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jacco Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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No, more likely a Cort (Korea) made Greco |
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LessPoul Plucker
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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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. |
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jacco Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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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 |
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Koubayashi Guitar God
Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 1544 Location: Tokyo
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Posted: Wed Mar 23, 2011 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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jacco wrote: | 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 |
Cort made Grecos also have a different kind of plastic in the inlays, the logo and the diamond in case its a Custom. Further, you can see it on the screws which holds the bridge. Also, the Japanese often have nickel and the Korean regular chrome. All of which can be identified easily if the seller provide decent pictures. |
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jacco Guitar God
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:09 am Post subject: |
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Yeah I was talking about easy to identify diffs in the cavities.
We're forgetting the block nut and coloured pup wire on Corts. |
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LessPoul Plucker
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:29 am Post subject: |
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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 |
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japanstrat Guitar God
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:58 am Post subject: |
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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.
 _________________ When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. Rodney Dangerfield |
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jacco Guitar God
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:37 am Post subject: |
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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:
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Koubayashi Guitar God
Joined: 13 Dec 2008 Posts: 1544 Location: Tokyo
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:14 am Post subject: |
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Many Tokai made Greco do not have FEB.
But if one has then there is no doubt. |
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dombat Guitar God
Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 307 Location: France
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:19 am Post subject: |
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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 |
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LessPoul Plucker
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:12 am Post subject: |
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Thank you very much for this info. |
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muccax Guitar God
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Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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hi
some time ago i had a cort made greco .... and it had the normal size pots
all the best
otto |
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Ratae Corieltauvorum Power chords are my friend
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japanstrat Guitar God
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 2:43 am Post subject: |
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Yes, that's a Tokai made Greco EGC-75. _________________ When I was a kid my parents moved a lot, but I always found them. Rodney Dangerfield |
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dryuch I only know 3 chords
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Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2017 8:37 am Post subject: |
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Hi! One qwestion: what model of pickups used in Tokai made Greco eg-75? |
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