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Bogieboy
 Post subject: Is Greco mats
PostPosted: Mon 06 Feb 2012 05:44 PM 
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My bro is looking at a greco bass... I am 99% sure its a mats.... It looks like everything is pretty much identical to my conrad, like the trapezoid pickups, wood riser for the bridge, top hat nobs....etc.

Any ideas?

Oh its a late 60s bass...
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JarockSG
 Post subject: Re: Is Greco mats
PostPosted: Mon 06 Feb 2012 08:40 PM 
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Matsumoku made the early Fender and Gibson replicas for Greco. '60s or early '70s are almost certainly Matsumoku. Only later did Greco switch all their production to FujiGen.

See: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=8264

Check 2nd post: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=8131

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Bogieboy
 Post subject: Re: Is Greco mats
PostPosted: Tue 07 Feb 2012 01:14 PM 
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Its a beatle bass...LOL fairly safe to assume its mats? Sure looks the part to me....

And thanks for the info!!!
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JarockSG
 Post subject: Re: Is Greco mats
PostPosted: Tue 07 Feb 2012 02:36 PM 
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Tough to safely assume that a Greco viola bass is Matsumoku. I don't know when Matsumoku started putting their name on the neck plate but if that only says "Made in Japan" some would say it's safe to assume that it is FujiGen. It would be interesting to compare hardware of a confirmed early Greco "Beatle" bass from FujiGen.

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Bogieboy
 Post subject: Re: Is Greco mats
PostPosted: Tue 07 Feb 2012 04:48 PM 
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The neck plate says

Steel reinforced neck
Made in Japan
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Frenchy
 Post subject: Re: Is Greco mats
PostPosted: Tue 07 Feb 2012 04:54 PM 
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Mat made....

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