help me id this guitar

[GoldstarSound]

Ive just picked up an old MIJ les paul copy at a local auction. its in a bit of a state, someone has stripped the top and headstock so i dont know the manufacturer. but it has a bolt-on neck and has gotoh gold coloured hardware. looks pretty old, 70's I would say. the headstock is bound like a LP custom but it has trapezoid inlays like a LP standard.

the pickups have cream bobbins, and the base reads 'patent applied for - made by gotoh'

any idea what pickups these are? or better still what guitar it is?

I will add pics later if needed.

 

[JohnA]

Does it say 'patent applied for - made by gotoh' or 'patent applied for - made by goto' (no h)

 

[GoldstarSound]

it is missing the h. 'made by goto'

 

[JohnA]

it is missing the h. 'made by goto'

They are the same pickups as found in the 1979-82 Tokai LS80's I don't know if other manufacturers used thrm as well so it's possibly a Tokai, but obviously a low-end model as it has a bolt-on neck.

Some pics might help.

 

[GoldstarSound]

hmm interesting. i will try and get some pics up tomorrow.

are they considered good pickups? or just cheap ones for the low end guitars?

 

[GoldstarSound]

here are some pics...

any help appreciated.

 

[Ozeshin]

Ummm..Plywood body...looks as though it MIGHT be an old Maya and the back looks to be a stained maple cap.

 

[JohnA]

The Goto PAF's are pretty good, as for the rest of the guitar

It doesn't look like a Tokai, as Oz says maybe a Maya or something from the '70's, still if it plays & sounds OK who cares!