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I spent a lot of money fidling around with different pickups in my EG800 resently. I tried: Antiquitys Pearly gates SD 59 Seth Lovers Gibson 57 And a couple more. And the winners are: Bridge = Gibson 57 (without cover) Neck = SD 59 (without cover) I love that combination and it works really...

I thank you for that info!

The nut is changed since I play reversed righty. There is shilding paint under the pickups. Here are a few pictures:

I have a Greco SG black 61 reissue ( i think ) No serial nr. The logo and crown are yellow pearl?!? 60?s neck. No fret edge binding. Is there any way to tell what year and model it would be? Oh, and it?s a lefty. Thanks / Dirt man

I changed the pickups today and there was two dowels in the joint. So I have a 80?s EG-800. I second you on that long tenon mumbo jumbo "japanstrat" Can?t make any difference in sustain. Man I love this guitar, and the pickups from a 50?s Gibson custom shop made it over the top !!!!! Cheers...

The guitar arrived today. Pleasent surprise I must say! Every original item was included. Softcase, cable, info papers, tools. The guitar itself looked like it has spent it?s time, since birth, on a shelf. Talk about N.O.S. Not a scratches, no fret wear, apears totaly unplayed. 2 piece body...

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I bought it from Ishibashi. It was kind of a impulse buy. As a lefty you just have to grab the ones that shows up without thinking to much or else they?re gone before you blink! And as Ishibashi takes about 2-3 days to respond to e-mail I didn?t want to miss this one. Thing is that I don?t have...

I?m new here so first I will say Hello! I just bought a Greco EG 800 lefty. I haven?t recieved it yet. What can you tell me about it? Nitro cellulosa paint? Fret edge binding? How is the pickups? Paid about 66,000 JPY is that a fair price? Thanks / Dirty http://www.dirtyamps.com