Hi all,
I would like some more information about my new Greco, imported from Japan.
The serial number dates it to 1985, but pot dates are 1982.
Assuming it's made 1985 makes it a EX80 instead of EX800, just because Greco adapted the numbering scheme from Tokai. But then it's optically a kind of a mixture between the catalog models. It has the flamed scyamore top but additionally the picguard. Also look at the arrangement of the pots, which is tilted like EX800 and not the EX800H. (Same later fot EX80 and EX80 H).
In 1981 the specs are 'mahagony back'. I'm no expert in wood, but the body is not mahagony. The neck could be mahagony. Also the pickups are not stamped, but should be 'Double Trick' (and sound great).
And I think I found a matching model in the Tokai 1984 catalog, the TEX80. Could it be Tokai made?
I would like some more information about my new Greco, imported from Japan.
The serial number dates it to 1985, but pot dates are 1982.
Assuming it's made 1985 makes it a EX80 instead of EX800, just because Greco adapted the numbering scheme from Tokai. But then it's optically a kind of a mixture between the catalog models. It has the flamed scyamore top but additionally the picguard. Also look at the arrangement of the pots, which is tilted like EX800 and not the EX800H. (Same later fot EX80 and EX80 H).
In 1981 the specs are 'mahagony back'. I'm no expert in wood, but the body is not mahagony. The neck could be mahagony. Also the pickups are not stamped, but should be 'Double Trick' (and sound great).
And I think I found a matching model in the Tokai 1984 catalog, the TEX80. Could it be Tokai made?