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22danielp
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Show your LAWSUIT guitars!!!
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Postby 22danielp » Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:41 am
Hey folks...
Like me, I understand that many of you own/love/have a fetish for those infamous "lawsuit" guitars that Japan pumped out in the 70s, 80s and beyond. many of which absolutely kick the asses of the guitars that F#nder, G#bson, R#ickenbacker and so on were making at the same time.
So, go ahead and show your Tokai, Greco, Burny, Edwards, Aria etc...
I know that this has popped up before, but to get you started, here's my 1977 Greco EG600GS (it's a copy of a 70s Gibson Les Paul Deluxe)
Crucify the insincere, Tonight, Tonight...
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MT
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Postby MT » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:20 am
I'm a great fan of Greco and Tokai guitars. Now if I could only get my hands on one of the Ric 330-12 copies that Greco made.
1980's Tokai LS-150CM Love Rock
'74 Greco Thinline Tele
'74 Greco 330
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Postby Tonebender » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:36 am
My Greco'backers, recently sold the 1990 burst, the black 1989 looks even better in person, binding yellowed and quite a bit of wear.
The wider neck and string spacing suit my long gangly fingers better than any Ric model I've owned.
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cincinnatiharry
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Postby cincinnatiharry » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:53 am
These hot Grecos are giving me a guitar-on
"some misguided Marin county hot-tubber"
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Postby serial » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:11 am
A lot of the Greco stuff from the late 70s/early 80s is really good stuff. I'll pick something up someday...
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Postby noisepunk » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:07 am
Here's mine- it's seen better days, and is quite a bit different in construction to how a real rick is built:
Then there's this one, it's a Hondo copy of an original Fender/Squier Bullet:
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tyoac
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Postby tyoac » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:11 am
1984 tokai breezysound. best guitar i own and i love those lawsuit guitars a lot!
more information here: http://lefthandgear.de/linkshaender-git ... _black.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Postby Gonkulator » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:48 am
Found this Jazzmaster copy in Portland a few months ago. It is practically spot on, even the head stock. Still needs a little work to be 100%
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Postby EdGrip » Wed Feb 15, 2012 10:56 am
MT, that 330 is stunning. I love that off-gloss finish.
"The Gear Page are a bunch of cork-sniffing hedge fund managers who collect $5,000 boutique amps like an old lady collects cats. I wouldn't waste any angst over dilettante amp hoarders who judge tone by the number of zeros on the price tag."
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Postby Toots » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:06 am
My Ibanez LP.
Someone said that it is probably from 71.
Hardware and electrics were in bad shape. Changed everything, but only used stuff I had lying around... hence the minihumbuckers mounted with mount rings inside the humbucker rings
Killer neck. Crappy hollow plywood body.
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- monkeybeats
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Postby monkeybeats » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:53 am
Cimar mustang
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- Con-Tiki!
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Postby Con-Tiki! » Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:36 am
i have 2 right now,
a tele custom that's mostly an 70's Ibanez, with a Gilbert neck (70's brand)
and my recently returned Aspen strat
(Christopher, also)
I've been to one World's Fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that's the stupidest thing i ever heard come out a pair of headphones.
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Postby noisepunk » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:27 pm
Gonkulator wrote:Found this Jazzmaster copy in Portland a few months ago. It is practically spot on, even the head stock. Still needs a little work to be 100%
That's pretty fantastic- the tort on that is sooo japanese 60's.
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Postby pacemaker » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:05 pm
This thread is relevant to my interests.
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