Vintage Greco vs Gibson Custom Shop — The Choice Was Clear for Me

Over the years I’ve owned several high‑end guitars, including Gibson Custom Shop R8 and R0, a Gibson ES‑335 VOS 1963, and an Ibanez GB‑200. These instruments are mentioned because they represent the same categories as the vintage Grecos featured in this episode. I will take a closer look at four of my vintage Greco guitars and present them as they are and offer some recorded examples of the tones.

Videos with more details for the guitars featured in the video:
Greco EG-59/60:    • Unveiling the Mystery of my vintage Greco ...  
Greco EG-800:    • First Impressions of my 1980 Greco EG 800 ...  
Greco SA-900:    • 1978 Greco SA‑900 – High‑End Vintage Witho...  
Greco S-55:    • Greco S-55 (ES‑175 type)  | Vintage Japane...  
2013 Gibson ES-335 1963 VOS Custom Shop:    • Vintage or Custom Shop? 1978 Greco SA-900 ...  

Guitars featured:
• 1978 Greco SA‑900 — Maxon U‑4000 humbuckers
• 1980 Greco EG‑800 Goldtop — P‑90 pickups
• 1989/90 Greco EG 59‑60 — likely Tokai‑built; construction features consistent with Tokai LS‑60, including offset tenon. Tokai Mk2 pickups.
• 1974/75 Greco S‑55 — early Japanese production; all original with Greco Maxon pickups

Gear used:
• Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive Deluxe
• Mad Professor Ruby Red Booster
• Strymon El Capistan v1
• Fulltone Supa‑Trem v1
• Neunaber Wet Reverb
• Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay
• ODS 50‑watt Dumble/Fuchs‑style clone w/Celestion Heritage G12‑65 12" speaker

00:00 Intro tones
00:22 The Gibson ES-335 VOS 1963 Custom Shop
01:48 The 1978 Greco SA-900
03:14 The 1980 Greco EG-800
04:18 Why vintage Japanese guitars?
04:47 The 1989 Greco EG-59/60
07:12 The 1974 Greco S-55
10:44 Playing the 1989 Greco EG-59/60
15:11 Playing the 1980 Greco EG-800
19:05 Playing the 1978 Greco SA-900
24:06 Playing the 1974 Greco S-55
26:14 Have yourself a merry little Christmas

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