Greco SE600 strat Stratocaster 1978 ’78 lawsuit Olympic white in AINSLIE, Australian Capital Territory for sale

So I just found out something I didn’t know was possible. You can have too many guitars. I thought it would be nice to play a tele for a while so I bought a Greco telecaster. I discovered that you can’t play them all at once, they don’t come with more storage space, the money actually does come out of your bank account, you have to maintain them and everyone else in my house loves guitars too, just not as much as me.
But if you are looking at this then you probably know none of that is true, because you also know in your heart the one enduring truth that marks the human condition: YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY GUITARS!
Also this is not just any guitar, it’s a Greco SE600. Grecos have been and are used by heaps of great guitarists and also by Ace Frehley. I read his autobiography the other day and it was terrible. So even if you don’t buy my guitar at least I might be able to save you from reading that.
The Greco strats have a special place in guitar history. As I understand it, the short of it is that in the lawsuit era there were in fact no lawsuits. Instead of a lawsuit Fender decided that they would just buy the Greco factory because their guitars were so good, and in the early 80’s Greco guitars became the now sought after Fender JV Stratocasters, according to the info in this link: http://guitarsjapan.com/grecoinfopage.html So you could buy something like a JV Strat for $1400 or you could buy a 78 Greco from the same factory for half the price.
I love the 1970’s Japanese copies because they not only ripped off the best guitars and did a great job, but they are very cheeky guitars. The writing on the headstock is in just the right font! The guitars from the Matsumoko factory are renowned for being really good guitars and this one is no exception. I have a few Grecos because they are reliably high quality instruments. You can buy a dead-set nearly 40 year old, aged, beautiful, sweet sounding vintage axe which is part of that lawsuit history for under a grand.
The serial number of this guitar is B781878. The MYYPPPP format (M=month, YY=year,PPPP=production number) means this guitar was made in February 1978 and was guitar number 1878 for that month. Greco made their strats in ascending quality, starting with the SE350, SE450, SE500, SE600, SE700 (called the "early sixties") and then SE800. This was sold to me as an SE600 and I’m pretty sure it is because it has the higher quality machine heads, the bridge with solid saddles rather than the skinny tin things, and most importantly, excel pickups. These came in the SE600 according to a bunch of forum talk. They sound sweet. But the point is, I think it’s one of the higher end guitars.
In terms of style/feel, this is a proper 1970’s guitar. Don’t buy it if you are after featherweight 1980’s speed machine on which to play your Steve Vai covers. That would be like buying the wrong sized shoes. The Greco reproductions were faithful - so the "early 60's" is a light guitar, just like the 60's Fenders, and the 78 is a heavier 1970's guitar, just like the 70's Fenders. The neck is narrow, 40mm wide at the nut, with a standard C shape profile. But to me it somehow feels a bit chunkier than some and the sen-ash body is heavier. I haven’t weighed it, but it would be closer to a 4kg guitar than 3kg.
The overall condition is fabulous. It plays beautifully and sounds fantastic. It’s just a really nicely built vintage guitar. The frets have loads of wear left, there are no buzzes or flat spots. It has a three position pickup switch which balances easily in between if you want the out of phase sound. Finish which is worn up the back where your arm goes and which has a few chips as you’d expect with age. Lovely.
The cover off the back is missing. The pots have been replaced with some high quality pots that feel great, and I think that is the only thing that is not original. Comes with a gig bag.
Happy to post. Packed it will be 106cm x 38cm x 12cm and weigh 4.5kg.