NGD: El Greco
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NGD: El Greco
Picked this up a couple of days ago:
1982 Greco FV600.
So close to perfect... but sadly, it has a narrow nut (40mm). As soon as I wrapped my hands around that, I thought, oh well, I'll be selling this on. But man, it sounds amazing, and the narrow neck is not nearly as distracting as I thought it would be. The profile is actually really nice. So it may end up being a keeper after all. Still, my quest is now to find a Fujigen V with 44mm nut or more...
Pickups are Seymour Duncan '59s (SH1), which I thought I'd be replacing, but so far they sound ace. I'll replace the tuners and might stick some reflector knobs on it. Not sure about those pickup rings... I've only got a soft case for it, so will be casually looking for a hard case too.
1982 Greco FV600.
So close to perfect... but sadly, it has a narrow nut (40mm). As soon as I wrapped my hands around that, I thought, oh well, I'll be selling this on. But man, it sounds amazing, and the narrow neck is not nearly as distracting as I thought it would be. The profile is actually really nice. So it may end up being a keeper after all. Still, my quest is now to find a Fujigen V with 44mm nut or more...
Pickups are Seymour Duncan '59s (SH1), which I thought I'd be replacing, but so far they sound ace. I'll replace the tuners and might stick some reflector knobs on it. Not sure about those pickup rings... I've only got a soft case for it, so will be casually looking for a hard case too.
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Re: NGD: El Greco
Looks rad - probably true to Gibson spec as the late 60's nut width was narrow.
You have a wider nut V....
You have a wider nut V....
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Re: NGD: El Greco
dibbedy dibs!Darth Sabbathi wrote:Picked this up a couple of days ago:
1982 Greco FV600.
So close to perfect... but sadly, it has a narrow nut (40mm). As soon as I wrapped my hands around that, I thought, oh well, I'll be selling this on. But man, it sounds amazing, and the narrow neck is not nearly as distracting as I thought it would be. The profile is actually really nice. So it may end up being a keeper after all. Still, my quest is now to find a Fujigen V with 44mm nut or more...
Pickups are Seymour Duncan '59s (SH1), which I thought I'd be replacing, but so far they sound ace. I'll replace the tuners and might stick some reflector knobs on it. Not sure about those pickup rings... I've only got a soft case for it, so will be casually looking for a hard case too.
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Re: NGD: El Greco
Ha, I do. But that one has way too much class for the dives I play...GrantB wrote:Looks rad - probably true to Gibson spec as the late 60's nut width was narrow.
You have a wider nut V....
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Re: NGD: El Greco
Dude that’s gangster
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Re: NGD: El Greco
back of the queue brosirvill wrote:Ah you did grab it... nice!!
If you do sell it lemme know - usually small nuts don't phase me (pwoah)
actually I forgot I have a v neck and body from adrian awaiting me! must pick up over the hols She's yours bud
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Re: NGD: El Greco
I’ll stand in the dibs queue.
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Re: NGD: El Greco
Nice! There's an Ibanez version (Same factory?) '79 version that looks identical that's local.... skinny neck front to back and the frets are almost non existent. 42mm nut I think, '80s Dimarzios etc. Be interesting to compare them!