Greco EG Model

Acquired in February 2008.

To be honest, the exact model designation of this guitar remains uncertain.
At first, judging from its brownish appearance, I assumed it to be an EG-1200.
However, once I held it in my hands, it was clear that this was nothing like an EG-1200—especially in the texture and character of the finish, which felt entirely different.

Next, considering the Grover tuners and absence of a serial number, I suspected it might be an EG-900 made in 1975 or 1976.
But that theory quickly ran into contradictions:
EG-900s from 1975–76 had rosewood fingerboards, whereas this guitar features striped ebony.
Moreover, the thin-style Greco logo on the headstock was not introduced until 1977, making it impossible for this guitar to be from an earlier year.

Since a later logo could not appear on an earlier production, the only logical conclusion is that this instrument was made after 1977.
Indeed, the 1977 catalog shows that the EG-900’s fingerboard had by then changed from rosewood to ebony.
The tuners may have been replaced, but one mystery remains—why does it have no serial number?

After much consideration, I reached a single, coherent answer:
everything makes perfect sense if this guitar was a prototype.

I would like to express my gratitude to Mr. Greco Mania of Komae, whose deep expertise and affection for Greco guitars—shared through his website Studio Greco—helped guide me to this conclusion.

The pickups had already been replaced when I acquired the guitar, so I reinstalled a set of 1981 Z-Dry pickups.
For a Greco Les Paul, the color fading around the logo is unusually pronounced—another detail consistent with a prototype.

Weight: 4.26 kg (including strings)
(Updated August 24, 2016)