I am the owner of the Yamaha MSG Custom prototype, the one on the rack of guitars in the Taiwan factory on the photo on your site. I bought it from Sounds Great in 1993 (see attached invoice) and got a discount because the case was marked. It has been and indeed is still gigged regularly and is in almost perfect condition. I only found out it was the prototype much later when one of the microswitches broke and I contacted Martyn Booth for a replacement. I described the guitar and the fact that it had a roller nut and no guitar model name on the truss rod cover and he was pleased to find out where it was. It originally had black pickup ring covers but somewhere along the line they had been changed to white prior to me purchasing the guitar. I've recently sourced some black ones from Martyn but have not fitted them as yet, he was kind enough to enclose a letter confirming that mine is indeed the prototype along with the black pickup rings. It does explain why the case was marked because it had probably done some miles being transported between guitar shows etc. Anyway hope this proves a worthy addition to your site,
Regards,
Steve
Some of Steve's pictures
Hi Bill,
I am the owner of the Yamaha MSG Custom prototype, the one on the rack of guitars in the Taiwan factory on the photo on your site. I bought it from Sounds Great in 1993 (see attached invoice) and got a discount because the case was marked. It has been and indeed is still gigged regularly and is in almost perfect condition. I only found out it was the prototype much later when one of the microswitches broke and I contacted Martyn Booth for a replacement. I described the guitar and the fact that it had a roller nut and no guitar model name on the truss rod cover and he was pleased to find out where it was. It originally had black pickup ring covers but somewhere along the line they had been changed to white prior to me purchasing the guitar. I've recently sourced some black ones from Martyn but have not fitted them as yet, he was kind enough to enclose a letter confirming that mine is indeed the prototype along with the black pickup rings. It does explain why the case was marked because it had probably done some miles being transported between guitar shows etc. Anyway hope this proves a worthy addition to your site,
Regards,
Steve
Some of Steve's pictures
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