A fabulous NGD, vintage (ish) MIJ Lp

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StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5845
Hi all first NGD for a while.

So on sat I met with Ellwood, we did a trade for my usa strat for a 90s Greco, great guitar and brillaint hour spent playing  some of the best guitars I have ever played. 

 I was bored on Sunday eve so did some in depth research on Greco (im a bit sad)  and it  transpired mine was a Korean one not an MIJ,  Which Nic was told it was when he bought it  ( you wouldnt know unless you really really looked hard!)
Nic was just as bemused as I was,  so we met up again,
I was intending to swap it for the Greco custom he had but when I got their he gave me the pick if his Grecos, I tried to refuse but he was having none of it! 
I played them all and chose  this amazing Japanese  EG 75 tokai made Greco, it's honestly the nicest les paul type I have played and owned.
Nic even gave me a new case and refused any payment for it!  
So first thing is I want to thanks @ellwood again for such a generous offer, being a single dad of two means guitars like this don't come to me this often so I really am I'm his debt, definately made my month! 

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  • skaguitarskaguitar Frets: 909
    what a fantastic gesture from @ellwood and you've got a lovely guitar there... this is the sort of stuff I like reading about on here.. :)
    • “To play a wrong note is insignificant; to play without passion is inexcusable.”
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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1113
    Don’t be daft @strangefan. Massively embarrassed. And you barely mention the fab Strat I got in the deal!
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24793
    Looks superb....
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  • StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5845
    Nothing to be embarrassed about at all @ellwood when you have 4500 guitars to play with how are you expected to go over each and every one with a fine tooth combe:D
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  • Wow, thanks for sharing this, faith in humanity restored. what an absolute gent, hats off to you @ellwood ;
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  • BucketBucket Frets: 7751
    Indeed, hats off to @ellwood and a lovely looking NGD you've got there Matt...
    - "I'm going to write a very stiff letter. A VERY stiff letter. On cardboard."
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  • TeyeplayerTeyeplayer Frets: 3132
    Happy new guitar day, that looks a beaut! Now that’s a definite two of us that have gone over to lesters thanks to Ellwood’s ngd posts! :) Enjoy!

    As I’ve said many time on these here pages (particularly when members jealous of his buying spree’s start sniping), @Ellwood is a gent and an asset to the forum -we need more like him. 
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  • 19791979 Frets: 87
    Great stuff all round fellas, well done all involved 
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  • antifashantifash Frets: 603
    Heart-warning stuff and a nice guitar too!
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  • NeilNeil Frets: 3594

    I played them all and chose  this amazing Japanese  EG 75 tokai made Greco, it's honestly the nicest les paul type I have played and owned.

    That's interesting.

    I assumed all Greco's were made by Fujigen Gakki.

    Why would they also be made by their competitors Tokai?

    Interested to learn more if known.

    BTW HNGD! 
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  • ricorico Frets: 1220
    The more I see these MIJ models, the more I want one. Where to begin @ellwood ?
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  • StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5845
    @Neil about 1989 gakki was struggling to meet demand so they out sourced to 2 seperate makers, one was tokai who would  make the high end guitars and cort in Korea for the lower end, both have no serial numbers, but their are ways to tell if its cort or tokai Japan,  if anyone wants to know how to decipher I have all the info lol  
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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1113
    rico said:
    The more I see these MIJ models, the more I want one. Where to begin @ellwood ?
    @rico - ha! Bit of a minefield as I have been learning. Generally sticking to higher end will give you some stunning results. You can pick up a very very good old LP for less than a second hand Gibson standard. I prefer Tokai, Greco and Burny - but Navigator, Edwards and Momose all get great reviews too. And it’s not just the old stuff - I have a 2015 Tokai LS128 with Mojo pickups that is just stunning!

    I bought my first MIJ LP from @Limehouse_Blues so he might be a decent source of advice!
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  • NeilNeil Frets: 3594
    @Neil about 1989 gakki was struggling to meet demand so they out sourced to 2 seperate makers, one was tokai who would  make the high end guitars and cort in Korea for the lower end, both have no serial numbers, but their are ways to tell if its cort or tokai Japan,  if anyone wants to know how to decipher I have all the info lol  
    Thanks for that @Strangefan , very enlightening and good to have people with the right kind of info on here.  :)
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  • StrangefanStrangefan Frets: 5845
    Pleasure @Neil
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  • HarrySevenHarrySeven Frets: 8017
    edited January 2018
    rico said:
    The more I see these MIJ models, the more I want one.

    Glad to see you're going to join the club!

    @Strangefan - lovely guitar. Nice one.

    @ellwood - we need to talk!


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  • jakzekjakzek Frets: 55
    ellwood said:
    Don’t be daft @strangefan. Massively embarrassed. And you barely mention the fab Strat I got in the deal!
    Well that means you need a NGD post, c'mon give the people what they want haha 
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  • ellwoodellwood Frets: 1113
    rico said:
    The more I see these MIJ models, the more I want one.

    Glad to see you're going to join the club!

    @Strangefan - lovely guitar. Nice one.

    @ellwood - we need to talk!

    More than welcome at the man cave H7!
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  • flyingvflyingv Frets: 555
    HNGD @Strangefan awesome guitar  mate, congrats!!  And  top darts @ellwood. ;
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