The Greco D-80P is an unusual Japanese-made electric resonator from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Greco is far better known for its electric guitars from this period, but the D-80P was a regular catalogue model rather than a later conversion or one-off. It combined a traditional spider-bridge resonator system with a factory-installed magnetic pickup and conventional volume and tone controls.<\/p>\n
This 1990 example in Natural has the characteristic large resonator coverplate, paired f-holes and round-neck construction. The back is arched rather than flat, while the neck is a three-piece maple construction with a rosewood fingerboard. The combination makes the D-80P feel considerably closer to a conventional acoustic guitar than many traditional resonators, which doesn’t make it any less cool!<\/p>\n
The resonator itself uses a single cone with a spider bridge. A lipstick-style magnetic pickup is mounted immediately in front of the fingerboard, with master volume and tone controls positioned on the lower bout.<\/p>\n
Acoustically, this particular guitar sits somewhere between a conventional resonator and a hollowbody acoustic, with plenty of the metallic attack associated with a spider bridge but a rounder overall tone dues to the wood (maple) body. It plays great, and the frets are effectively like new.<\/p>\n
Condition is very good for its age, with standard playwear and some light tarnishing and ageing to the metal hardware. The D-80P remains a relatively uncommon model and is an interesting, very rare and very usable alternative to the more traditional National and Dobro-derived resonator designs.<\/p>\n
SPECIFICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n The Greco D-80P is an unusual Japanese-made electric resonator from the late 1980s and early 1990s. Greco is far better known for its electric guitars from this period, but the D-80P was a regular catalogue model rather than a later conversion or one-off. It combined a traditional spider-bridge resonator system with a factory-installed magnetic pickup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":54287,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[202,445],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-54286","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-guitar","product_cat-resonators","brand-greco","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n