I could see the solder had been disturbed a bit but could tell how fresh. The Z was now gone! Both the pickups now start with 210!! One thing I know is both my pickup covers are the same, because of wear markings. Before I turned it over, I had a sudden terrible feeling.
For the first time in at least 7 years, I removed one of the pickups. I have images of the pickups on a hard drive from before my first iphone but this is stored with family in Wisconsin.Ī few weeks ago, I decided to give the guitar a good cleaning while changing strings. It looked like they were put in the guitar with love. Other than the Z, I remember they started with 200. They looked cleaner than most I saw online and both had the exact same numbers. When I first got it, I confirmed it had the Z on the pickups. Bought it off craigslist in NYC around 2013. Hello Frankie, I’m on this page after recently discovering something terrible happened with my 1980 EG1000CB.
#GRECO STRATOCASTER VINTAGE FRET CODE#
#GRECO STRATOCASTER VINTAGE FRET SERIAL NUMBERS#
There are also Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) pickups manufactured in the early 80s whose serial numbers are composed of 6 digits but in this case, the serial number must be read backwards, ie from right to left. Third and Fourth digit = month (01 = January … 12 = December).
First digit = Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) pickup code (1, 2, etc., 8).The serial number of the Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) pickups on Greco and Ibanez guitars from 1977 to 1982 are composed of 6 digits. Third digit = month (0 = January … 9 = October, 10 = November, 11 = December).First digit = Nisshin Onpa pickup code (Maxon) (1, 2).The Ibanez Super 70 pickups are the same as the Greco U-1000 or U-2000 pickups and their serials are identical. The serial number of the Nisshin Onpa (Maxon) pickups mounted on the Greco and Ibanez guitars are composed of 5 digits until 1977. The serial numbers of the pickups on Greco guitars The pickupss equipped with ceramics used Ferritic 2 and Ferritic 3.2. Ceramic: U-1000 and UD (starting at the end of 1979), Screamin.Alnico 3: Dry Z, Dry 1982 (maybe Alnico 2 too).Magnets used on Maxon or Fujigen pickups: EGC58-100 = GROOVE – only first year, after that DRY 1982.Price of the Maxon pickups at the time:ġ984 – Greco Guitars – Mint Collection Series:Įxamples of guitars equipped with pickups manufactured by Fujigen Gakki Price Fujigen pickups at the time: But was Jun “Boogie J” Takano then an employee of Maxon or Maxon subcontracted Dry Z production to Jun “Boogie J” Takano’s small business?įrom the early 80s, the pickups that equipped the Greco were manufactured by Fujigen (Dry for example).ġ980 – Greco Guitars – Super Real Series:Įxamples of guitars equipped with pickups manufactured by Nisshin Onpa (Maxon). In the case of the famous Dry Z microphones, known to be the closest to the original PAFs, we know that it was Jun “Boogie J” Takano who designed and manufactured them for Maxon in the early 80s. The Greco pickups, meanwhile, were manufactured by Maxon for instruments of the 70s (UD, U-1000 and U-2000 for example) and early 80s. Greco guitars are usually equipped with a tailpiece, a bridge and tuners manufactured by Gotoh.
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