#Greco stratocaster review serial
#Greco stratocaster review full

Will ship worldwide, please let me know if you have any questions. The guitar will need a setup as the action is currently very low. The frets are worn but have plenty of life. The story goes that Greco's Fender copies were so good that Fender had them start making their Japanese guitars for them, and they say the best years are 19801982, immediately before they stopped making them and started making Fender MIJs instead. It has great character and sounds fantastic. It is definitely not a mint guitar, but that's why I originally picked it up. Please look carefully at the photos as there are a fair amount of dings and nicks. 1977-1979 tend to be the most sought after Greco's before the JV that occurred with Fender. Standard 3 pickup configuration with 3 way selector switch. instrument wholesaler mostly known for being part of Fender Japan. I'm not sure of the specific sub-model as there is no indication other than Super Sounds on the headstock. Greco (Japanese: Gureko) is a Japanese guitar brand owned by the Kanda Shokai.

#Greco stratocaster review serial

Serial numberВ A771904 makes it a January 1977 model. Becoming known as lawsuit-era guitars, these have become highly collectable as the the quality rivals Fenders of the same time (but for a quarter the price).ДЄs far as I know, this one is all original. For anyone that doesn't know, the Japanese, and particularly Greco, were making some of the best Fender and Gibson style guitars anywhere in the world at the time.

This model only shows up in the 1974 in this configuration, so it was very likely only produced for one year.Late 1970's Greco Super Sounds Stratocaster in a beautiful aged natural finish with (I think) the original hardshell case.

The case is just crazy, with a flamed interior! I believe the case is original to the guitar as it is too big for a Les Paul and too small for an ES-335. Tail piece is a trapeze style and the less ornate version used on the вЂ74 SA-550 rather than what is shown in the catalog. I believe these pickups were the version immediately before Maxon came out with the U-1000 (for Greco) and Super 70 (for Ibanez), which were branded differently but the same pickup.

#Greco stratocaster review full

Whether it is the full hollow body, the pickups or both, the guitar absolutely growls when you want it to. The pickups have Maxon embossed into the bottom and the catalog says these are Super Humbuckers - and they live up to that name. I will add a pic next to its brethren when time permits. It is also a small scale guitar, larger than a Les Paul, but smaller than an ES-335. It has a set neck that is made from Japanese maple with an ebony fretboard and interesting colored pearloid block inlays. Tuners say YFG, which I have been unable to find any information on. It also came with a black pickguard which was removed for the photos. The body has no F Holes! There were some Gibson 330вЂ™s custom ordered this way, so it may be following one of those very rare guitars. It is a full hollow body like a 330 with a mahogany block mounted under the bridge. Top and back are flamed white sycamore finished in a very nice lacquer sunburst. It is built to a high spec, has the shape of an ES-335, is a full hollow body like a 330, is sized like a 339 (decades before Gibson), has no F-holes, came in a flamed case and absolutely screams! This is a really rare and unusual guitar that Greco appears to have produced only in 1974.