Lawsuit Guitars! I Love 'Em!
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Lawsuit Guitars! I Love 'Em!
I have two late 70s, early 80s Japanese lawsuit guitars and I think they're great. If you've ever checked these out, don't be fooled by the "just as good if not better than a Gibson/Fender/whatever" hype. They are a different quality entirely, but they're still great guitars. Here's mine, a '77 Ibanez LP copy in Cherry Sunburst and an '84 Greco LP copy in Black with all Nickel hardware. Enjoy and discuss!
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the set neck ones are really great! if you are lucky you can get one for a few bucks
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My Greco has a set neck, and it weighs a ton. (Co-Worker: Agrees, It must be made out of "rock")
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I have a G&L Comanche 6 with Leo Fender's signature on the upper horn and stamped on the bridge.
I was informed by a Fender rep that he could legally seize the guitar, saw it up and replace it with a Fender of equal value.
Fender sued G&L for using Leo's signature and his name on this guitar.
G&L stopped making them.
I stil have mine.
He would have seized and sawed it over my dead body, or his.
I was informed by a Fender rep that he could legally seize the guitar, saw it up and replace it with a Fender of equal value.
Fender sued G&L for using Leo's signature and his name on this guitar.
G&L stopped making them.
I stil have mine.
He would have seized and sawed it over my dead body, or his.
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I love heavy guitars! my first Fender was a tele that I got cheap cause it weighed a ton.stereordinary wrote: My Greco has a set neck, and it weighs a ton. (Co-Worker: Agrees, It must be made out of "rock")
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Tokai Love Rock (the Les Paul copies) are being sold by an online store here in Portugal!
they're great guitars and cost under 1000€ (except for the top of the line one, but it's still less than half of a Les Paul).
they're great guitars and cost under 1000€ (except for the top of the line one, but it's still less than half of a Les Paul).
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Tokai 'breezysound' tele blows most fender teles out the water imho
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your funny joke was not lost on mestereordinary wrote: My Greco has a set neck, and it weighs a ton. (Co-Worker: Agrees, It must be made out of "rock")
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I had a small collection of these; '76 Ibanez LP, 2 Ventura SGs, Univox LP, 2 Univox Hi-Fliers, 2 no-name Jazz basses (one with black blocks and binding on maple), Ventura P-Bass, Memphis set neck LP, and a Memphis custom tele. All of them had the correct "lawsuit" headstock, except the hi-fliers but they were pretty close.
They varied in quality from pretty darn good to excellent!
They varied in quality from pretty darn good to excellent!
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I'm looking after a late 70s Ibanez LP at the moment and it sounds great. The hardware is a bit dodgy though.
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I have an aria pro II thor sound TS400 that is beautiful, sounds and plays awesome and has quality matchind expensive guitars.
I paid 125 for it.
I paid 125 for it.
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I had a KILLER '75 Ibanez Destroyer-IMHO still the best of the bunch, but now getting really pricey ($1500+). The Grecos (Ibanez-same company) are quite good-I really like their Icemans and LPs from the late 70s/early 80s. Tokais from that period (actually through '85-85) were also really nice. The new ones aren't as good I dont' think. Agreed that the hardware is the biggest downside. Tuners were usually ok, but could be better, bridges were the worst (often pot-metal) problem with those guitars. Pickups could be a little microphonic at high volume/gain, but overall, these are solid good guitars that are fun to play.
I remember going into my local shop in '84 when they finally started getting in the vintage reissues (USA). They were selling in the $750 range and I walked in with cash looking for a LPB or FR '57. They had neither in stock, but I wanted a guitar NOW. I played all seven 57/62s that they had and none of them did much for me. I was pretty bummed and was on my way out of the shop when the owner semi reluctantly called me back to check out a Tokai. He handed me a bright yellow '62style and it blew the Fenders out of the water. I walked out with it in minutes, spending only $279 out the door. Not bad. I still have the neck from a Breezysound that I just could never get rid of-I love that neck!
I remember going into my local shop in '84 when they finally started getting in the vintage reissues (USA). They were selling in the $750 range and I walked in with cash looking for a LPB or FR '57. They had neither in stock, but I wanted a guitar NOW. I played all seven 57/62s that they had and none of them did much for me. I was pretty bummed and was on my way out of the shop when the owner semi reluctantly called me back to check out a Tokai. He handed me a bright yellow '62style and it blew the Fenders out of the water. I walked out with it in minutes, spending only $279 out the door. Not bad. I still have the neck from a Breezysound that I just could never get rid of-I love that neck!
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I have a beat up 70's "Aspen" strat copy, amazing glassy chimey sound from that guitar, I like it better than any real strat ive played, and it was only $120 ... the thing looks super 70's, disco headstock, maple neck, super grainey natural body, trippy "aspen" logo...