The best series of Greco by far are the “Super Real” (made in 1980 only) and “Mint Collection” (made from 1981-1990) models, which were made to amazing likeness to original Fenders and Gibson’s. Greco copies are becoming extremely rare and demand gets higher as time passes for these vintage collectibles. No longer will “lawsuit” models of exact Gibson and Fender clones be made by Greco.
After that, the pressure to “cease and desist” production of copyright-infringing designs took its toll on Greco and they decided to change their headstocks and logos to avoid a confrontation with the American manufacturers. Greco still retained the business of selling great Gibson clones and other brand knockoffs of extraordinary high quality up until 1989. These guitars were made by the same guys who made the Greco "Sparkle Sound," "Spacey Sound," "Sparkle Sound," and "Super Real" Stratocasters from 1977-1981. By 1982, Greco Stratocasters became Fender JV Stratocasters, then later MIJ and CIJ Stratocasters. In terms of quality, skill and knowledge, they beat Tokai to the lawsuit race by at least 5 years.Įventually, as the company found that the demand for their popular replicas grew and that the size of the production was getting too large, they relinquished their Stratocaster division to Fender Japan in late 1981. In no time, Greco made more clone models of original Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Zemaiti, lbanez, (and other brands) than all other Japanese company combined. To top that, their craftsmanship were excellent. But by 1974 or so, their standard of making these copies escalated as they acquired correctly styled hardware. In the beginning, their work on these replicas were mediocre due to lack of proper knowledge and materials. However, note that some Fender copies were made in the Matsumoku plant prior to 1967.ĭuring this period, Greco made their own series of guitars, but in the early 1970's, they got into making replicas of original Fenders and Gibsons. They have been making guitars since the early 1960's at the Fiji-genGakki plant. Greco is one of the pioneers of these lawsuit guitar makers. If you know of additional information or any errors, please help us as well as others reading from our site by writing in to us.
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