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Generally great guitars, I've yet to get a turd.

In discussion with someone at 246 guitars I was told that PGM was making these guitars. No surprise that they are top notch.

The 1200s indeed do have veneer tops, and not all of the 1200s (or 1800s) have Brazilian boards either. They seemed to run out around the end of 1980.

Could it be a Springy neck on modern Tokai Goldstar body? The stamps on the end of the neck should give a hint I think.

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Hi, the guitar is in Japan so I guess import taxes would be whatever it is for Spain on the declared value.

Thanks, I'm away from home this week but will be back on the weekend. Transferwise.com is a great option for cheapest cost, win-win for buyer and seller. It will be in the hard case and packed securely for the journey.

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Price drop, great guitar......hard case included!

It looks like a fake model to me as the serial and tuners are not what would be on a Greco. It looks really new as well. Could it be a rare model? The serial number looks like a good attempt to make one similar to a real Greco but it is too long.....

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It is hard to find the background of these high-end Bacchus LPs. Are they possibly order models? I have had some odd ones over the years that are not your typical off-the-shelf LP colours and finishes. My sample size is pretty small though. Here is a Japanese page that is offline now but the "Waybac...

Sunburst and maple neck is likely to be a TE-50. Is there any binding around the body? Perhaps a TE-70 then.

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Good post, I translated the blog entry of Takano and this information was pretty useful. My theory is that the A was used when making the DRY-Z pickups and PU-2 pickups at the same production location to easily differentiate them (nevermind the stamped baseplates of most PU-2s). What is the opposite...