Fun fact from Russian viewer: This is old Japanese Yamaha SG 2A / 5A reversed copy! I would like to see you turn this guitar into well condition, playability! Stay rock, don't rust \m/
I've got one of these that I've been restoring on and off for a few years. Mine had a few more issues - broken tuners, broken bridge, broken nut, really poor frets (square profile on the high frets), missing parts in the vibrato mechanism (will probably block it off). If you ever need to remove any frets, they're pretty non-standard (isn't everything?) - they have angled ridges so you need to pull them out at a 45 degree angle or it will damage the fretboard. I've got as far as replacing the bridge (with a tune-o-matic roller bridge), refretting the neck (not finished yet), replacing machine heads, and some fixes to the finish. A long way still to go. The electrics on mine look even weirder than yours - not sure what works and what doesn't yet - may keep the pickups but replace the rest. The bottom row of switches turns the (separate) tone circuit for each pickup on and off I believe. Cool looking guitars.
Верхние кнопки вкл/ выкл соответстветствщего звукоснимателя. Нижние кнопки вкл/выкл фильтров соответствующих звукоснимателей. Три регулятора громкости для каждого звукоснимателя и одна общая мастер громкость
Seems your appinion to replace DIN connection nest to Jack is too fast. Espeshial cable may connect this guitar to the joystick port of your computer soundkard
I'm pretty sure those are paper capacitors, the paper in them degrades and they go bad. Soviet electrolytic capacitors are quite bad since they often don't have those vents that enable them to bulge out a bit when they go bad, instead they literally explode. However, Soviet mica capacitors are good.
I'll have to dig into the electronics at some point to find out, but it doesn't sound that way to me, more like it's just changing what filtering is going on.
Wow dude, you got a rare unmolested specimen, except for the replaced tuners.. which is actually good, since the original tuners are just hands down unusable. You are lucky to have the internal electronics, no matter how weird it is, still in the original shape. At this time and age, not many of those guitars survived endless attempts to “improve” the internal wiring by eager teenage “experts” gutting the damn thing and replacing the pickups and everything else with some home brew abomination or another. I’d highly recommend to put the original DIN socket back and use a pigtail adapter instead to connect the guitar to an amp. The neck definitely needs some work and the truss rod on these usually does nothing, but if the neck is fixed and refretted carefully and properly, you’ll get a unique and interesting guitar.. no, it’s not your another Strat or Yamaha or anything else, and it’s not supposed to be. Make it playable and enjoy it for what it is. Search for some Soviet 60-70s music on youtube - that’s what this thing is for. Or maybe some American 40-50s music too.. Not your metal or shred stuff.
Это не только музыкальный инструмент но и оружие для ближнего боя.
Fun fact from Russian viewer:
This is old Japanese Yamaha SG 2A / 5A reversed copy! I would like to see you turn this guitar into well condition, playability! Stay rock, don't rust \m/
The weird jack socket is a din plug socket. We used to use them quite a lot in the past in stereo systems to link parts together here in the UK
It's nice to see the Ruski's repurposed a garden gate spring into a tremolo spring.
If it works, it works
It’s cool. Love unusual things. Great vid!
And this use to be the best Soviet guitar,
I hope the neck issues fixes are are coming along well; this is a cool looking and sounding gat :)
I've got one of these that I've been restoring on and off for a few years. Mine had a few more issues - broken tuners, broken bridge, broken nut, really poor frets (square profile on the high frets), missing parts in the vibrato mechanism (will probably block it off). If you ever need to remove any frets, they're pretty non-standard (isn't everything?) - they have angled ridges so you need to pull them out at a 45 degree angle or it will damage the fretboard. I've got as far as replacing the bridge (with a tune-o-matic roller bridge), refretting the neck (not finished yet), replacing machine heads, and some fixes to the finish. A long way still to go. The electrics on mine look even weirder than yours - not sure what works and what doesn't yet - may keep the pickups but replace the rest. The bottom row of switches turns the (separate) tone circuit for each pickup on and off I believe. Cool looking guitars.
Верхние кнопки вкл/ выкл соответстветствщего звукоснимателя. Нижние кнопки вкл/выкл фильтров соответствующих звукоснимателей. Три регулятора громкости для каждого звукоснимателя и одна общая мастер громкость
@@tuderytumba4192 Интересный. Значит, на гитаре нет регуляторов тембра?
@@bigbasil1908 как такового нет, фильтрами можно играться на нижних клавишах.
That thing is beautiful. I love the Rick-style top horn. Those electronics are mental. Excellent vid.✌️
Легенда ☝️
I have one of these. The frets are some unknown material. They are harder than my steel file and it wore out trying to level the frets. Smooth.
fret are made bay artic birch
@@dusanbogunovic6148 the frets are metal.
its brass I think
bottom switches are treble cut on some of these guitars and phase switches on others
Seems your appinion to replace DIN connection nest to Jack is too fast. Espeshial cable may connect this guitar to the joystick port of your computer soundkard
You ever get this thing working?
I'm pretty sure those are paper capacitors, the paper in them degrades and they go bad. Soviet electrolytic capacitors are quite bad since they often don't have those vents that enable them to bulge out a bit when they go bad, instead they literally explode. However, Soviet mica capacitors are good.
Will have to remove them and check if any are kaput. Plan to get back to this early next year and make more playable.
No capacitor in those guitars will explode as there is no high voltage present.
Nice review of obscure guitar
Это у Вас она малоизвестная,у нас почти народная,привет из России👋🇷🇺
¿In phase and out of phase switches?.
I'll have to dig into the electronics at some point to find out, but it doesn't sound that way to me, more like it's just changing what filtering is going on.
@@mart00n71 👍👍🇪🇸🇪🇸
mate make your necks with laminated wood it makes them more rigid if your not using a truss rod
Its called a DinPlug .
You do it wrong my frend. First have 3 or 4 shots of vodka. And try it then … you’ll see the difference Haa
URAL must be like the Russian Yamaha. Makes bikes and guitars
Wow dude, you got a rare unmolested specimen, except for the replaced tuners.. which is actually good, since the original tuners are just hands down unusable. You are lucky to have the internal electronics, no matter how weird it is, still in the original shape. At this time and age, not many of those guitars survived endless attempts to “improve” the internal wiring by eager teenage “experts” gutting the damn thing and replacing the pickups and everything else with some home brew abomination or another. I’d highly recommend to put the original DIN socket back and use a pigtail adapter instead to connect the guitar to an amp. The neck definitely needs some work and the truss rod on these usually does nothing, but if the neck is fixed and refretted carefully and properly, you’ll get a unique and interesting guitar.. no, it’s not your another Strat or Yamaha or anything else, and it’s not supposed to be. Make it playable and enjoy it for what it is. Search for some Soviet 60-70s music on youtube - that’s what this thing is for. Or maybe some American 40-50s music too.. Not your metal or shred stuff.
Is it worth $400?
Would take a lot of work on it to get it to that price, I found this for ~100 - 150 on ebay
@@mart00n71 Thanks
In russia you would easily get it for 50-70 dollars
Хаха Урал.
if it were mine i would change the neck.
TEISCO.. MADE IN JAPAN
Not Teisco. Not made in Japan.
Tesco copy made in russia...😂