Hello everyone.
I am new to the forum and this is my first post here. I plan to get a vintage Les Paul high quality custom and I have been researching Greco LPs for some time now. Although there seems to be some confusion regarding the various models, I have figured out that the desired models are the super real, super sound, and mint collection series, but I am after a higher model with quality woods and nitro finish, Fujigen made from 1977 to 1989 (egc800 and upper, although not sure if the EG 800 model is nitro or not).
Having these in mind I just found a Greco LP custom for sale that seems to be a 1987 mint collection (open "o" on the Greco logo ) but instead of the typical plain burst top, this one has a very nice flame top in natural finish (solid maple top 5mm thick). The problem is that the seller does not know anything else about the guitar, if it is nitro or poly, what model it is,what is the fretboard wood, the pickups etc.
He just said he bought the guitar from a Japanese seller who told him it was a custom order model. So ...I could use a knowledgeable person' s opinion ...would the guitar be legit, meaning, could this be indeed the case and if yes, what would be the guitar' s specs, model and approx.value? For reference, the serial is F870505. And here is a
photo of a similar guitar advertised as EG700, but starting with the letter
J on the serial. ...
....Any help much appreciated!
I am new to the forum and this is my first post here. I plan to get a vintage Les Paul high quality custom and I have been researching Greco LPs for some time now. Although there seems to be some confusion regarding the various models, I have figured out that the desired models are the super real, super sound, and mint collection series, but I am after a higher model with quality woods and nitro finish, Fujigen made from 1977 to 1989 (egc800 and upper, although not sure if the EG 800 model is nitro or not).
Having these in mind I just found a Greco LP custom for sale that seems to be a 1987 mint collection (open "o" on the Greco logo ) but instead of the typical plain burst top, this one has a very nice flame top in natural finish (solid maple top 5mm thick). The problem is that the seller does not know anything else about the guitar, if it is nitro or poly, what model it is,what is the fretboard wood, the pickups etc.
He just said he bought the guitar from a Japanese seller who told him it was a custom order model. So ...I could use a knowledgeable person' s opinion ...would the guitar be legit, meaning, could this be indeed the case and if yes, what would be the guitar' s specs, model and approx.value? For reference, the serial is F870505. And here is a
photo of a similar guitar advertised as EG700, but starting with the letter
J on the serial. ...