It’s so hard to capture the checking on a camera! Zoom in on the photos to really see the checking.
Here’s a pic of the top bout around the pickup selector. There is more checking around the body. Really hard to capture the rest of the checking. I didn’t even realize how much checking there...
My ‘81 LS120 has a fair amount of checking. I’ll try and capture it with my phone camera.
My other guitars don’t have any checking at all. All from 80-81. Greco SS-700, LS80 and ES100J.
Seems pretty rare for these finishes to check. I think I’ve only read of less than a handful of owners...
on my 1980 Greco SS-700. I just picked it up from a re-fret. The tech says the fretboard had a 8” radius. He flattened it slightly to a 9” radius to help facilitate bends on the higher frets.
When he mentioned it, I looked at the neck heel and sure enough, it was much rounder than a typical...
I’ve only owned 2 Greco’s. A 90s Mint Collection with P90s and my current ‘80 SS700. Both have/had a slim taper neck.
I’ve also owned a late 80s Burny SG that also had a slim taper neck.
I think the more recent Tokai SGs have a bigger profile.
Sweet guitar! Sounds like you found one with a nice sized neck. My ‘81 has a narrow nut width and the profile really tapers off towards the nut. It’s still one of my all time greatest guitars.
I’ve owned this ‘81 ES-100J for 5 years. It’s needed new frets since I got it. Was playable, but barely. I imagine the frets were similar to those on the “Fretless Wonder” Black Beauties. Definitely no more fret life for a level.
I waited so long partly due to cost and probably equally because...