Tokai Guitars. Any good?
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In 1965 Tokai started making classical guitars and in 1968 started making the Hummingbird electric guitar series and in 1970 started making the Hummingbird Acoustic models. I've got an Epiphone Les Paul too, so you're in good company.
Top is a naturally finished honey colour in one piece lightly flamed. If you want to date a FERNANDES guitar, we can help you… The older FERNANDES guitars do have serial numbers on occasion, and can be found on the neck plates of the Revival series Stratocasters and Telecasters, but otherwise, FERNANDES did not often use serial numbers. To contact the forum owner hit the Contact Us link.
Differentiating Tokai Japan from Tokai Korea - Tokai and Dyna Gakki produced the solid-body models from 1997 until the end of the joint-venture in 2015.
I'd always go for the early Tokai. They are good to very good. Do you know the model number as with every Tokai model, there are several prices and specs? ST-50 is the most common, but an ST-80 has better pickups and the rare ST-100 adds some other fanciness I forget which. There are some that have custom colours, too. Early Tokais are usually priced at or above their original list price - ~50000 yen for an ST-50, for example. I've had a '78 Springy, and still have a '81 Breezy Tele and '83 Springy. They're going nowhere Beware of fakes - believe it or not, people are now faking early Tokais - using bitsacasters. The '7okai' style logos are sold via Ebay, and I've had to break the bad news to several people about their faked Tokais. An '81 should have a date-based serial numbering stamped serial number like 10xxxxx on the neck plate that matches the info you can find at - which also has a section stuffed with scans of old catalogues. You should be OK buying from a reliable dealer like Ishibashi. Oh, and will get your more detailed questions answered. I have a Tokai Strat that I use all the time. I found it at a second hand store for cheap, but it had some issues. Has a nice vibe to it a lot of new guitars don't have. Cor, first post and I'm correcting someone - sorry!! You'll find that the early Japanese Squier JV models at least the export ones are exactly the same as the Fender JV models. The headstock logo was changed in the middle of 1982 or thereabouts. As far as hardware goes, the Squiers have US pickups, exactly the same body contours as the Fender badged ones, exactly the same necks etc etc etc. The only difference is that they have Squier in big type and Fender in small. Oh, and mine has a Kent Armstrong replacement in the middle. How do I know this? Well, first of all I've bought a Squier JV model, 62 RI, made in feb 1983 which is pretty period correct according to my father in law who owned a proper 1962 strat. And secondly, the guy who runs the website seems to know what he's on about! And finally, hello everyone!! And sorry to villager again I have a Tokai strat that years ago I traded some cheap pedals for. The only change that I have made is a blend pot. It sounds like an old strat with old strat pickups,it plays like an old strat except for factory installed big fretwire ,it's lightweight, and it stays in tune. The feel and playability is comparable to my Cunnetto era Mary Kaye relic strat. An unbeatable value for the cost-conscious player I've got a red '84 Tokai ST-'62 that I've had since the late '80's. It was my main axe for many years. I did some work on it a few years ago, including refret, shielding and p'up swaps. I'm not even sure what I've got in there anymore... I think it's a Texas Special, a SD vintage staggered and definitely a Cool Rails in the bridge. Whenever I pick it up, I'm amazed at how well it sounds. It is easily one of the nicest sounding Strats I've played. The neck is not really to my current tastes i. I'd go for the Tokai. I played an '81 ST-80 when I was in Tokyo last summer I almost bought it but I figured my wife would freak if I came home with three guitars - as it was I came home with two and it was quite nice. If it were between an early Springy and a first run JV Strat, I might go with the JV. I've got a low serial number Japanese market JV strat later Japanese neck that is pretty sweet. I actually bought that over the Tokai on that trip to Tokyo.
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I think I'm gonna go for it, it jesus. I was told it was a flame maple top from the store I bought it at www. Buy it, make a video demonstrating it, and map out dating tokai guitars wiring. The tuners slip a bit sometimes, especially the A string. I don't normally post pictures of my caballeros, sorry. I also noticed some loverocks are laquer nd some polyester. The Tokai Love Rock models are especially prone to counterfeit so be wary of any Tokai guitars sold here in the USA. Korean production started around the mid-1990s. Tokai GoldStar AST123 NAMM Model Brand new between. The general rule is that after about 1981 when Tokai changed the types of serial numbers on Springys, you can't date them from the serial number.
