1979 Greco EG800C Custom Electric Guitar Black Beauty 100% Original w/ Maxon PU-2, Japan Fujigen

Up for sale, a 1979 Greco LP Custom model EG800C in 100% original condition and in perfect working order. Produced at the famed Fujigen factory in Japan, this Greco model EG800C does an excellent job of capturing the finer points of the classic LP Custom design with features reminiscent of the '70s Norlin era of production. The guitar features a carved three-piece maple top, with a solid mahogany body and three-piece maple neck.When it comes to playability, feel, and tone, the Greco instruments excel, and this guitar comes complete with its original Maxon PU-2 pickups. Featuring Alnico V magnets and wax potting for optimal feedback rejection, these pickups are wound just under 8k ohms with great harmonic complexity, a snappy top end, ample bass, and a well-balanced midrange. It's also worth noting that while this guitar doesn't strictly fall under the "lawsuit" umbrella (there was never any legal action taken against Greco), the legacy of these Japanese instruments is forever attached to the term, given the adherence to the vintage specs and cosmetic touches of their USA-made counterparts. This Greco weighs 8lbs 5oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and spot-on intonation.The three-piece maple neck has a slender 60s-style C-shaped profile carve with round shoulders and more heft as you travel up the fretboard, measuring .825” deep at the 1st fret and .965” at the 12th. The rosewood fretboard has pearloid block inlay and vintage-spec fret edge binding on the original fretwire. The frets are just shy of medium jumbo with their full factory height and well-rounded crowns, showing just a few spots of sporadic light wear on the crowns beneath the plain strings from frets 1-10. The guitar plays cleanly in every register with a straight neck and optimally adjusted truss rod. The scale length is 24 3/4“, and the original bone nut measures 1 11/16" in width. The headstock is framed by multi-ply binding with split diamond pearloid inlay and Greco-branded Gotoh tuning machines that turn smoothly and hold pitch well with metal tulip buttons. The serial on the back of the headstock dates to January of 1979.On the body, all of the electronics work as they should, with full-size Japanese pots which date to 1978, matching with the six-digit date stamps on the bottom of the Maxon humbuckers. The gold hardware includes a Nashville-style bridge and stoptail, showing uniform patina on the plating, and all of the original plastic parts are present including the gold speed knobs, pickup rings, switch surround, and pickguard.The gloss Ebony finish is 100% original, framed by multi-ply binding, showing some light pickup scuffing across the guard and some scattered dings and light finish scratches on the body as a whole, largely relegated to the back and bass side of the top. The smooth gloss finish on the profile shows just a few very minor marks central to the carve behind frets 7-9.The original faux leather burgundy gigbag is included.