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Hi thanks for the info - all very interesting, and I guess the conclusion to drw is that it looks like an original Goldstar from around the mid-80s, with some leeway either way... I'm not entirely sold on the idea that Tokai wuld have put left-over parts on new models just to use up the stock -...

More pics... Serial no is 226780. I had a look on the registry dating page but couldn't find anything conclusive. What's the significance of the round string trees, mirrorboy? Cheers[/img]

Hi - long time lurker here, very interested in the background of these great guitars. I've been a fan for 20+ years, having bought a new Breezysound in the Camden Rockshop in 1989. Still have it, tuned to a 5-string open G for Stones covers... The question here though is my Goldie, which I...

To return to the OP for a sec, I use and recommend Hercules folding stands for home, rehearsal and stage use. The single guitar units are very compact, and (I was told this when I bought it) the soft pads aren't supposed to react with nitro finishes. I've been using one for a couple of years and...

Oldflame No offence intended. Truth be known, I spent 18 years there myself before fetching up in Bath, so i certainly shouldn't be throwing stones... but there is a certain type, you know?! AlanN The Star? Bell? Few better places to sink a couple or eight, IMHO... and then rolling around on...

Feck. That's where I've been going wrong then. As you can see... http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii281/anyfulekno/guitars/IMG_1154.jpg Sorry, not the most brilliant of pics. Here's some more, 'cos you asked! I'd be interested to hear any comments about which exact model it is - I don't...

Makes sense, yes, thanks stratman. And it does have a maple neck! I suppose i was concerned that the pickguard is one of the easiest parts on a guitar to swap out, for example if one of the screws has been overtightened and cracked one of the corners off. I bought my Goldie about four years ago...

I see many images of Goldies on this forum. Some have three-ply pickguards, some have single ply. Is it easy to say which models/years had which as original fittings? I have an 80s model with a single-ply guard.

Don't sell it to them though...! It's an odd thing about Bath: it must have one of the highest densities of musicians per square mile of any populated area in the UK, and yet it is seemingly impossible to run a decent music shop here. The quality of the live music available on the street and...

Name like Chipps, you'd have had to gone North, lad... It's all chickpeas and chorizo down here now - I have to head for the midlands to get a decent pork scratching these days. Sorry, guitar shops, did you say? The outrageously overpriced Vintage and Rare, pandering to the outrageously...

Got the same colour Goldstar Sound, but with a maple neck, which to my eye looks even better against the blue/grey body. Lovely to play, too.

Koch Twintone. Dutch-built 50w valve combo (koch-amps.com), superb build quality, bought from Holiday Music in London a couple of years ago. Fantastic tones, especially through the clean channel, which has some clever circuitry to stop high-output pups from muddying the sound (if you choose to...

Walked into a music shop on Camden Road in about 1988, picked the ivory Breezysound with the maple neck from the wall and like the OP of this thread, was converted within about 5 minutes. Just so easy and smooth, so much better than the USA Strat I'd previously been wrestling with for about a...