1981 Greco Japan Super Power Series EG-500C Les Paul Custom (Ebony)

1981 Greco Japan Super Power Series EG-500C Les Paul Custom (Ebony)Made by the Fujigen factory in 1981, the Greco EG 500C was a mid range guitar that was clearly a direct response to the '68 Gibson Les Paul Custom. Solid carved maple top with a solid mahogany body, slim 60's style mahogany neck with a bound 22 fret rosewood fingerboard (44mm nut width, 628mm scale length), it weighs a hefty 4. 8kg's. Looks to be all original with Maxon PU "PAF style' humbuckers, full sized Japanese pots, Japanese hardware, Greco

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Weighing just over 3kg's

Looks to be all original as pictured with aged gold hardware and the original Epiphone pickups

It pays tribute to Gibson's Golden Era of innovation and brings authenticity back to life

The onboard amplifier and speaker are surprisingly useful and the contour of the body is comfortable to play

This one is in good condition and shows signs of being lightly and lovingly used over the years

We've given it a basic setup and service and it plays well with loads of vibe

this is a very uncommon Left Handed version of the TL72-55 that was made to reproduce the early 70's model Fender Telecaster

Previous owner installed a Piezo pickup as pictured that works well

Restrung recently

Epiphone engineers have solved those problems with our Viola

Looks to be all original with a TSG 1G bridge