Greco Owners Club

I love these guitars!

Years ago I would have never had bought a Japanese copy of a guitar, but a friend showed me his Tokai Les Paul gold top and I was amazed how good it was!
I then found out that there were other brands out there from the same period making the same quality copies and one brand kept popping up..., GRECO.

I was on good terms with a Japanese eBay seller (I'd bought a few MIJ Tele's from him in the past and a couple other guitars).
He had this '77 3 pickup Les Paul which I thought was kinda cool? We talked about it and he said if it didn't sell by the end of the auction, I could have it for $750aus shipped. It didn't sell and I got it.

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I'm so impressed with how good these guitars are! The may not quite be a real Gibson, but boy are they close! For the price, you definately can't complain?
I ended up changing out the pickups on it, but I may change 'em back?
A friend of mine who owns a '79 Gibson Les Paul Custom played it the other week and was amazed at how good it was! He's now looking for a Greco himself!

So this week (yesterday) I'm looking around eBay and I find this '87 "Mint Collection" SG sitting at a great starting price with less than 24 hours to go and no one bidding on it!
"So what's wrong with it??? I can't find anything that says "bad" to me so I watch it and place a bid.
I win with no one else bidding, I'm really surprised!
Anyway, $749aus shipped to my door, should have it by the end of the week hopefully? I'm really looking forward to it!

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So..., how many of you out there are using these fantastic guitars???

I don't have one yet, but I'm watching an ebay auction for an '83 SG.

Those are nice guits mate. I would really like a white SG. Yup, I'm looking to get some MIJ ones instead of a Gibson. You can get 3 even 4 MIJs for the price of a Gibson LP, right?

You can get 3 even 4 MIJs for the price of a Gibson LP, right?

Yep! Those two cost me $1499aus and you'd be lucky to find a Gibson at that price and quality!

Here's my '59 ES335 clone. Note the long pickguard.

Winnie

Here's my '59 ES335 clone. Note the long pickguard.

Winnie

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Wow Winnie, that's a beauty! The 335 Greco's certainly fetch a higher price too! Don't see many of them down our way?

I was just about to start a Greco club, then I saw you beat me to it :mrgreen:

Some VERY nice one's posted already, although mainly of the Gibbo kind, so I guess I should show my Greco strat to break the chain :twisted:

March 1979 "Super Sound" - I'm pretty sure it's the SE800 model due to being before the "Super Real" SE800's came out...

Pretty good condition for 30 years old, and I'm happy with the price I paid - alot cheaper than a MIM Fender

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I'd love to get another one day! It's amazing how good they are after a couple of decades!

Some VERY nice one's posted already, although mainly of the Gibbo kind, so I guess I should show my Greco strat to break the chain :twisted:

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Nice Cap'n Kier!

I've been looking for the right Greco Tele for a while now! The Tele's and Strat's seem to be even more affordable than the Greco Gibbo models.

Your Strat is probably the cleanest example of a Greco Strat I've ever seen! :mrgreen:

Wow Winnie, that's a beauty! The 335 Greco's certainly fetch a higher price too! Don't see many of them down our way?

I've had it for about 5 years now. It's definitely a keeper. Probably as good or better than a Gibson. One piece mahogany neck, no serial #.

Winnie

Nice Cap'n Kier!

I've been looking for the right Greco Tele for a while now! The Tele's and Strat's seem to be even more affordable than the Greco Gibbo models.

Your Strat is probably the cleanest example of a Greco Strat I've ever seen! :mrgreen:

Thanks :mrgreen:
I love it - I'm still learning guitar and I'm so glad I bought it over a MIM that's double the price almost, and TBH I didn't really like the ones I tried -
I didn't even try out the Greco, I just bought it on eBay after hearing tons of good stuff about them :smile: (And it's quite nice owning a guitar that's 10 years older than I am!)

I haven't used these sites, but I found them while searching for mine and so might be interesting to some :

Rinkya ( Japanese auction sites ) (http://www.rinkya.com/index.php)
Ishibashi (used guitars in Japan's Ishibashi ) (http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/index.htm)

Ishibashi ship the used stuff worldwide I think, but Rinkya you'll have to translate everything and see if the seller will ship to your country...

I found this site aswell, where they offer to buy a guitar in Japan (auction sites or whatever), and then ship to you - sounds good, but might have to pay a premium (if you trust them that is...)

http://obsoleteguitars.com/Guitar%20Search.html

I haven't used these sites, but I found them while searching for mine and so might be interesting to some :

Rinkya ( Japanese auction sites ) (http://www.rinkya.com/index.php)
Ishibashi (used guitars in Japan's Ishibashi ) (http://www.ishibashi.co.jp/u_box/e/index.htm)

Ishibashi ship the used stuff worldwide I think, but Rinkya you'll have to translate everything and see if the seller will ship to your country...

I found this site aswell, where they offer to buy a guitar in Japan (auction sites or whatever), and then ship to you - sounds good, but might have to pay a premium (if you trust them that is...)

http://obsoleteguitars.com/Guitar%20Search.html

Thanks for the links!

Ishibishi is well used around the forum but the other two I've not seen before? If nothing else, I'll be using these sites for a little research.