1980 Greco Japan EG-500 "Super Power" Les Paul Standard (Brown Sunburst)

1980 Greco Japan EG-500 "Super Power" Les Paul Standard (Brown Sunburst)Made by the Fujigen factory in 1980, the EG 500 was a Japanese Les Paul Standard from Greco's "Super Power" series. Wearing a nice brown sunburst finish and weighing in at a hefty 4. 6kg's, it's built with a solid mahogany body, solid maple top, slim 60's magohany neck and a rosewood fingerboard (12" radius, 628mm scale length, 44mm nut width). Loaded with the original Maxon PAF style UD humbuckers and Gotoh made hardware, it's essentially the

Weight relieved construction helps it sit at a comfortable 3

the Yamaha YGX-121FP model features the "Free Art Pickguard" (also found on the RGX models) that is essentially a clear plastic pickguard covering the whole body and a choice of 4 designs to go under the guard (this one has two included) or you can make your own

The main crack in the top was previously repaired/injected with glue and is solid

and it has a smooth

Original humbuckers with the original switch and wiring along with the original Greco branded tuners

weighs in at just over 4

this thing shines in a transparent red with a matching headstock

A few of the higher frets have been partially scalloped and the back of the neck feels very played and worn

it's a NOS neck and body that seem to need new holes drilled to fit (as they don't line up properly)

Loaded with a great little tremolo system and two surprisingly impressive P90 style single coils

Loaded with a pair of passive PJ pickups controlled by volume

Loaded with upgraded Gotoh pickups and a new set of tuners