Overall, some of these features are examples of better construction than used on the 70's models that it was a copy of. The top and edges of the center block also match up, with no overhang of the top. Its nice to see the more traditional, early style full length maple center block with only a hole drilled for the pickup wire in both pickup cavities.

Going a bit deeper, the center block construction on this Greco is how the early 335’s were made, with no window cut in the side of the bridge pickup cavity, which later models adopted for ease of assembly.

1981 catalogs show the SA 700 as a model with a lacquer finish as well. Parting from absolute accuracy, this Greco model came with the much more desirable stop tail piece. Most of the Gibson 335’s from this era had a trapeze style tail piece, which are often converted to the more desirable stop tail piece. It's also got Kluson style waffle back tuners. The guitar also came with a coil tap which allows you to switch to single coil mode, a feature Gibson added in 1976 and kept until I believe 1981. This guitar has a three piece maple neck and a very nice rosewood board, which the late 70’s Gibson’s also had, but unlike them it has fret edge binding. This guitar is an interesting model as it is a copy of a late 70’s ES-335, but has some of the nicer construction characteristics of the very early models as well. Starting in 1980 Greco was making their 335 style models to copy the original models of the late 50’s and early 60’s, closely following the construction methods and materials of those guitars. This is a really nice 1982 Greco Super Real era model that is a copy of a late 70’s ES-335, but with vintage era center block construction, fret edge binding and a much more desirable stop tail piece.

Greco guitar specs