Beautiful guitar! The pickups sure did do the trick too!

@Guitar_Magic

8 ай бұрын

It's a really good sounding Greco, pretty much every PAF like pickup works well with it.

I recently bought this guitar. Pretty sure they're Dry pickups but I've heard Double trick are a possibility. I've had many good, but not great Gibsons. This guitar is amazing.

@Guitar_Magic

Жыл бұрын

You mean you bought a similar one, right? This one is still with me. In this video I used just an old set of SD Alnico's, nothing too fancy. If the wood has "IT", the guitar will sound great with almost any low-output PAF-type humbuckers in my experience. You can color the tone and EQ with changing pickups, but they won't magically transform a guitar.

@qua7771

10 ай бұрын

How do I shop for one?

@superglassbucks6356

10 ай бұрын

@@Guitar_Magic yes similar sorry

@superglassbucks6356

10 ай бұрын

@@qua7771 I actually traded it along with some other items for some Warrior guitars. The eg59/70 was the thing I miss the most. But getting new Warriors is hard to pass. I got lucky a local store had a container come in so I bought some and could physically play them. Otherwise just Reverb or Google I guess

@qua7771

9 ай бұрын

​@@Guitar_MagicI agree. I have a 1988 EG59-70 on the way. It has the original pickups which should be DRY '82's. I hope it's a keeper. I hadn't heard any complaints about these Greco's.

Holy crap, it plays itself without an amp!

@Guitar_Magic

9 ай бұрын

My camera went crazy that day so only the mic'd audio recording was captured.

Burst tone❤

You really captured the chirpiness and double tone of those vintage '58-'60 Bursts. Superb tone. How does it compare to your CS Gibsons?

@Guitar_Magic

Жыл бұрын

Every guitar is unique, there are outstanding and boring examples within every brand/model/series. This is a nice one for sure and have the mojo of the good Historics.

I have a 78 Greco EG-550, it's awesome! Or as some would probably call it, a Japson. Ha!

Hey! that's a nice Gibson Les Paul? No, it's a Greco. Oh! was it made in Greece?

@Guitar_Magic

Жыл бұрын

Partly true. The history is pretty interesting. The late descendants of the renaissance painter and sculpture - El Greco - established the manufactory in the 20th century when they sailed out to Japan after World War 1 to introduce the Flamenco guitar to the Japanese audience.

What's better, a Greco or a Tokai?

@leeder92

10 ай бұрын

Tokai every time. I've had 3 and they're incredible guitars.

@thomaskinne2357

9 ай бұрын

Well, I suppose that kinda depends on when & where it was made. When they were both being made in Japan, very similar.

@thomaskinne2357

9 ай бұрын

The Love Rock doesn't disappoint. This is certain. Nor do Greco's EG guitars. But with Tokai in particular, they've been made all over the place. & I'm kinda assuming one means with an open book headstock, this changes too. I suppose, hence the lawsuit.

@qua7771

9 ай бұрын

Some of the later Greco's with no serial were made in the Tokai plant if you cannot decide (circa '88-89).

@thomaskinne2357

9 ай бұрын

What's kinda interesting about that is, I used to have a Tokai Love Rock, with no serial number on it. No country of origin either. They sure are made, all over the place. But this one actually had an open book headstock.

Are these Dry-Z´s?

@Guitar_Magic

Жыл бұрын

No, in this clip I used a regular 90s set of SD Alnico 2's.

@jcsk8

Жыл бұрын

@@Guitar_Magic Thanks

For sale?

@Guitar_Magic

6 ай бұрын

Not for sale, sorry.

Not a great sound TBH ImHo, very shrill, my Gibson standard 1986 sounds better and CS 58 , 2002 sound far better, it looks good but when it comes to sounds it just doesn’t have the presence of any Gibson I have owned IMHO just like all the Gibson versus Greco videos

@Guitar_Magic

2 ай бұрын

I have to disagree. Firstly, this is not a comparison video therefore you have no base of justification. I uploaded comparisons of this guitar against various R8 and R9 models and it held its own pretty well (sayin this as a huge vintage and CS Gibson fan). This guitar is just a hell of a good LP. from a n era when Gibson was in deep sh*t. It's true that Gibsons have more presence in general (South-Central vs African Khaya mahogany) but not always. This one had more bite than the majority MIJ LPs. It was a great specimen.

@Tstdycgyr

2 ай бұрын

@@Guitar_Magic base of justification? What are you on about ? You disagree , that’s your opinion, that was my opinion

I really think that Gibson should sue them. I can’t see how they could lose.

@Squall6575

Жыл бұрын

They are outside Gibson’s legal reach. So long as they dont set up shop in the US. Anyhow, maybe if gibson made better guitars at better prices, we wouldnt need the grecos and Tokais of the world

@guitarman3968

Жыл бұрын

@@Squall6575 I own several Gibson guitars and haven’t had any issues with any of them. Anyway, Gibson’s poor quality control, if true, doesn’t give a competitor the right to copy them.

@Squall6575

Жыл бұрын

@@guitarman3968 i will admit, as of 2019, their QC has vastly improved. But this the free market, and if Gibson isnt providing what some buyers want, others can.

@guitarman3968

Жыл бұрын

@@Squall6575 But not an exact repetition. That’s nothing short of copying. Obviously a Fender product doesn’t resemble a Gibson. PRS is different from Fender.

@Guitar_Magic

Жыл бұрын

I don't think Greco still make Les Paul-style guitars like this one. It's an old guitar and there were lawsuits back in the day.