Anyone here own a vintage MIJ LP?

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slowhand84
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Would love to see some of our members' vintage MIJ LPs, so show 'em if ya got 'em! Spent some time last night cleaning up and restringing this beautiful old Fujigen Cortez LP I grabbed from GC about a year ago for a whopping $150...one of the best playing and sounding Les Pauls I've ever had the pleasure of owning.

It was actually sold to me as a "D'Agostino"...however when it arrived I noticed a little mother of pearl peeking out from behind the cheap looking D'Agostino decal. Scratched the decal off carefully and lo and behold, a beautiful mother of pearl Cortez logo underneath.

I guess this wasn't an uncommon practice back then, a company building guitars and another slapping its logo on there...but certainly the first time I've ever seen it on a guitar I owned. This baby also turned out to have a Dimarzio Air Classic bridge pickup that's a great match for it, and a Faber USA bridge.

Here she is all cleaned up and lookin' damn good for being born sometime in the late 1970s!

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Here's my MIJ Univox Gimme hanging out with some friends.

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Absolutely! 1974 Ibanez 2350 (Les Paul Custom).
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And the "oh stop it" letter
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slowhand84
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BatUtilityBelt wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 4:52 pm Absolutely! 1974 Ibanez 2350 (Les Paul Custom).
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And the "oh stop it" letter
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Very nice! Is that a set neck or a bolt on model? I think they had both as "lawsuit" models.
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slowhand84 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 5:08 pm Very nice! Is that a set neck or a bolt on model? I think they had both as "lawsuit" models.
Yes, they had both (I'm not sure of the year breakdowns between). Mine is 4-bolt, not a set neck.
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Ibanez PF300

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Not exactly vintage but I have a 1990 Greco LP Custom EGC-75. I have had several different pickups in it but here it had a Dimarzio Tone Zone in bridge and a Duncan Slash in the neck
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No, but I have a vintage MIJ Tele. :D
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Right now this is the closest I've got to a MIJ LP and it's not vintage:



It beat out three custom shop Les Pauls, a PRS SC594, and a Knaggs Kenai. Obviously those Filtertrons aren't PAFs. I can EQ them to sound like PAFs but it requires some thought.
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Missed this thread until now. Pictured is my 1989 Orville by Gibson Custom, and my 1977 Greco EG900
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Gergo wrote: ↑Mon Oct 25, 2021 11:24 am 20200824_215905[20759].jpg Missed this thread until now. Pictured is my 1989 Orville by Gibson Custom, and my 1977 Greco EG900
Very nice! Love that Randy Rhoads vibe. Funny timing that this thread has been reawakened, I JUST somehow caught another one of the exact same Cortez LP in my first post here for a great price and snatched it up. Should arrive Thursday, super excited for another one of these rarities. This one has a black finish but otherwise is the exact same guitar with all the high end specs.
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1982 Greco Custom
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