OK, I did the adjustment last evening and things are cool on that end now. It's another bit of knowledge in the unending list.
Now the next subject. I visited my local one man custom guitar shop here in Yokohama who has quite a history and we had a long talk about upgrades and Tokai's in general. We have agreed on the componets and discussed wiring. A few Les Paul books were brought out and wiring photos studied. Most supported the vintage wiring schemes I have printed off the web. An interesting element is that he sells Cryogenic treated A&B CTS pots and treated jacks. There is not much info on the US web for this treatment of the metal but there is some for valve amp tubes. Well he supports the audio improvements so they were added to the list. I will use an oil cap that is his recomedation also as well as grounding directly the jack to pots. All that plus the Tom Holmes p/u's should get it in line with the vintage sound.
The final (??) element was upgrading to the Gotoh SD90-sl tuners that come stock on the high end Tokai's.
It goes under the knife next week.
I'll report back afterwards.
Now the next subject. I visited my local one man custom guitar shop here in Yokohama who has quite a history and we had a long talk about upgrades and Tokai's in general. We have agreed on the componets and discussed wiring. A few Les Paul books were brought out and wiring photos studied. Most supported the vintage wiring schemes I have printed off the web. An interesting element is that he sells Cryogenic treated A&B CTS pots and treated jacks. There is not much info on the US web for this treatment of the metal but there is some for valve amp tubes. Well he supports the audio improvements so they were added to the list. I will use an oil cap that is his recomedation also as well as grounding directly the jack to pots. All that plus the Tom Holmes p/u's should get it in line with the vintage sound.
The final (??) element was upgrading to the Gotoh SD90-sl tuners that come stock on the high end Tokai's.
It goes under the knife next week.
I'll report back afterwards.