YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SERIES

The Yamaha Weddingtons were a variation on the classic Les Paul design made from 1990 until 1995. The Weddington models were the Special, Classic and Custom - with the Special being the most basic - no carved maple top and the Custom the most deluxe - with figured maple top. All had two DiMarzio humbuckers with individual volume and tone controls and a five-way selector switch that allowed coil tapping.

YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC

Yamaha made the Weddington Classic from 1990 until 1995.

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YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM

The Yamaha Weddington Custom was introduced in the early 1990s and made until around 1995. It was Yamaha's update on the classic Les Paul design altered to meet the demands of the contemporary guitarist. Although this guitar was somewhat overlooked at the time  the Weddington Custom combines beautiful styling and solid workmanship with tremendous playability and tonal versatility in a rock-solid instrument.

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YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL

THe Yamaha Weddington Special was the entry level Weddington model. It had a solid mahogany flat topped body and dot inlays  - unlike the carved maple tops and block inlays on the Weddingon Classic and Custom. The Special also had a wrap-around bar bridge - lacking the stop tail-piece / tune-o-matic seen on the Classic and Custom models. Pickups were two direct mounted DiMarzio DHB4 humbuckers - each with its own tone and volume control. The five way pickup selector allowed coil tapping of both pickups.

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Specifications:

ModelImageFinish colorsFinish effectsMade inNumber of stringsScale length
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC
1990 to 1995
black finish, red finishmetallic finish, sunburst finishJapan6 strings-
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM
1990 to 1995
amber finish, pink finish, red finishsunburst finishJapan6 strings24.75 inches scale-length
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL
1990 to 1994
black finish, cream finish, red finish-Japan6 strings24.75 inches scale-length
ModelPickup selector controlsTone controlsVolume controlsControls materialControls shapeNumber of control knobs
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC
1990 to 1995
5-way selector switch1 tone control2 volume controls---
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM
1990 to 1995
5-way selector switch2 tone controls2 volume controlsgold controlsspeed knobs4 control knobs
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL
1990 to 1994
5-way selector switch2 tone controls2 volume controlsblack controlsspeed knobs4 control knobs
ModelPickups brand and modelPickups configuration
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC
1990 to 1995
DiMarzio pickup(s)2 humbucker pickups
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM
1990 to 1995
DiMarzio pickup(s)2 humbucker pickups
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL
1990 to 1994
DiMarzio pickup(s)2 humbucker pickups
ModelBody materialBody shape featuresBody styleBody top material
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC
1990 to 1995
mahogany bodyarchtoparchtopmaple body top
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM
1990 to 1995
mahogany bodycarved topLes Paul-style bodyfigured maple body top
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL
1990 to 1994
mahogany bodysingle cutawayLes Paul-style body-
ModelBridgeHardware colorTailpiece
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC
1990 to 1995
tune-o-matic bridgechrome hardwarestop tailpiece
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM
1990 to 1995
tune-o-matic bridgechrome hardwarestop tailpiece
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL
1990 to 1994
adjustable bridge, bar bridgechrome hardware-
ModelFingerboard position markersFingerboard materialFingerboard inlay material
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC
1990 to 1995
split block fingerboard position markers--
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM
1990 to 1995
split block fingerboard position markersebony fingerboard-
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL
1990 to 1994
dot fingerboard position markersrosewood fingerboardpearl fingerboard inlay material
ModelHeadstock inlays or logosNeck jointNeck materialNumber of fretsTuner layoutNeck heelNeck widthPeghead (headstock)
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CLASSIC
1990 to 1995
pearl headstock inlay/logoset neckmahogany neck22 fretthree-each-side---
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON CUSTOM
1990 to 1995
-set neckmahogany neck22 fretthree-each-sidecontoured heel1.69 inches wide at nutveneer headstock
YAMAHA WEDDINGTON SPECIAL
1990 to 1994
-set neckmahogany neck22 fretthree-each-side-1.69 inches wide at nut-