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- #Fujigen greco basses serial numbers#
- #Fujigen greco basses serial number#
- #Fujigen greco basses full#
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#Fujigen greco basses serial number#
The lower priced no serial number Greco Les Paul and SG models were made by Cor-Tek (Cort) and usually have Cor-Tek (Cort) potentiometers. Some Greco open book headstock Gibson replicas starting from around 1988 had no serial numbers. Most of the Greco open book headstock Gibson replicas were made by FujiGen Gakki. Since the mid 1990s Greco models have used other serial number formats as well. Sometimes a month letter is used in an MYPPPP format.
#Fujigen greco basses serial numbers#
Greco Gibson replicas started using serial numbers around 1975 and pre 1975 models had a Greco logo that looked like "Gneco".įrom the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s Greco models have mostly used 2 serial number formats for non Acoustic models. We are not told who said this, so it's pretty meaningless.Greco guitars have been made by Matsumoku, Fuji-Gen Gakki, Dyna Gakki and others as well. I think that is a very accurate description." "I inquired in Japan what these were and was told it was - Custom Shop before there was Custom Shop. The only thing we have here to back up the Custom Shop claim is your comment: So why not simply call them "special orders"? That would make sense as it's what Fender do - they make FSRs - Factory Special Runs - but they don't claim that they are "Custom Shop" guitars because they were not made in the Custom Shop! And apparently, from what you have said, neither Greco nor the manufacturer did either. That is not what I would call a Custom Shop. Along with guitars from several other brands too, I assume. They were (apparently) special order guitars with certain different features made in the same factory as all the other guitars of that brand were made. Were what you call "Custom Shop" guitars made in a specific, separate factory or sub-part of the Fujigen factory? The answer seems to be "no" so that isn't what any reasonable person would call a Custom Shop. By contrast you seem to have an interpretation that is so wide & vague as to be meaningless! I wouldn't say "narrow", I would say "specific". ESP started doing the same back then as well. So better woods, finishes, pickups and construction by their top luthiers were available through Project Series models.
#Fujigen greco basses full#
So they did full custom order or could order Project Series models which were built in batches to a higher spec than normal production models. Diagram in bottom left shows how that process worked and also refers to a Project Series shop, which at this point would have been at Fujigen.: The orders would be held until they had orders for about 40 guitars, then they would be built together. They described them as a line of built to order guitars that allowed minor changes, rather than full one off custom. They required a special order, from dealers they called 'Greco Special Agent' or had to be ordered direct through Kanda Shokai, Greco's parent company. Project Series, were a line of specific models above the normal catalog, but not one-off builds. Mid 70's they made full one-off bespoke guitars if you wanted them: