greco eg59-65 is it or is it not?

[mojo hobo]

Hello mojo hobo reporting from mojo central,located in my house,on my NEW GUITARS DAY..........Got two delivered today,a GRECO AND A ORVILLE?
Its the GRECO that i want opinion on from all you very friendly bunch.
The details are as follows,
serial no 3 ****
2-piece mahogany body
2-piece maple top solid
fret edge binding
black caps
screaming 82 in the rear ,marked with a sticker,simular type pickup in the neck but no sticker and looks wax potted.unlike the bridge pup.
GRECO mint collection truss rod cover
GOLD GRECO Logo with open O.
Long neck tennon and routing onthe right side of the neck pup(fujigen)
Really NICE INLAYS,this is my first GRECO and i am very impressed with it,very nice indeedy,well made.
Spent most of the day cleaning it,Man it was covered in tar from ciggie smoke and i thought the tuners were gold till i cleaned them
talk about tobacco burst,he he! ,slipped that lil old pun in nicely,,,,shall we continue ,
going by the greco catalogue i have deduced it is might be the EG59-65 MODEL,here is the porn...










What do you think,yes or no...wil not have time to put any strings on today as off to work soon ,arh!!! by the way the other guitar was a 1994 fujigen orville if you are interested will post some pictures after i have cleaned that one up as well.
Itching to try out them screamers..WORK IS FOR PUNKS....


MOJO HOBO

 

[mojo hobo]

OK !!! SECOND REPORT INCOMING:
I have now found out this is actually a eg59-60/eg59-600.
The eg59-65 had a flame veneer top, the eg59-70/eg59-700 never had screamers.
I will go to bed a happy



MOJO HOBO

 

[UITA]

Good to see they've come in one piece, have fun tomorrow.

EDIT: IS that the time? I mean today.

 

[Udonitron]

Haha you finally got it I see, sweet man! Similar to the one I had and recently sold also...I only paid $150 for the one below & I kind of miss it! I am sure I will buy another one down the road...yes, yes I will.

 

[mojo hobo]

CHEERS UDO MAN!
HI MAN!HOW ARE YOU DOING? HAVE YOU BROUGHT ANY MORE GUITARS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS
yeah a nice guitar,wish i paid as little as you did for yours $150,that is the real deal,cheaper than cheap.
Think i paid a little too much for it ,but that is because i am stubborn as a mule.

The other guitar was a fujigen orville ,now that guitar is a real gem,and is now my doodling guitar. it has a stripped top that i was planning to refinish but i kinda like the natural wood look and it is covered in a matt finish.
I will post some pictures soon ,
just about to put some boomers on my greco



MOJO HOBO

 

[mojo hobo]

UITA Thanks a lot ,yeah i was a little worried about using SAL for a change,so was really over the moon they arrived safe & sound and quite quickly.it is customs and parcelforce that slows everything down.
We use SAL again ,still no sign of my sea shipment yet.
I like this greco a lot ,just about to put some strings on her and then put here through a few led zeppelin tracks.

HOPE your new JS custom is fine and dandy,safe and sound.
Will speak to you soon !

mojo hobo

 

[nwobhm]

Nice one! I like those early Mint Collections from 82-83' . I have a 82' EG59-70,fret edge binding and fat neck. Most of the ones I've had after 83' had slimmer necks and no FEB.

 

[vladmaximus]

cool...congrats...rock on!!!

 

[RocknRoller]

And... wheres the orville?

 

[mojo hobo]

ok!ok! Give me chance rocknroller,Here is the pictures......
as long as it keeps you happy....
It is a 1994 fujigen orville,and at the moment i loving it ,the stripped top in nice and you can really feel the maple cap vibrate ,gives it a really distinct sound,hard to explain,you really need to play it? strum a chord then place you hand on the top anywhere and you will the hear the difference in tone.kinda mutes it slighty?





This orville cost me in your money $234.00 without shipping and duty,about 129.00 uk pounds 18500 japanese yen ,a bargain buy.
The input jack was all cracked and stuck with gaffer tape ,as you can see from the photo,i have removed that sticky mess and have a new one on the way along with some new gold knobs.
ENJOY ROCKNROLLER!!!

MOJO HOBO

 

[RocknRoller]

Nice orville, being abit beat up, most ppl would walk straight past it, but if it were me, id make it a project guitar, throw some nice pick ups in it, experiment with afew different things here and there, and u have your self a great playing and sounding guitar plus have fun doing it in the mean time!

Was that top sanded down when you got it?
What serial number is it? fuji or terada?

 

[mojo hobo]

yes the top was already stripped when i brought it,that is why i brought it i knew it was a fujigen straight away by neck joint and headstock shape, because at the time i saw it on yahoo japan ,there was no info on it,no sellers description,i did not have the serial no or any rear headstock shots to see the serial no.
I was planning to refinish it thats why i got it ,but i like the sound and top that way kinda different to what i have .The only thing that is bugging me is that whoever done the top done a fantastic job,it is really smooth,however he never took the finish off under the god damn poker chip or pickups,the guitar was originally a cherry sunburst ,so lift the pup selector a bit and there is a perfect cherry red circle.arhhhh!!!!!!
This guitar is as good as my ORVILLE BY GIBSON fujigen reissue 94,it feels the same ,sounds simular,a slight bright percussive quality to the sound these fujigens make.a real steal of a deal?

mojo hobo

 

[68 Bullit]

Very Nice, always wanted a Greco super real but always missed out on ebay or craigslist