Greco is wellknown for being one of the first companies to built outstanding so-called "pre-lawsuit" copies of mostly Strat's, Tele's and LP's, but this Rickenbacker copy is very unknown. Only difference between the Ric and this Greco is that the Greco is a solidbody guitar while the Ric features a semi-hollow design. The original 325 had a Rickenbacker designed vibrato unit, but Lennon modded his with a Bigsby. The obvious guess is that "JLG" simply stands for "John Lennon Guitar", and the Bigsby-style vibrato resembles that on Lennon's guitar. Just like the Rickenbacker this Greco features the 20,75" scale lenght which is typical for this model. This is a great find for collectors of Japanese vintage and Beatles enthousiasts, as this rare Greco JLG-85 is an exact copy of John Lennon's modified Rickenbacker 325!
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