Just wanting to chronicle the earliest Tokai guitars.
From the period before they started making faithful reproductions of Fenders and Gibsons.
Tokai guitar timeline:
1947 Company started by making harmonicas and pianos
1965 Classical guitars
1968 First electric guitars (Hummingbirds, Mosrite clone)
1970 TOKAI branded acoustics
1970-1973 Made Conn acoustics
1972 Began making Sigmas for CF Martin
1975 Began making Cat's Eyes acoustics
1975-77? Began making Fernandes Fender clones
1977 Tokai branded Fender clone (Springy Sound)
1978 Tokai "Les Paul Reborn"
Sources in part:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōkai_Gakki
1969 catalog
From the period before they started making faithful reproductions of Fenders and Gibsons.
Tokai guitar timeline:
1947 Company started by making harmonicas and pianos
1965 Classical guitars
1968 First electric guitars (Hummingbirds, Mosrite clone)
1970 TOKAI branded acoustics
1970-1973 Made Conn acoustics
1972 Began making Sigmas for CF Martin
1975 Began making Cat's Eyes acoustics
1975-77? Began making Fernandes Fender clones
1977 Tokai branded Fender clone (Springy Sound)
1978 Tokai "Les Paul Reborn"
Sources in part:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tōkai_Gakki
1969 catalog
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