From: "Jerry Cohen"Subject: RE: Yamaha U1
> I am not an expert on this, but I have heard that US version Yamaha
> verticals have birdseye style hammer butts, while those for other counties
> still use the plates with screws.
>
> Again, I don't know this for a fact, but could somebody confirm this
> difference?
>
> Jerry Cohen, RPT
Jerry,
The grey market yamaha U1 -2-3"s have the butt plate actions --Identical
to the non greys .
I developed (along with guidance from my fellow listees ) my butt cord
procedure on these.
Tom Driscoll
P.S. They also have a document pouch on the left inside near the #1
tuning pin, but the Yamaha list is the most reliable for i.d.
Tom Driscoll
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