Crwth145 Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Ran across this one on e(vil)bay tonight... ebay listing Had no idea Greco ever did 'em like this, must be another one intended solely for the Japanese market. Comments?
kizanski Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Looks like a no-brainer to me. Even the BIN is almost too low to pass up.I've never bought anything from any of these sellers in Japan, though.
Guest JackButler Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Buying from Japan is AWESOME! Greco, Bacchus, Edwards.. INCREDIBLE quality at a "real world" price.
bubbagomez Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 My brother and I both got Epiphone Japan Les Paul Customs, they're pretty sweet. Nitro finish, vintage appointments. He got his from Ishibashi, I got mine from a place called Gakkido. We were both very pleased with buying guitars directly from Japan.Anyway, back on track. This one looks pretty sweet!
kizanski Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Buying from Japan is AWESOME! Greco, Bacchus, Edwards.. INCREDIBLE quality at a "real world" price.I don't mean "Japanese manufacturers," I mean "sellers who are in Japan."In any event, it looks like an HFCer snagged it.
murkat Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 In any event, it looks like an HFCer snagged it. .................... guilty................
DavidE Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Having seen this thread when I got home last night (this morning), I would have snagged this one had I not been trying to exercise some restraint in the guitar buying....Looks very cool for low dough.
kizanski Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 In any event, it looks like an HFCer snagged it. .................... guilty................ Good for you! Let us know how it measures up.
cmatthes Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 I toyed with the "Buy It Now" button myself - that was a screamin' deal. Those guitars don't come up very often (at least not with availability for US buyers), and seem to be very well made. I see them from time to time with Jpns dealers, but rarely on eBay. Necks may be a bit smaller, but more like an 80s Special than current production stuff. Still, you got a good grab there.Those ran from the late 70s to early 80s, and there are a number of features that set them apart from later Jpns production guitars that make them closer copies of US designs.I'm kinda regretting not just closing my eyes and hitting "Enter"! I knew that one wouldn't be around this morning.
murkat Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Having seen this thread when I got home last night (this morning), I would have snagged this one had I not been trying to exercise some restraint in the guitar buying.... Looks very cool for low dough. Oh, I was exersizing serious restaint bigtime, I went back to it at least 6 times as well with the photo link. I can fix that nut and other problems.... I miss my old Ibanez Destroyer and rocket roll, being this Greco is same built as those, should be a great guitar....+, I have never seen one before like this.... Bound, Crowned, and Black? Oh Yeah baby
kenjones Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 About ten years ago I was given a stack of old Tokai catalogs by a guy who used to work for them in the 80's. In one (and only one) of the catalogs ("The Tokai World", Volume 7, 1983-1984) these guitars appeared. I have NEVER seen one of these for sale!
Scooter Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 I have a white Greco LP Custom from about 1990 that was my "number 1" for the last several years. Only recently has it been replaced. (It will probably end up on eBay any day now.) Anyway, they are fantastic guitars at ANY price - thankfully they're still rather affordable. Nice grab!
murkat Posted January 12, 2008 Posted January 12, 2008 Maybe that's The One from the catalog? naa.. catalouge shows tokia emblem on headstock, one on ebay is Greco, and reverse zebra pups too boot
Guest JackButler Posted January 13, 2008 Posted January 13, 2008 NEVER had a problem with ANY seller in Japan.. and I have given them PLENTY o' bizz over the years.
murkat Posted January 17, 2008 Posted January 17, 2008 came home today with a big box waiting for me in the entry way.....extremely well packed. The guitar is everything the pics showed. nice slim/ fast neck. Case, guitar have a distinct under the bed stored away odor to it......It is very cool. needs a setup asap, will post pics someday.
Crwth145 Posted January 18, 2008 Author Posted January 18, 2008 came home today with a big box waiting for me in the entry way..... extremely well packed. The guitar is everything the pics showed. nice slim/ fast neck. Case, guitar have a distinct under the bed stored away odor to it......It is very cool. needs a setup asap, will post pics someday. Glad to hear that someone here grabbed it up and that all went well...
bubs_42 Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 Here another good looking one...http://cgi.ebay.com/New-TOKAI-TEX70-electr...1QQcmdZViewItem
bubs_42 Posted January 18, 2008 Posted January 18, 2008 I didn't look at the location before I posted that one.
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