“Studio 102” TOKAI Masterpieces

[Sigmania]

1984 TLS200

Tokai／LS 200 / TLS 200 "1984" Love Rock ★★ SOLID FLAME TOP & 1P Maho BACK ★★ 軽量 3.9kg ★★／ビンテージ／¥ASK／状態：B+

Product description​

LS -200 / TLS-200 made in 1984, the final year of the first Tokai, has arrived!

This TLS200, which officially adopted "Duncan Vintage '59" from the 1984 catalog, is the most mature and final model of the first period! Don't miss out on the stunning Solid Flame Frame TOP!


* Solid Flame Maple Top

* 1 piece mahogany back

* 1P mahogany neck (no neck heel joint)

* PU, front and rear both "Duncan Vintage '59" 59N + 59B (first spec: red label), etc

Fret edge binding, head angle 18 degrees, internal routing processing ~ long tenon / deep joint, glamorous TOP curve line ... Although there are some minor wear, it does not feel excessively used 39 years ago As a vintage guitar, this one has been kept in clean condition, including the luster of the paint.

 

[Sigmania]

Interesting situation with those codes.

Tokai ST-80 BB 1981 Matching Head Order Made SALE ¥38,000 OFF | eBay

 

[Sigmania]

Broker's listing & price

Fender Japan Custom Tokai Made St68-120Spl 68 Lacquer *Vp417 | eBay

 

[settebello]

I like those big headstocks,even more with a rosewood fingerboard.

 

[Sigmania]

Their own listing on digimart

Tokai／/ Fender Japan Custom Edition ★★ TOKAI MADE ★★ ST68-120SPL ★★ ラッカー★★ SALE >> 30,000円OFF／ビンテージ／¥248000／状態：B+

Fender Japan Stratocaster in stock by TOKAI MADE!
(For Tokai fans, we are posting in the TOKAI category.)


TOKAI has been manufacturing high-precision ST and TL since before Fender Japan was established. From the middle of the 80's, he was forced to shift to original model manufacturing due to the technology from woodworking to painting and the high degree of clone accuracy. I once manufactured a "very small part" of F/J products.

In Fender Japan, in 1992, Fender was created in 1992 by the "Custom Edition Team" responsible for the craft section of "EXTRAD Production" pursuing traditional vintage models since the 1980s (and product planning and development / R&D with USA Fender). Japan Developed and sold the original Telecaster, the 10th anniversary commemorative model. From the following year in 1993, new models not limited to vintage specifications will be introduced as the "Custom Edition Series" such as Robbenford Signature, BASS VI, and ST with Race Sensor PU.

This product is N serial = made in 1993. In 1993, "ST68-120SPL" was newly published as a "68-spec Strat" that had never existed before in the "Custom Edition" lineup of the Fender Japan catalog. Until the previous year, "Large head + 4-point stop = 1967 specification"

* Tiger logo (gold)
* Crewson specification pegs, but for the first time in 1993 "ST68-120SPL"

*WITH SYNCHRO ~ CBS Logo (black)
* Made by Schaller, F-key pegs are used, but for some reason it disappeared from the custom edition frame in the catalog from 1994 the following year. and return.

A few years later, it will be revived as the 68TX and will be a standard lineup, but it will be "only for this one year as a Custom Edition", and it is very interesting that one part of this prototype product was manufactured by TOKAI. (In recent years, the re-evaluation has been increasing, especially around the production of TOKAI for the "1st term Fender Japan" from 82 to 97)

Other specifications: --- MAPLE CAP / pasted maple NECK, Alder BODY, pickup "USA ST-VINTAGE " , Schaller F-key peg, steel block bridge

Since it is a <collector release item>, I can assure you that it will be difficult to get a chance to get "same specification black" in the future! !

 

[NoLifeKing]

Hello guys,

I have find 2 Tokai FV at the 102studio, I am interested interested but I dont know how to contact them. I have tried their contact form but it doesnt work. Is this shop trustworthy?

Thanks a lot

 

[Sigmania]

Hello guys,

I have find 2 Tokai FV at the 102studio, I am interested interested but I dont know how to contact them. I have tried their contact form but it doesnt work. Is this shop trustworthy?

Thanks a lot

I have not tried to contact them, but they consistently offer high end MIJ guitars.

When you tried the contact form did you communicate in Japanese?

 

[NoLifeKing]

I dont speak japanese, so in english and I translated the page from japanse to english with my web browser.

 

[Sigmania]

OK. Was it in Japanese characters?

 

[NoLifeKing]

Yes the browser doesnt translate some part, I even searched the email in the source code page but nothing... I also tried on their old reverb shop but it seems not used at all