1979 Greco EG800C Custom Vintage Electric Guitar Black Beauty w/ Maxon PU-2, Japan Fujigen
$1,399.99
$1,399.99
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Up for sale, a 1979 Greco LP Custom model EG800C 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 specifically), 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 moderately slender C-shaped profile carve with well-rounded shoulders, measuring .835” deep at the 1st fret and .975” at the 12th. The rosewood fretboard has pearloid block inlay, fret edge binding, and original medium jumbo fretwire. The frets retain their full factory height with well-rounded crowns, showing some light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-6. 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, and the split diamond pearloid inlay has melted through in a couple small areas, likely from contact with a well-placed cigarette. The Kluson-style tuners are modern substitutions with transparent keystone buttons, and the small singular mounting holes from a different tuner set have been cleanly doweled and touched-up, just inset from the current gears. The H79-prefix inked serial on the back of the headstock dates to August of 1979.
On the body, all of the electronics work as they should, with the Maxon-made humbuckers wired to a replacement quartet of full-size Japanese pots. The hardware includes the original gold-plated ABR-1-style Tune-o-Matic bridge and corresponding stoptail, and a modern quartet of black speed knobs have been fitted. Cosmetic wear on the gloss Ebony finish includes light finish scratches and minor dings on the body, particularly concentrated on the back and body perimeter. The smooth gloss finish on the neck profile is clean and smooth beyond a small cluster of dings behind frets 4-5.
A padded Epiphone-branded gigbag is included.
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 specifically), 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 moderately slender C-shaped profile carve with well-rounded shoulders, measuring .835” deep at the 1st fret and .975” at the 12th. The rosewood fretboard has pearloid block inlay, fret edge binding, and original medium jumbo fretwire. The frets retain their full factory height with well-rounded crowns, showing some light wear beneath the plain strings on frets 1-6. 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, and the split diamond pearloid inlay has melted through in a couple small areas, likely from contact with a well-placed cigarette. The Kluson-style tuners are modern substitutions with transparent keystone buttons, and the small singular mounting holes from a different tuner set have been cleanly doweled and touched-up, just inset from the current gears. The H79-prefix inked serial on the back of the headstock dates to August of 1979.
On the body, all of the electronics work as they should, with the Maxon-made humbuckers wired to a replacement quartet of full-size Japanese pots. The hardware includes the original gold-plated ABR-1-style Tune-o-Matic bridge and corresponding stoptail, and a modern quartet of black speed knobs have been fitted. Cosmetic wear on the gloss Ebony finish includes light finish scratches and minor dings on the body, particularly concentrated on the back and body perimeter. The smooth gloss finish on the neck profile is clean and smooth beyond a small cluster of dings behind frets 4-5.
A padded Epiphone-branded gigbag is included.
