Yes, this is all original. Fingerboard is irregular for SA1200, Brazilian rosewood.also original to the guitar I'm assuming since it is a 1200
that fingerboard looks absolutely sick and Brazzy
Dry Z pickup Set sales for 129,000 yen = $1,172 USD
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No, SA-1200 is finished by nitrocellulose lacquer.
OK. The binding just looks like has that amber color of a cashew finish in this picture.
Cashew Finish
Cashew Finish
somebodyelseuk
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Genuine or not, he got ripped off. They aren't that good.Hopefully whoever bought the set on YJ didn't get ripped off
interesting observation Harold about the Z stamp; I wonder if any of the Zs I've owned had a 'fake' Z stamp?
Is there a way to tell if the Z stamp is legit, or 'fake?'
Looking at the Z stamps in the two above links I can't really tell any difference; is there something that gives away a 'fake' Z stamp that most here would not discern?
Also, some of my Dry Z pickups have serial numbers that start with the number 2 & some start with the number 8
Yeah, the sets I have owned only had the two round holes; not the third square hole which is an attribute of the (later) Mint Collection era pickups.
I'm curious, have you ever owned a set? I have, and think they are among the best available, in my opinion.
I think so, too.
BigTone
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Curious how you know, doesn't really look any different from my SA1200
CliffsGuitarWorld
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SA-1200’s have an Indian Rosewood fretboard.
CliffsGuitarWorld
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Last Sale for an untouched matching set of 1980 Dry-Z is $2200. Jselect.... I agree with you.
BigTone
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Crikey, that's more than I paid for my 1980 SA1200
Although the catalog says so, there are actually many Brazilian rosewood SA-1200s in existence. Think about it. It is inherently strange that Brazilian rosewood is used for EGF-1200, which was not the highest grade, and Brazilian rosewood is not used for SA-1200, which was the highest grade semi-acoustic. If you look at the Greco catalog, it says that SA-1200 is an Indian rosewood fingerboard and SA-900 is rosewood, which is also strange (laughs).
So, yours is also have a BRW, I think.
BigTone
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Ha, I would love to think so but I doubt I would be that lucky. I'll assume it's the normal stuff and then I won't be disappointed
