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Holy grail: an all-mahogany SE600 with a set neck. But I have a fair collection of rare and unusual Greco SE's, most of which I've hunted down online in Japan. Kind of makes sense if Japanese surplus store dump their overflow there. I know some ppl that hunt guitars in both the Philippines and in Thailand, and it seems an unusual number of oddballs turn up there. I'll take some snaps at the next string change. For some reason, it doesn't seem like I shot any inside pics of it, but as I recall, it was as expected, with Maxon PU-100 pickups and standard electronics. I haven't posted it here earlier, actually, I'm mostly active in various Facebook groups. The only problem I have with it is that I can't put it down after playing it. I think I've tried a couple of American and Mexican Fenders, and will try them again to compare it to my Greco. Anyways, when I walked in and played it, it felt like a dream. The seller also said that a lot of people had contacted him earlier, saying that whoever had bought the guitar was very lucky, which, made me really happy about it. Most of the guitars found here come from Japanese Surplus shops, these shops buy containers worth of trash and discarded items from Japan, and sell them again here in the PH. It is very rare to find Japanese guitars originally from their owners here in the Philippines. Instead, it fell into the hands of his employee, whose cousin is also a guitarist. My guitar was basically from a local wealthy guy, who took the guitar to be disposed of. But wow! As rare as a guitar as it is, it is a dream to play. (Which mind you, was really hard to find on the net.) I thought it was an SE-380, but it makes me happy since you mentioned that it might be some type of SE-500.
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I was really interested because it had the exact string tree as mine. It sounds great, for some reason, the no 2 switch position tone is especially superb.Ĭlick to expand.What a coincidence! I found some of your posts, and was trying to find pictures of your guitar, but could only find the one in your profile picture. The fretboard is flatter than standard (I don't have a radius gauge, but probably 10-12 in) and the profile is a D-shape, making the playing feel a bit like a narrow-necked Les Paul. One of my favourite Strats, the neck is not only bound (basically unique among MIJ Strats, to my knowledge) but also has a totally individual profile. I'll see if I can organize some photos to post. Some rarities are just too odd for ppl to take a chance on. There are ppl doing the research, so we might get lucky. The only hope of finding out more would be if it turns up in a store ad in some old Japanese guitar magazine. Judging from how rare they are (and I trawl Japanese sales sites daily since 7-8 years back) I'd guess the production number are a few tens of guitars or so. Greco had what was basically a custom shop operation going from 1972, building guitars to order both to individual customers and stores and distributors who wanted something special to offer. Since there are a few around, my guess is that it's part of a small store order run.
#1972 greco stratocaster serial#
Yours is the third I've ever seen, there is one in a Japanese photo book I have with a G78 serial but no background info at all. It's definitely not a catalog model, but mine seems to be basically built to 1978 SE500 standard. Mine seems to be 100% original, but the background of it is unknown. For some reason, the no 2 switch position tone is especially superb. Mine's also August 1978 with a serial about 700 lower.