Listed here for sale is a tremendous guitar, I don’t know when this beauty was made but I think maybe around 1985. It certainly predates the current Greco Zemaitis  heart model, which sells for £2650. And it is not a 70's hand made model,  which sell for over twenty thousand.

 

But guess what, this guitar absolutely nails the Keith Richards Brown Sugar era Stones tone. Set it for open G tuning and take off the heavy E string to get instant 1971 retro sounds !

 

This guitar has a quality feel to it. The headstock plate is larger than the current versions, and fancier too. The Greco models have “Greco” photo etched onto the tailpiece, this one just has heavy engraving.

 

Pickups sound strong and clear, no makers marks on the bases. Neck pickup  measures 8K and bridge is a whopping 15K. Everything is working as it should. Plays like a dream ! The truss rod is a Gibson style nut, not cheap allen key style. The fretboard is a fine grained supersmooth ebony. 24 fret neck with fancy diamond shaped inlay at the 12 fret.

 

This 12fret diamond inlay does not appear on the Greco version.

 

There are a some marks near the toggle switch that look like “curly cord melt”, this happens when a cable is put in the case with the guitar, it then reacts with the finish. This used to happen more often in the 1970s, when curly cords were more popular.

 

The finish has some cloudiness near the switch, on the lower horn and around the diamond pearl heart inlays.

 

I cant find a serial number or makers mark anywhere on this guitar, but if you always wanted a Ronnie Wood style Zemaitis but cant justify the 20 grand price this might be just the ticket.

 

If you want something different from the usual suspects this could be for you.

 

Email me with any questions !      Quote stock number : A0090

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UPDATE : UPDATE : UPDATE :  This guitar may have been built during a transition period while Tony Zemaitis was in discussions in regard to overseas licensing. Hence no makers name anywhere. Possibly built by the Devizer group using original Zemaitis parts.