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by opotable » Thu Apr 02, 2015 5:04 am

i came across this and the seller tells me it's 1984. i can't find anything other than 1970's models.

any infos/ ideas?

http://www.leboncoin.fr/instruments_de_ ... tm?ca=22_s
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by VintAxe » Thu Apr 02, 2015 10:10 am

Hey opotable.

Greco has been producing that body style for a long time but the first mention I see of calling it the SW 1200 is in 1979. I can see it was produced up to 1985 but my Greco catalogs run out in the mid 80's so I'm not sure how long it continued. By 1990, the model name had changed to the AN series.

The 1984 SW 1200 model has a different tailpiece. All the early 80's models have a solid, straight style tailpiece so it is unlikely Greco produced this model with a different tailpiece. My best guess is that the tailpiece has been changed. If you are thinking about a purchase, I would definitely question the seller about the originality of the tailpiece.

The guitar originally retailed for 120,000 yen.

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by opotable » Sun Apr 05, 2015 1:56 pm

thanks for replying.

i got the serial number now and it's actually a september 1979, maybe when the guy bought it they told him it was '84.

i'm not rushing out to buy it, he's 300km from me. :wink:
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