Own the feel, vibe, quality, and killer sound of a real 59 burst or custom shop repro for a fraction of the cost!

This is a '82 Greco EG59-85 Mint Collection Les Paul from the golden era of Greco, 1979 to 1983. If you're not familiar with them, view the YouTube link in my pics to check out the heritage of these amazing guitars. Or ask Jeff Tweedy.

Greco meticulously built these guitars sourcing high quality woods that will never be seen again. They utilized construction techniques that rivaled and often exceeded the quality of Gibson guitars from any era. It's a sought-after and rare transitional guitar made during the change from the Super Real models which ended in '81 and the first year of the Mint Collection models which began in '82. As such it has a many of the features of the EGF850 Super Real along with the more period-correct characteristics and accuracy to a burst applied to the EG59-85 Mint Collection guitar.

A pre-CNC solid Honduran mahogany body, a no heel cap medium C shaped neck, and the 850 headstock sticker seen on Super Reals. The pots are 500k volume (504072/18k linear taper/Aug ’81) and 500k tone (504042/18k audio taper/Aug ’81). It has the original PAF sounding Fujigen DOUBLE TRICK 1982 alnico V pups (7.07k neck, 7.04k bridge) which were one tier lower than their top-of-the-line DRY 1982 pups. A cherry sunburst lacquer finish, beautiful flame laminated 2 piece Canadian maple top, Indian rosewood fingerboard, almost no fret wear, fret edge binding, aluminum tailpiece, and long tenon neck joint. Neck thickness is 22.1mm/0.87" at the 1st fret and 24.8mm/0.97" at the 12th fret. Weighs 9.60 lbs/4.35kg.

All original with exception of Greco tuners from a different Greco guitar and Switchcraft output jack. A few dings and scratches with metal parts that have the honest patina that comes with a well-played 44 year old guitar.

Shows like a beauty, sounds like a beast!

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Listed2 months ago
ConditionVery Good (Used)
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Brand
Model
  • EG Single Cutaway Standard
Finish
  • Cherry red sunburst lacquer
Categories
Year
  • 1982
Made In
  • Japan
Fretboard Material
  • Rosewood
Fretboard Radius
  • 12"
Body Material
  • Mahogany
Neck Construction
  • Set-Neck
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Body Shape
  • Single Cutaway
Neck Material
  • Mahogany
Offset Body
  • Non-Offset Body
Finish Pattern
  • Sunburst
Color Family
  • Red
Finish Style
  • Gloss
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Bridge/Tailpiece Type
  • Stop-Bar
Pickup Configuration
  • HH
Scale Length
  • 24.75"
Top Material
  • Maple
Wood Top Style
  • Flamed
Number of Frets
  • 22

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