It was natural and will likely wind up the same, in nitro. I got a really light one in 2 piece sen which looks like ash, surprisingly. It was a bit of work to get it all shaped properly and lined up, because they slapped it together somewhat crookedly. I'm happy with the guitar, esp after shaping the neck to be slightly narrower at the nut and stripping the thick polyurethane finish from all surfaces except the decal face. The ash body provides those incredible sounds that made the Tele famous- solid bottom end and great top end. GRECO Spacey Sound Telecaster Thinline 72 natural ASH made in. Blonde finish, factory vibrato, maple board and that great Tele tone. Uncommon on the French market and rightly wanted, our Japanese network allows us to offer them. The tuners are weird, heavy, but very sensitive, on a large HS with 2 trees. This is the68 Fender USA Telecaster w/ F Bigsby. Greco Spacey Sounds Telecaster Type Red Electric Guitar Shipped from Japan. Ending Friday at 11:32AM GMT 3d 3h Click & Collect. Epiphone ES-339 Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar in Natural Finish. The bridge was mounted crookedly and with not enough intonation clearance on the bass side. Greco Spacey Sounds Thinline Telecaster 1970’s Japan Vintage Rare. The saddles (on mine) are likewise cast strat 70's type, and they form a narrow tele-like spacing, which is good. It's like they weren't thinking as they raced to make copies. But the tremolo arm hole is bored almost 90 degrees, so you have to bend the arm in order to have any action. ie., mine has a pot metal block cast in one piece like a 70's strat. 1976 Greco Thinline Telecaster Description: Made in Japan in early 1976, this is a rare Greco Spacey Sounds model Telecaster in transparent blonde (rather. They're good guitars, but they have faults. Curiously, JV Stratocaster guitars are often better paid than GRECO Strats. It appears that the neck leans toward the bass side, and the pocket is probably suspect, as it was on a sparkle sounds I repaired, 1978. GRECO Stras became Fender JV Stratocasters, then later MIJ and CIJ Stratocasters, made by the same guys who made the GRECO Sparkle Sound, Spacey Sound, Super Sounds, and Super Real Stratocasters from 1977-1981. VAT-free sales possible to businesses and individuals in the EU (outside the UK) with a valid VAT Number.The description was bollocks, but I'm sure the buyer knew what he was getting. Set up for Keith style open G tuning without the low E string and.
GRECO SPACEY SOUNDS TELECASTER SERIAL
Price includes VAT at 20% (for sales in UK/EU) – buyers outside the EU please contact us for tax-free prices. GRECO TC-500 Spacey Sounds 1976 Black MIJ fujigen keith Serial : D761930 Wow Check out this rare vintage mid 1970's rosewood fretboard Greco TC-500 Spacey Sounds Black finish w / 3ply black pickguard. Our ace guitar-slinging apprentice Joel is not going to be happy when we sell this – it’s been his guitar of choice for demoing gear – but he can still use mine when this one goes. We believe this to have been made by the FujiGen factory – it dates from 1979 – by which time the quality of these guitars was easily-matching Fender’s own – the pickups are most likely by Maxon.
Someone decided they didn’t like the pearl pickguard and sprayed it black at some point, but they made a very good job of it, so we’ve left it as-is. Inevitably there’s a few minor scuffs, dings and scratches, and some oxidation in places to the metal parts, but overall it’s in very good condition for its age.
GRECO SPACEY SOUNDS TELECASTER FULL
In excellent condition for its age and playing superbly, having had a full pro set-up courtesy of Xperience Guitars in Nottingham, this twin-humbucking beast is a cracker, and for a fraction of the cost of a 70s American-made Fender. **Please note: we had a strap-related accident with this after the photos were taken and it’s gained a couple of hefty dings on the edge of the body, hence the price reduction – we’ve added extra shots (the last 4 photos above) to show extra detail of the body.**
Greco’s Fenders were so good that they were eventually amalgamated by Fender Japan with the builders who made these guitars going on to build Japanese Fenders. It’s no secret that during the seventies some of the good Japanese factories were capable of building better Fenders than Fender, and this is an example of how good they became. I’d always hankered after a vintage Fender Thinline Tele and when I was on the hunt for one in the USA, I stumbled across one of these excellent Grecos – my search was over. GRECO SPACEY SOUNDS TE-500 – 1979 Japanese Thinline Telecaster.