In some cases a manufacturer would farm out production to various manufacturers, making it still more difficult to know who made the guitar in your hands. Some manufacturers merged or changed hands over the years which added to the confusion, sometime merging with another maker, only to pick up their name later. Japanese manufacturers made multiple badges at the same plant, many of whom resemble each other closely. People often make the mistake of citing the American or European importer as the 'maker' of the guitar, when in fact several Japanese manufacturers were producing badged guitars out of their plants and shipping them to America and Europe to sell.
As I've read many different guitar collector/enthusiast forums and spoken to local guitar dealers, it's clear that the layperson has little to no idea who made their badged guitar from the 1960-1980 period, also known as the MIJ golden age of guitar manufacturing. This is one of the most frustrating questions from the MIJ collector. Wire paths used are consistent, and different, for both makers (white arrows).Ĥ- Cort pickup cavities are color coated, while Tokai pickup cavities are clear coated and stamped. While Cort switch and pickup wires run through a round hole drilled between both pickup cavities. (angled from the switch to the control cavity) Later Tokai made Greco models may, or may not have a longer tenon and tenon route, I'm not sure.Ĭort tenons are always 1" or longer, with the tenon route extending to the bottom edge of end tab routes (black arrows).ģ- Tokai switch and pickup wiring runs through a rectangular channel routed into the back Tokai made Grecos I've seen, have medium to medium-long tenons and a 1/2" wide tenon route. Oval end tab routes found on other Grecos.
Pics posted below of both Greco-Tokai Japan produced and Greco-Cort Korea produced examples.Ģ- Tokai has consistently used squarish end tab pickup routes while Corts have the more common While Japan made Tokai Grecos have standard MIJ squared corner pickup cavity routes, (pic #4 below) Korean made Cort Grecos always have 45* angled pickup cavity corners, (blue arrows) This was omitted in the initial Greco portion of the FAQ, and has been confusing to some.ġ- The most telling differences between the two are cavity routes. Tokai Japan produced " no serial #" Greco EG modelsĭuring the same late 1980's - early 90's time period as Cort Korea, and beyond.
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