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[LesPaulSpecial1981]

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Edited November 27, 2017 by LesPaulSpecial1981

[w00dsy]

cool guitar, certainly unique. Have you tried the Other Les Paul section at mylespaul.com? It's full of guys who know a lot about the japanese brands. I'd be surprised if one of them wasn't able to help. http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/other-les-pauls/

[soundcreation]

That's one of the nicest old greco's I've seen. Cool.

 

Sorry don't have any info though....as I'm more into the later grecos from the late 70's early 80's.

[Verence]

Ha! I think I owned that exact guitar, like, seven years ago. I loved those pickups.

[w00dsy]

i wonder why the Greco logo is in such an odd position.

[zenbu]

Careful what you choose to believe at the My Les Paul site, lots of opinions but nothing that seems to come directly from the companies involved, seems to me much of it is guess work though some make it sound like fact it isn`t really backed up by info from the Japanese companies.

I had an old Gneco semi hollow that looked like a 335 type, plastic saddles, star tuners...it was pretty nice but I ended up selling it and the guy ho bought it is real happy. There isn`t as much info in the Japan Vintage series of books on the old Grecos as the later stuff. Best I could figure about my old Gneco was early to mid `70s...yours could be from that time or earlier...record keeping did not seem to be a priority back then and little accurate info is available, at least it is hard to find on line and in books I have. It does appear they made the change from Gneco to Greco in the mid `70s but even the Japanese authors who speak the language and have access to info foreigners living thousands of miles away have no idea about can not say for sure just how accurate their data is, so just how guys on the other side of the planet who have never been to Japan to talk to folks who actually worked in the factories or seen the records that do exist can be so certain their info is accurate is a bit of a mystery to me. Fun to read but I don`t go around passing what I see on line as fact.

Nice old Gneco, look for catalogs on line that may give you a ball park idea of what model it is and when it was made...but don`t be too disappointed if you can`t pin it down precisely...as the owner of many old MIJs, I have come to accept that.

[soundcreation]

Thank you for your response! Do you know of anywhere I can track down old Greco parts? I'm in search of a bridge, tuners, and knobs for my Grec...might have to substitute, but I figured I'd look for the real deal for a while..

 

that might be near impossible...but what you could do is sign up for Rinkya.com...(a third party bidding service for people outside japan) and keep an eye open on yahoo auctions japan for parts that come up.

 

It's how I buy nearly all my MIJ stuff.

[zenbu]

a donor guitar is something I`ve done before for old MIJ acoustics I have...it`s worked out great and I have a supply of parts.

[zenbu]

seen this?... I think we have found the model number...

 

http://goyaguitars.tripod.com/catalog68_16.htm

[zenbu]

so you know the year and the model number...personally, I am usually pretty happy when I find both of those things...worth is a hard thing to discern, really comes down to how much somebody wants a particular guitar...rarity and/or age often has nothing to do with value particularly for old MIJs and especially outside Japan, one might find more folks interested in an old Gneco in Japan than outside but hey, who would have thought that the 1980s Grecos sell for as much as they do now...nobody thats who otherwise guys paying huge sums for them these days would have loaded up on them 10-15 years ago when they were dirt cheap. Who knows...the market could drop out on them just as easily. Same could be said for old MIA Gibsons and Fenders...those of us who were around in the `70s and `80s would have bought em all had we known what they`d be selling for these days. Guitar markets are controlled by people and people are fickle...whats hot today may not be hot 10 years from now...me, I would rather have more money than more guitars these days, did my buying before the feeding frenzy began and am a very happy player now. There does seem to be a lot of guys buying guitars every week so they can post pics of them on line and get members to comment...almost like a contest. Aw well, whatever makes em happy eh, if thats the way they get their thrills it`s better than shooting or robbing people for kicks.

[magentaplacenta]

http://tokaiforum.com/

 

They have a Greco section. Register and post actual photos of your guitar, they have some real experts over there.

[humbuckerstrat]

That's a beauty, HNGD!

[j*h]

looks great!congrats!

[soundcreation]

Thanks! Will do.

 

 

I'm over there a lot...you probably won't find much. Most of the guys over there are like me...into the mid year late 70's right through til the 90's. Still though...I'd bet they'd love to have a look at that one...being so unique...and you never know maybe some people have a few of the really old ones...though I can't recall seeing any. And it's a pretty good group over there. Generally pretty solid information.

 

But as Zenbu said...you found the model name, wood type and original price. That's pretty much all I hope for with most of mine.

[HZD]

So, did you find your tuners?

I know this is a bit late, but I just bought one of these Greco 921 and googled a bit and found this post.

Thing is, I wan't to change the tuners on my guitar, so if you want some originals, they're here.