Catalogs Collections: Greco, Fernandes/Burny, Ibanez, etc.

[Frankie_B]

Hi guys, a quick update on the website. I'm currently busy to translate the whole website in french... it's a hard work! Once I'll finish I'll upload more catalogs; I have a bunch of them for several japanese brands.
This year, I pretend to translate the whole website in english too.
May the force be with me!

 

[nigelthebald]

Great stuff, Frankie! Keep up the good work.

 

[Shunichiro Shimizu]

It's a wonderful project !
I can translate Japanese into English, so I can help a little.
If there is a person who wants to translate,
please message the target catalog URL and the model number to my Profile Posts or Conversation.

 

[formula73]

This is brilliant. After owning it for 15 years, you helped me find out my V is a Burny FFV-70.

 

[Shunichiro Shimizu]

I think that FFV-70 is Fernandes model.
https://www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br/fernandes-burny-catalogo-1980/

I think that similar Burny model is RVF-75.
https://www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br/fernandes-burny-catalogo-1982/
https://www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br/fernandes-burny-catalogo-1982-volume-2/
and more...

Which is your V ?
And there is also the artist model V.

 

[Frankie_B]

Thank you all for the kind words. I'm very happy to know the catalogue database is useful for you guys.
@Blue Blood All I have about Greco is already online. It's very dificult to find more '83 documents.

 

[Frankie_B]

Hello Guys, the French translation of the website is done. I'm starting the English translation now that I expect to finish within 3 months. Then I'll put more catalogs online, I have more History and Cool Z catalogs to upload.

 

[Frankie_B]

Update! English version is almost done. Also, all catalogs are compressed so you will be able to consult them faster.
Just added some Suzuki acoustic guitar catalogs to the website too.

 

[Lumi71]

Great work! Thanks for all your effort!

 

[Frankie_B]

My pleasure Luml71, I hope this is useful for everyone!

 

[Frankie_B]

Just to let you know guys, I'm going to complete History and Cool Z catalogs and will add Aria Pro, ESP, Charvel/Jackson and Kramer catalogs too. Thanks for all your support

 

[Frankie_B]

Hi guys, catalogues added today:

• 6 Fender Japan
• 5 Orville by Gibson
• 1 Yamaha (total 48)
• 1 FGN (total 6)
• 5 Cool Z (total 7)
• 15 History (total 16)

First post updated

 

[Frankie_B]

Catalogs added this week:

• 13 Fender Japan (total 19)
• 1 GR Guitar Synthesizer
• 1 HS Anderson
• 2 Heerby
• 3 Epiphone
• 5 Electra

 

[Roxy13]

I need a favor, perhaps from someone with a larger monitor than I have. I'm trying to find out what pickups are in my 1991 Greco FA-95. Here it is in the 1992 catalog, but I can't read this. All I can read are the words "maple", "pickup" and "price" Whatever the pickups are it looks like 3 letters with a x 2 after it. I would really appreciate any help as I can't even read it with my reading glasses.

Greco 1992 Catalogue - Vintage Japan Guitars

Greco 1992 Guitars Catalogue. We offer a lot of free guitar catalogs of many Japanese brands or Made in Japan guitars.

www.vintagejapanguitars.com.br

 

[nigelthebald]

Sorry, Roxy - the scan's too fuzzy to be legible on my 24" screen. Maybe @Frankie_B can help?

 

[Roxy13]

Sorry, Roxy - the scan's too fuzzy to be legible on my 24" screen. Maybe @Frankie_B can help?

Thanks for trying. There is very little about this guitar on the internet and some of what I did find is just blatantly false. People are posting it comes with Dry Zs...not 10 years after Maxon stopped making them (or Greco stopped using them) unless someone put them in there. Some are also saying it has a Brazilian fretboard as well. I doubt it.

I had been thinking they were Groove pickups but now after trying to look at that catalog I'm thinking maybe not unless what I see as "x 2" is actually "ve".

 

[Frankie_B]

Sorry Roxy, the original pics I use for the PDF were very compressed and bad quality so I can't help.
However, I will see if I have some better version somewhere.

 

[Frankie_B]

No better version on my drive unfortunately :/ Sorry

 

[currypowder]

This probably doesn't help too much, but this catalog spec page from 1989 has an FA67-75 (probably the same or very similar model as your '92). They list the pickups as Groove x 2. That's as close as I can get.

The World of Musical Instruments Brochures - Greco Guitar Catalog 1989

 

[Frankie_B]

Same in 90' catalog page 10

Greco Catalog 1990