A few weeks back I posted about a trade offer I had.
I had a 1987 Greco EGC68-50 with Gibson Burstbucker pickups for sale.
I was made several trade offers, the first was a 1996 Fender MIA Lonestar Strat with Bill Lawrence (Wilde) Microcoil pickups.
among others was a 1977 Guild D-25 M, but it was about a 3 1/2 hour drive up the coast so that went on the back burner.
I got together with the Strat owner when he got the Strat back from having it setup.
He immediately fell in love with the Greco, It is a great guitar.
After awhile I checked out the Strat, as expected with a recent setup to Fender specs it played great. Also included were Schaller locking tuners, and the original pickguard and Trem cover.Plus some non original pickups.
After we sat there playing guitar for a bit I said if we do this trade I think you're going to get the better deal, he looked very bummed out and said "so you don't want to trade?"
"Cause I really like this guitar"
I told I'm going to make the trade, mostly because I can see how much you like that guitar and I feel like you will play it, I have 5 Gibson Les Pauls and that guitar hasnt been played in 3 or 4 years. I feel good about it getting played.
Plus if I find the Strat doesn't offer me anything new I can get pretty much the same money on probably a quicker sale, not everyone knows about Greco's.
So yeah, I made the trade....
Here's some pics.
He told me he paid $60+ for the "aged" pickguard, not sure if I like it, but I own it now(pickguard)
I had a 1987 Greco EGC68-50 with Gibson Burstbucker pickups for sale.
I was made several trade offers, the first was a 1996 Fender MIA Lonestar Strat with Bill Lawrence (Wilde) Microcoil pickups.
among others was a 1977 Guild D-25 M, but it was about a 3 1/2 hour drive up the coast so that went on the back burner.
I got together with the Strat owner when he got the Strat back from having it setup.
He immediately fell in love with the Greco, It is a great guitar.
After awhile I checked out the Strat, as expected with a recent setup to Fender specs it played great. Also included were Schaller locking tuners, and the original pickguard and Trem cover.Plus some non original pickups.
After we sat there playing guitar for a bit I said if we do this trade I think you're going to get the better deal, he looked very bummed out and said "so you don't want to trade?"
"Cause I really like this guitar"
I told I'm going to make the trade, mostly because I can see how much you like that guitar and I feel like you will play it, I have 5 Gibson Les Pauls and that guitar hasnt been played in 3 or 4 years. I feel good about it getting played.
Plus if I find the Strat doesn't offer me anything new I can get pretty much the same money on probably a quicker sale, not everyone knows about Greco's.
So yeah, I made the trade....
Here's some pics.
He told me he paid $60+ for the "aged" pickguard, not sure if I like it, but I own it now(pickguard)
