1986 EG-500 Goldtop any good? I consider buying online help!

[wulfman]

I also notice after being on Yahoo Japan for a year that lots of Japanese in Japan have no idea what kind of guitars they are selling, nor do they appear to be bothered to find out!

 

[sneakyjapan]

Yeah, the longer you spend at YJ the more you realize... the more I realized...thats true...not everybody is interested in dissecting guitars as much as other people are, and if sellers can`t provide enough info via photos, paper work or markings/stickers on a guitar then I pass. Probably passed on more guitars than I bought. Some sellers seem to think just because a guitar comes from the golden era that it`s valuable...they ain`t...though it`s true there were a lot of outstanding guitars made there was no shortage of crap either. Frankly a few times sellers misrepresented a guitar too...out of 127 + million people, there are going to be some bad apples.

 

[marcusnieman]

Some sellers seem to think just because a guitar comes from the golden era that it`s valuable...they ain`t...though it`s true there were a lot of outstanding guitars made there was no shortage of crap either.

+1 on that..... same holds true for Fender and Gibson. Just because it's old, doesn't mean it's great......but lots are being sold that way.

 

[gordon]

Guys, take it easy. I am not a collector and not an expert, but now I am a member of the church of Greco believers.
I got confused first because of the headstock (just Greco, otherwise
Empty) and the inked serial.
I will take a look inside and show some pics, the zebra P.U.
looks quite different from the other.
It was a good purchase, even with the Yen quite high,
Gordon

 

[fiftywatt]

Where you can't see what it says besides the named GT, I can, it says EG59-50, NOT 57-50, so it's a 59 model according to Greco. That was my point. I can't show it here for I'm a Vintaxe member and catalogs may not be copied and used elsewhere. But you can check it for yourself if you would like to.
Also your EGC68-70 can be found in the catalogs as a EGC68-50 in VS finish = vintage sunburst. And yes Greco had off catalog models, these are not though.

Two points.. the '87 model EG68-70 I mentioned is solid transparent cherry (not vintage sunburst) It is very likely part of a limited run for a Japanese retailer. I've seen a few of these over the years on YJ. I've also seen this model in transparent blue.

I will defer to Villager and others but I've personally never seen a Mint Collection gold top given an EG59 designation. EG57 is typically a gold top with humbuckers, EG56 would have P90's. I've also seen an EG58 on occasion, which is typically a sunburst color like the many EG59's I've owned in the last 6 years. Since Gordon's gold top has Double Trick humbuckers it could likely be an EG57-70 or such.

 

[jacco]

Where you can't see what it says besides the named GT, I can, it says EG59-50, NOT 57-50, so it's a 59 model according to Greco. That was my point. I can't show it here for I'm a Vintaxe member and catalogs may not be copied and used elsewhere. But you can check it for yourself if you would like to.
Also your EGC68-70 can be found in the catalogs as a EGC68-50 in VS finish = vintage sunburst. And yes Greco had off catalog models, these are not though.

Two points.. the '87 model EG68-70 I mentioned is solid transparent cherry (not vintage sunburst) It is very likely part of a limited run for a Japanese retailer. I've seen a few of these over the years on YJ. I've also seen this model in transparent blue.

I will defer to Villager and others but I've personally never seen a Mint Collection gold top given an EG59 designation. EG57 is typically a gold top with humbuckers, EG56 would have P90's. I've also seen an EG58 on occasion, which is typically a sunburst color like the many EG59's I've owned in the last 6 years. Since Gordon's gold top has Double Trick humbuckers it could likely be an EG57-70 or such.

I know what you mean, I've seen a few of those transparent red & blue ones too. Not cataloged for sure.

Of course is a GT with humbuckers normally referred to as a 57 model, Greco does not do that though in that catalog as well on the EG page as on the specs list, maybe a mistake.

 

[Koubayashi]

most people overseas evidently think what they see on line is all thats available in Japan, there are a lot of small mom and pop used gear shops in the country that do not advertise on line therefore there is a lot of stuff that goes unseen abroad. What is seen is just a part of what we in Japan have access to.

There are so many of these little shops in Japan.

I go every once in a while with the big purse and get enough guitars to fill a container. Good deals but more fun!

Yahoo suck and is so over priced.