The inexpensive black vinyl gig bag is also in very good condition. All in all, itвЂ™s a great little guitar even for my buy-it-now price, and would be an ideal way to start your nylon-string career. ItвЂ™s light weight and very comfortable to handle, but it plays much bigger than it is. Since I donвЂ™t play a classical guitar very well, I canвЂ™t speak very reliably for its sound compared to other classicals, but it plays chords remarkably easily and it produces a strong sound compared to my Sigma steel-string. The nut width is 2 inches and it has a scale of 25.5 inches. The neck is straight as an arrow, and the action is very easy to play. However, there is some sign of a repair at the base of the heel which seems to have no effect on the playability of the guitar. With one notable exception, this guitar is like new with maybe one or two small unnoticeable dings in the beautiful high gloss finish. Check out the pictures: for the money, this is one beautiful guitar! The inlaid rosette design, the 12/19-fret rosewood fingerboard, the slotted headstock accented by the nylon-head chrome tuners, the tied rosewood bridge-all these are designed to parallel the traditional classical designs. There is abundant evidence of quality in the GR125вЂ™s fully bound spruce top and beautiful mahogany sides, neck, and back (also beautifully bound). While these increasingly collectible Greco guitars were primarily patterned after American electric guitars, Greco also made very good guitars of their own design, including this classical GR125 from the 1970s. By 1989 the pressure to вЂњcease and desistвЂќ production of copyright-infringing designs took its toll on Greco and they decided to change their headstocks and logos to avoid a confrontation with the American manufacturers. Eventually, as the company found that the demand for their popular replicas grew and that the size of the production was getting too large, they relinquished their вЂњStratocasterвЂќ division to Fender Japan in late 1981.

They beat Tokai to the lawsuit race by at least 5 years. Greco made more models of originals by Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Zemaitis, lbanez, and other brands than all other companies combined. At first, they didn't have the hardware to make really good, exact replicas, but by 1974 or so, they had the tools to match their excellent craftsmanship, and they put out some killer replicas. Most of the 1960's guitars were original models, but in the early 1970's, they got into making replicas of original Fenders and Gibsons. They have been making guitars since the early 1960's at the Fijugen Gakki plant. Greco is one of the earliest вЂњlawsuitвЂќ guitar makers in Japan. If youвЂ™ve ever wanted to experiment with adding the subtlety of a classical or nylon string folk guitar to your gig list or repertoire, here may be the opportunity youвЂ™ve been waiting for.

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