The Weddington was one of the first two designs to come out of the Yamaha Guitar Development in North Hollywood from Rich Lasner,
the other one being the Pacifica. Whilst some Pacificas were made in the USA the Weddingtons were made in Japan.
The Weddingtons, named after the street on which YGD was, located was a fairly standard single-cutaway two pickup guitar.
What set the guitars apart was the unique and innovative electronics and switching creating unique sounds. There are three models
in the range the Special, the Classic and the Custom.
Construction was high quality from high quality materials
Some specs
| Model | Custom | Classic | Special |
| Body | 1 piece Honduran Mahogany with Quilted Maple top | 1 piece Honduran Mahogany Maple top | 1 piece solid Honduran Mahogany |
| Neck | Maple Glued in | Maple Glued in | Maple Glued in |
| Fretboard | Bound Ebony 22 frets 12" radius | Bound Rosewood 22 frets 12" radius | Rosewood 22 Frets 12" radius |
| Pickups | DiMarzio HBs DHB2 and DHB3 | DiMarzio HBs DHB2 and DHB3 | DiMarzio HBs DHB4* |
| Bridge | Solid Brass TOM | TOM | Adjustable Bar |
| Nut | 1,68" | 1.68" | 1.68" |
| Colours** | Faded Burst, Roseburst or Cherry | Metallic Black. Cherry Sunburst or Metallic Red Top with Natural sides | Black. Cream White or Cherry |
*This is a smaller Humbucker said to produce Soapbar type crunch
** These could be custom orders so other colours probably exist
These were first released in 1990 and advertising them stopped in 1995 but it seems they were still available until at least 1997
not as leftover stock as serial numbers indicate the correct year. Maybe custom orders
All models are equiped with two custom made in the USA DiMarzio Humbuckers
5-way switch configuration Weddington Custom Special and Classic:
1. Coils A+B in series (normal bridge humbucker)
2. Coils A+B in parallel (single-coil neck voicing)
3. Coils A+B in series + C+D in series (normal middle-position of a Les Paul, both humbuckers run in parallel)
4. Coils B+C in series (the inner coils from each humbucker) + D (the back coil in the bridge humbucker) brought
in paralled with the rear tone control.
5. Coils C+D in series (normal bridge humbucker)
