Tokai made Greco

jacco · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject:

No, more likely a Cort (Korea) made Greco

LessPoul · Plucker Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 12

Thank you. Think I will skip the one I have been offered then. It is claimed to be a Tokai made - but no serial what so ever to spot on the guitar.

jacco · Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject:

Tokai made Greco's don't have a serial only a model type in the pickup cavity. Sometimes it also lacks the model type so it's good to know how to identify a Tokai opposed to Cort:
Tokai: square tab routing, Cort: oval tab routing
Tokai: medium tenon, Cort: long square tenon (often with bolt)
Tokai: diagonal wire routing, Cort: straight wire routing

Koubayashi · Guitar God Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 1544 Location: Tokyo

jacco · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:09 am Post subject:

Yeah I was talking about easy to identify diffs in the cavities.

We're forgetting the block nut and coloured pup wire on Corts.

LessPoul · Plucker Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 12

He he, this is really tricky territory for a newbie...

Could anyone post a picture or two, of the differences between the Cort and Tokai made Greco LP Custom?

Here is a picture of how it looks. It has the same wire and tenon - but not the "egc 75" stamp.

http://i456.photobucket.com/albums/qq282/clines99/tok/212d-3.jpg

japanstrat · Guitar God Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 879

That's a Tokai made Greco.

Note the 2 square shaped shallow holes on each side of the bottom of the pickup cavity, that's done by a Tokai factory router.

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jacco · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:37 am Post subject:

Differences between Tokai & Cort made Greco's from this picture:

1. Tokai: square tab routing, Cort: oval tab routing
2. Tokai: diagonal wire routing, Cort: straight wire routing
3. Tokai: medium tenon, Cort: long tenon
4. Tokai: braided pup wire, Cort: coloured plastic pup wire
5. Tokai: fret edge binding, Cort: no fret edge binding

Tokai:

Cort:

Koubayashi · Guitar God Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 1544 Location: Tokyo

Many Tokai made Greco do not have FEB.
But if one has then there is no doubt.

dombat · Guitar God Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 311 Location: France

6. Tokai: no paint onto the pickup routings, Cort: mat black isolation paint
7. Tokai: regular diameter pots, Cort: small diameter pots
8. Tokai: not centered tenon, Cort: centered tenon

LessPoul · Plucker Joined: 11 Mar 2011 Posts: 12

Thank you very much for this info.

muccax · Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject:

hi
some time ago i had a cort made greco .... and it had the normal size pots

all the best
otto

Ratae Corieltauvorum · Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:29 pm Post subject:

Like this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150586065266&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
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japanstrat · Guitar God Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 879

Yes, that's a Tokai made Greco EGC-75.
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dryuch · I only know 3 chords Joined: 04 May 2009 Posts: 17

Hi! One qwestion: what model of pickups used in Tokai made Greco eg-75?