Greco!
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Greco!
Who's had any of their lawsuit style copies? Worth the bucks? (They seem to range around $700-1k and appear to be great value). Been looking into an SG copy from the late 80's which according to my savvy internet research probably came out of the Tokai factory.
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Re: Greco!
They are good value but the necks are usually quite small and thin. I'd recommend hitting up randombob/Vern for a yarn if you want to get the real details about factories and lawsuits.
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Re: Greco!
I’ve had a great Greco LP custom copy dated about ‘77 from memory.
Also two Toaki LP copies from ‘81. Both lovely guitars. One I’ve kept is a never gonna sell it level guitar.
Not the same factories.
On the pecking order of Japanese copies it’s broadly considered Greco at the top followed closely by Toakai and late 70s Ibanez. Then Burny.
Greco LP copies had a shallower angle on the headstock up til ‘78-ish then changed to the proper 17 degree angle headstocks. So you could say they were a more accurate copy from then on.
Apart from all that, higher grade Greco and Tokai stuff from that late 70s and on are just great instruments in their own right.
I agree the Greco necks can be quite thin but even with my fat fingers, mine was good to play.
Also two Toaki LP copies from ‘81. Both lovely guitars. One I’ve kept is a never gonna sell it level guitar.
Not the same factories.
On the pecking order of Japanese copies it’s broadly considered Greco at the top followed closely by Toakai and late 70s Ibanez. Then Burny.
Greco LP copies had a shallower angle on the headstock up til ‘78-ish then changed to the proper 17 degree angle headstocks. So you could say they were a more accurate copy from then on.
Apart from all that, higher grade Greco and Tokai stuff from that late 70s and on are just great instruments in their own right.
I agree the Greco necks can be quite thin but even with my fat fingers, mine was good to play.
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I've got a 1972 Greco J-Bass. It has a dead flat neck (i.e. no radius) and it's great! The early Greco's have a head-stock decal that looks like "Gneco".
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Thin is good for me and my conservative palm spread/ET digits comboCapt. Black wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 8:14 am I’ve had a great Greco LP custom copy dated about ‘77 from memory.
Also two Toaki LP copies from ‘81. Both lovely guitars. One I’ve kept is a never gonna sell it level guitar.
Not the same factories.
On the pecking order of Japanese copies it’s broadly considered Greco at the top followed closely by Toakai and late 70s Ibanez. Then Burny.
Greco LP copies had a shallower angle on the headstock up til ‘78-ish then changed to the proper 17 degree angle headstocks. So you could say they were a more accurate copy from then on.
Apart from all that, higher grade Greco and Tokai stuff from that late 70s and on are just great instruments in their own right.
I agree the Greco necks can be quite thin but even with my fat fingers, mine was good to play.
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Damn! Missed that ngd post. That's gorgeous. Big Greco fan here.Olderama wrote: ↑Mon Jan 17, 2022 4:58 pm They are rather nice
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I've had a couple over the years. Here's one I do regret getting rid of. I did have the original nameplate too which I put back on when I sold it.
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I've briefly played a couple of the Greco LP Customs from the late 70s - early 80s made by Fujigen and their contemporaries. I'm not a big LP player but the build quality looked good and they felt nice to play. I've read that some people like to swap out the factory pick ups for higher quality and/or more modern equipment
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yes you're missing something... its a greco, with a rickenbacker faceplate.
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I've vaguely promised myself that the pandemic is truly over when I can take a family holiday in Japan and come back from it with a nice Greco LP custom. This will be my psychological bookend to the era.
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My first bass was a Greco
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I wonder if it's like DNA, reproductions introduce errors etc etc. A copy of a copy - maybe they exhibit natural relicing from brand new?
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