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I have a April 1982 oddball. SE1 pickups and push pull pots the same as the all black strat towards the top of this thread.Brass nut and saddles. Also has an alder body.

Never seen them before. The Excel pickups are great. I’ve had a few Greco’s and still have a couple of alder Super Sound models. One is from April 1982 with SE1 pickups and push pull pots and rosewood fretboard. These late ‘70s early ‘80s are the ones to get.

Here’s my April 1982 Super Sound. Has the SE 600 sticker on the back of the headstock. Alder body just like my Dec 1981 . Definitely Fujugen having some fun with leftover parts. Brass nut and bridge pieces.SE1 coil tap pickups, push/pull volume and tone pots. One to switch the tap and the other...

Scored this wonderfull 1981 Greco Super Sound and I’m delighted it has an alder body. Sounds and plays great. I love the maple neck. Frets are about 80%. Real vintagey sounding Excele pickups . I have another Greco Super Sounds from April 1982 and it also an alder body. I have seen alder used on...

Polished the nut slots and applied some oil and now it stays in tune when using the whammy. Played first bracket at a gig and it sounded great. I might need to lift the bass side on pickups for more lower string sound. I've ordered a steel trem block to replace the alloy one but other than that...

I've got two Greco Sparkle Sounds. July and Aug 1977. Ones a sunburst in near mint condition, the other in natural in good condition. These have nitro finish and sought after Excel pickups. The downside is the pickups are a different size to what you can buy to replace them. But why bother...

I've shimed the neck, tweeked the truss rod and got the action where I want. Trouble is I need to take the pickguard off now to see how it's wired cause I can't quite work out what's going on. When you pull the tone knob up it puts the bridge and middle pickup into action even when the 5 way is...

Thanks for your posts. I just got the guitar today and plugged it into an amp. It sounds great. The pickups are great and when you pull the knobs up you get the extra tap that puts it into almost a humbucker kind of sound. I prefer it without the extra tap,still pretty fat and sounds great on...

I've been doing a lot of research to find out more about the pickups(SE1t) and have pretty much come up empty handed. They are used on the SE 800j ( Jeff Beck Model) that uses 3 toggle switches instead of a 5 way switch. The pickups have 4 conducters and I presume the "T" stands for tapped. On...

IDE be real happy if it's alder. Just thought the sunburst looked to good for a Greco but if it was made a few months later it would be a Fender. The pickups are hot about 9 something dc and I like hot for my giggling guitars. Certainly looks like a Friday arvo job. Cheers

I'm waiting on delivery but have some concerns about the originality of the body. There is no neck pocket stamp and fresh routing and sanding that could of removed any markings in the neck pocket. The wood doesn't really look like Sen Ash to me and a lot like Basswood.The seller stated the...

Got my Greco 1977 Sparkle Sounds this week and unfortunately it's a three piece body, not one piece I was dreaming for, but I am delighted with the condition of the guitar despite being not quite mint having a few small marks, two on the body and one small one on the back of the neck.The...

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I have a question about a Greco Sparkle Sounds 1977 SE 600 that i am waiting to receive. It doesn't have a wammy bar and would like to know where I might be able to get one? I'm pretty happy about the purchase and am searching these forums for more information. The guitar seems to be in mint...