![]() It did have a Bigsby tailpiece for a while but I discovered you couldn't reach the controls very easily so I restored a fixed tailpiece. The original frets are almost flush with the fingerboard making it the fastest action guitar I possess. It's also had two different tailpieces which rotted along with a variety new bridge saddles. Years of Florida and Southern States sweat landing directly in the uncovered pickups saw it go through three sets of various humbuckers whilst touring. It was then stained a sort of beechwood for a while but I soon reduced to it back to its natural wood finish. Mine stayed sunburst throughout the 'Aaron' years but in recent times I reduced it to its natural wood finish and a coat of varnish. Greco have since appeared back on the scene in recent years as producers of very fine – but still copies – of standard design guitars. It was originally a sunburst copy made in Japan as a sample copy for Summerfield Brothers, the distributors of CSL guitars in the 1970's. I spent the princely sum of £80 on this unique 'axe' in 1971 as I entered into teacher training college. Definitely looks original to the period."A lot of history oozes out of this guitar. Note the black and white cloth wires, which is different than the single grey wire on the neck pup. They are different in that they are both the same output as my neck pup, and they have adjustment screws instead of rods. The magnet is ceramic, though the low output, as well as the warmth and "woodiness" imparted by the guitars hollow body (no center block, just a post under the bridge) seems to mellows out any spikiness or harshness, leaving a very full, responsive, and musical tone.īelow is link where a guy disassembles and rewinds pickups that look quit similar to those in my Greco 920. These pickups are apparently a kind of generic late 60s make that are found in various brands of MIJ guitars, including Greco. By the excellent set up you can tell that somebody loved this guitar, that it was a player. If the frets are new, they are very well done, level, and impeccably dressed. The fact that there is absolutely no wear on the frets also makes me suspicious that the guitar may have had a refret at some point with larger wire. I'm also surprised by the size of the frets, as my other other 60s/early 70s MIJ guitars (UNIVOX, Teisco, Heit, Silvertone, etc.) all have tiny frets. As it is bone I would expect it to have yellowed to some degree if it is 50+ years old. I think the nut may have been replaced, as it seems slightly narrower than the nut slot. ![]()
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