Some quotes from previous posts:villager said:No worries!villager said:ah ok my error..wrong pics...
So the way to distinguish a Super Real neck from a Mint Collection is to se if it says Super Real on it?villager said:ok from that angle you can see the long tenon well ..so its a superreal neck, with a mint collection neck joint...
Ok!villager said:i see no relevance in the amount of carve...they all vary...
villager said:and no fret binding points to mint too...
DNS said:It's refretted by the way, with signs of lost fret edge bindings.
DNS said:Which had the aluminum tailpiece?
DNS said:Oh was there an EG58-100? Thought it was EG59-100 and EG58-120 what ever the difference might be..
DNS said:What about the alu stoptail?
DNS said:Which models had the alu stoptail as original equipment?
NWOBHM said:My 81' super power has a curved belly, but my later 84' mint collections have a flat belly like 50's Les Pauls have. My 54' Les Paul is like that.
You mean curved off course.villager said:how does that help tell what model? doesn't it mean all greco's from that year/series had a carved top around the PU holes?
villager said:yes i seen 1000's and 850's with alu tails...but never knew if they were replacement or original...
Are all Super Reals like that? All the 50's Les Pauls I've seen have a less curved belly between the pick-ups. The top curve on my mint collection is closer to my 54' Les Paul.DNS said:NWOBHM said:My 81' super power has a curved belly, but my later 84' mint collections have a flat belly like 50's Les Pauls have. My 54' Les Paul is like that.
Oh, I thought the curved belly was an heritage from the guitars with p-90's.
And that it went on some time into the humbucker era.
I know there is a Greco Super Real catalog scan in japanese somewhere with pictures that makes it clear that they are proud of having the round belly and not like the other makers a flat belly.
I see no reason for that if it wasn't correct 50's style?
Here it is:
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~shake/greco/catalogue/mintcollection/9.jpg
villager said:i just had a thought...
if the solder joint on the DRY-1982 is unmolested, then it must be either a 59-100 or a 58-120...
NWOBHM said:Are all Super Reals like that? All the 50's Les Pauls I've seen have a less curved belly between the pick-ups. The top curve on my mint collection is closer to my 54' Les Paul.DNS said:NWOBHM said:My 81' super power has a curved belly, but my later 84' mint collections have a flat belly like 50's Les Pauls have. My 54' Les Paul is like that.
Oh, I thought the curved belly was an heritage from the guitars with p-90's.
And that it went on some time into the humbucker era.
I know there is a Greco Super Real catalog scan in japanese somewhere with pictures that makes it clear that they are proud of having the round belly and not like the other makers a flat belly.
I see no reason for that if it wasn't correct 50's style?
Here it is:
http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~shake/greco/catalogue/mintcollection/9.jpg
I'm still not att all talking about the 1000 and 850 models.villager said:where does it say it was not installed on the 1000 and 850 originally?
I only see the 1200 and 120 mentioned, and as that is a comparison article, it doesnt mean that the 1000 and 850 did not originally have an alu tailpiece...
and its quite possible that the tailpieces on one or both of the guitars he is talking about may have been swopped...
you just dont know....unless you read it in a catalogue under ''specifications''....
I have owned literally a hundred various EGF's and I would still not state as a fact that any of them came as standard in any year with aluminium tailpieces.....because although I have seen many many tailpieces, I have never actually read from an official greco source which tailpiece was standard on which model..
from that article it seems likely that the EGF-1200 and the EG58-120 did have a factory light tailpiece, ..but it does not in any way actaully prove it...
it throws no light on the 1000 and 850 models ...either alu or non alu......
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