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1978 Greco es175 Sunburst hollowbody electric guitar crafted in Japan SOLD
SOLD OUT: Here we have a Beautiful example of a vintage Japanese Greco es175 from back in 1978 known as the Lawsuit era and is a faithful Replica of the pre 1970's Gibson not the later ones NORLIN era these are copy's of the 1960's Gibson es175. About this example Iv gone over head to to its VERY well preserved in very good to excellent vintage condition. No actual wood cracks ... thats a good start, neck is nice and straight medium C profile 1-11/16ths at the nut - excellent, frets are good we did a minimal fret level and crown and dressing during its set up work which included clean and de-grime- the entire guitar top to bottom carefully not to take away its beautiful natural aging patina.rehydrate woods "lemon oil " its rosewood fingerboard and bridge which is also nice deco ebony wood.Hardware is chrome and overall still quite nice looking better than most I must say as is its bindings ... bindings on some of these vintage guitars can be a problem same with the Gibson this example has excellent bindings. The top is a very nice straight grained Sitka Spruce the sides and neck are mahogany, back maple, the fingerboard is rosewood and bridge is Ebony. Its headstock is also the open book Gibby style as is its mother of pearl Greco logo and crown motif like the gibson from a few feet away...humm.... anyway I also changed the truss rod cover to the Gibson type for an overall improvement visually. The finish still shines up beautifully and is a thin poly the Japanese mastered and rivals the Nitro lacquer the US used back in the day but stands the test of time better as it is more durable than nitro ... thin skin so tone resonates beautifully and look at it after all these years upon closet inspection in certain light I see fine finish hair checking to its top clear coat not into the wood not excessive and evenly across the top you have to get up very close inches from it to see this you do not feel its vintage patina and is natural aging and is beautiful on this guitar... have a good look colors still vibrant and excellently preserved a true vintage guitar in its own right and is sure to please. The Tuners are the preferred from FujiGen Gakki of the late 1970's-mid80's or so seen on so many of their higher end guitars from that factory.. they were used on Ibanez and some Electra and others and in this case the Greco. Electronics are also great the pickups are the great era super 70's style know as great Paf replicas and sound great to this day no need to swap anything out here. This guitar at one time the previous owner put on a Bigsby we removed that and installed this vintage Gibson correct piece I filled 2 tiny holed in top with spruce dust and glue then top coated with tiny brush tip lacquer closely tinted to fade it away barely noticeable at a couple feet away,,, then entire guitar was polished and now she's in great shape and ready to serve well for another 40 years with care. She weighs in at 7.2 Lbs. Intermediate to pro level playing instrument for a song compare to a $2500-3500 Gibby at a fraction of that here at JVGuitars.com contact Joe to buy it at: jvguitars@gmail.com
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