1980 Greco Flying V FV900 Vintage Guitar Natural Ash Japan Fujigen, Rocket Roll

Up for sale, a 1980 Greco FV-900Y Flying V in exceptional, 100% original condition and in perfect working order. One of the more unique and rare "lawsuit era" instruments produced at the beginning of one of Japan's most storied periods of guitar production, the FV-900 faithfully replicates Gibson's original Flying V design with superb build quality. This guitar features identical construction to the Ibanez Rocket Roll Sr, and this FV900Y is the same instrument under a different name, with a more Gibson-esque tuner complement and headstock logo.Made in the famed Fujigen factory alongside its Ibanez Rocket Roll cousin, the FV-900 is loaded with a pair of original Maxon-made humbuckers. These pickups are articulate and warm, with good top end growl, sustain, and punch, responding well to thick overdrive. Each pickup reads 7.7k ohms, firmly in the medium output PAF range, delivering an open, dynamic top end response. The solid ash body has prominent grain and a transparent ambered Natural finish, and paired with a three-piece maple neck and glued-in neck joint, this guitar is particularly resonant and clear, with the midrange complexity and clear note attack inherent in ash. This V is featherweight at 6lbs 10oz, professionally setup here at Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar with 10-46 strings, low action, and accurate intonation.The neck has a slender C profile carve with moderate shoulder and lightly rolled fretboard edges. It's a round inviting shape, measuring .820" deep at the 1st fret and .915" at the 12th. The rosewood slab fretboard is a dark and tight-grained cut of this particular tonewood with dot inlay and the original medium jumbo frets which are practically perfect, playing easily up the 24 3/4" scale. The nut comprises a piece of bone and a sliver of brass, ensuring ideal note attack and articulation. On the headstock, the original Greco-branded gold tuners turn smoothly with surface patina on the tulip buttons. The D80-prefix serial number on the headstock dates to April of 1980.On the body, all of the electronics function as intended with untouched solder joints, full-size pots, and Maxon-made pickups which have six-digit stamps on the baseplates dating to 1980. The hardware includes a gold V tailpiece, ABR-1-style bridge and gold pickup covers, all of which show uniform surface patina. All of the stock plastics are intact too including the gold speed knobs, three-ply pickguard, amber switch tip, and the rubberized lap grip inset into the treble side of the body. Cosmetic wear on the gloss finish is limited to just a few small nicks and minor scuffs on the body, with faint buckle rash central to the back, yet not through the finish. The ambered gloss on the neck profile is flawless.