My buddy was on the Yamaha web site and was looking at the G3 Jon's .  He bought one.  Got it home and the manufacturers tag says  "manufactured by skeeter marine co."

So is Yamaha just a distributer and are all G3's sold by Yamaha made by Skeeter?

That whole Yamaha, G3, Skeeter thing has always confused me too.  Think about the products that Yamaha sells..............Outbaords, personal watercraft, jetboats, sportboats, guitars, pianos, drums, stereo equipment, ampifiers, TVs, projection equipment, speakers, and my dad used to have yamaha golf clubs.  That is one diverse company.  I actually did a mini paper for my marketing class this year.

Whoops, forgot to say motorcycles, ATVs, and keyboards.

Ok THis is were I am going to shine..I work for Yamaha /Marine Service ... Yamaha owns G3 and Skeeter. We are all one big happy corporation.

Do you think it would be profitable to put the Yamaha name on the bass boat line?

Your motors are highly regarded around here in salty RI and I would certainly consider a yamaha if I were in the market.  

And...Yamaha's musical instrument line is well-known and highly respected as well. Beside guitars, pianos, and organs, their brass and woodwind line ranges from excellent student grade horns to top-notch professional-level goodies (and they aren't cheap-$$$$$).

I recently sold a Yamaha YTR6335 Heavy Wall, silver plated trumpet that played as well as any of the many other pro grade horns I still own, to include Bach and Kanstul. My late lady love, who passed away at age 34, played their top-of-the-line clarinet and it was the equal to the famed French-made Buffet R14 clarinet.

Now, if they only made fishing reels!

Still, nobody, no matter how hard they've tried, has ever been able to duplicate the "voice" of the famed Stradivarius violins...never will. (And they ain't makin' those no mo'!)

FlyRod

They make a heck of an accoustic guitar.I've had mine for 18 years and it still has great tone.Also have a Yamaha outboard and I love it.