My Second Greco EG-1500 Project Series

This guitar stands as a shining monument in the history of Japanese guitars.
To the best of my knowledge, the EG-1500 Project Series appears on the market only once every several years—a true rarity.

To younger players, it might look like an old, slightly shabby instrument with the scent of age, but to those of us who were “guitar kids” in the 1970s, playing models like the EG-380 or EG-600, this was a dream guitar—one we longed to see in person, to touch, even just once.
It’s no wonder that it still carries such deep emotional significance for that generation.

The previous owner was a construction worker from Fukuoka Prefecture.
In the mid-1990s, while demolishing the home of a company president, he discovered this guitar—about to be thrown away as oversized trash—and was given it for free.
He was primarily a bassist, not especially knowledgeable or particular about guitars, and at the time he simply thought, “What a cool, old instrument.”
It wasn’t until about five years later that he realized what he had found and began to understand its true pedigree and value.

Although he enjoyed repairing and modifying junk guitars as a hobby, this one was an exception—he kept it completely original, untouched since the day he found it.
In hindsight, it’s probably because he wasn’t a dedicated guitarist that this instrument survived in such pristine, unaltered condition.
Had he been a player, it might never have resurfaced.

This EG-1500 features a mahogany pancake body, a hard maple top, U-4000 pickups, and Grover tuners—all factory original.

Weight: 4.24 kg (including strings)
(Updated August 22, 2016)