1972 GRECO STRATOCASTER SERIAL
1972 GRECO STRATOCASTER PROFESSIONAL

The point of that is the tone knob needs to be replaced, but I am just selling this as it is and disclosing the tone knob info because that is the original knob, and everything else is there and original and this guitar is just so cool and plays and is functional in every other way and the volume knob is totally fine. All original with a nice hardshell case, and everything is working except the tone knob seems like it wants to work, like it's about to go, but then just doesn't. These catalog scans are provided solely for personal academic/research purposes, so that collectors and others who own one or more of these fantastic guitars can properly identify the model and year of manufacture.SUPERCOOL AND RARE Semihollow body Greco double cutaway electric guitar. This website has NO RELATIONSHIP with the Hoshino Gakki Group and makes no claims to ownership of the linked scans.

1972 GRECO STRATOCASTER SERIAL

The ICW is a gathering of Ibanez collectors who relish in the challenge of not just collecting Ibanez guitars, but of identifying old models, dating guitars by serial numbers, and generally watching the vintage guitar marketplace to understand how interest in Ibanez guitars is evolving.ДISCLAIMER: Hoshino owns the copyright to all of the catalogs scanned in here. For a great overall resource for Ibanez guitar questions, check out the Ibanez Collectors World website. Note: For additional information and history on Ibanez guitars, please check Wikipedia. These guitars are not just beautiful, but are some of the best crafted guitars of all time, by any manufacturer, and represent the pinacle of guitar-making skill and quality. By 1978, Hoshino had ceased production of all of its copy models and was truly producing 100% original designs. But soon, the overall shapes of the guitars changed, and models known as the 'Weir' (after Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead), 'Artist' and 'Musician' were introduced.

1972 GRECO STRATOCASTER PROFESSIONAL

The Professional model 2671 was a Les Paul with a 'vined' neck and a fancy headstock. For example, the 'Custom Agent' (model 2405) was basically a Les Paul with a fancy scroll headstock, a fancy pick guard, and, yes, fancy inlays on the neck and body. At first, their original designs were subtle variations on the copy models. The Ibanez Golden Age, 1975 - 1981Д«eginning about 1975, Hoshino began introducing original guitar and bass models to the market. However, this episode has given rise to the term 'lawsuit' guitar, which is used to describe any Japanese copy guitar made in the shape of an American manufacturer's model. No other company was ever sued by any other company. The suit was brought in 1977, but by then Ibanez had already changed the headstock shape on its copy models, so the suit was settled out of court. Only one company ever sued another, and it was Norlin (the owner of the Gibson brand at the time) suing Hoshino (owner of the Ibanez brand) and the suit was focused only on the 'open book' headstock shape common to Gibson guitars and replicated on the Ibanez guitars.

There is a form of urban legend that circulates in the guitar community that has many variations, but usually involves either Gibson or Fender suing Ibanez, Aria, or some other Japanese manufacturer, with the intent to stop that company from manufacturing superior copies. Due to their high quality, Ibanez guitars and those made under other brands, such as Greco and Aria, quickly earned a reputation around the world as quality instruments at a great value. Ibanez models replicated such styles as the Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster, Rickkenbacker styles, and others.

They were not forgeries, as they were never sold with misleading logos or with the intent to deceive. 'Lawsuit' Models, 1971 - 1976ДЄs you will note in the earliest catalogs, Ibanez guitars were first 'copies' or 'reproductions' of guitar models originated by several American guitar manufacturers and manufacturers from other countries. However, every attempt has been made to provide only verifiable and true information, in an attempt to set the record straight and dispell some modern 'myths' about Ibanez model guitars. Note: This is a very quick history, and mostly from memory, so take it all with a grain of salt and try to verify what you can from other sources.

1972 greco stratocaster