Recent content by Nowherez

I opted for slow shipping (which actually wasn’t that bad :) ) and it arrived today. I’ve tinkered with it, changed saddles, polished the frets, set it up and intonated it.. Pickups were indeed Excels (stamped both “31276” and “excel”), string separation at the bridge were standard vintage...

WoW! Thanks.. super useful information.. Much appreciated!! ... looking forward to receiving this axe! I used to own a Greco SE500 with Excels (I think maybe they were maybe installed later?) Anyway excellent sounding and I regretfully sold it along with a Tokai to finance another guitar.. ((As...

BTW if PU-100/PU-119 refer to string spacing, does that mean I'd have to file down the sides of the saddles I am planning to install (- ..original rolled steel Fender saddles)?

Thanks for excellent info on these Grecos! I just bought one (not yet shipped): a gorgeous 1-piece ash/sen body SE-800N - serial A773522 (January '77?). Headstock has no information, so it is either a special order or logo was removed before being "burnt in" and headstock then re-finished.. I...

If anyone has more detailed info on this I'd be curious to learn more!!! I still find it so weird that - according to the Greco '77 catalogue anyway - they install the PU-100 in the higher end models and the PU-119 in the mid-level models. That would make no sense at all.. Does anyone know...