Mary Kay Goldstar Gallery

[Sigmania]

Collecting examples here.

They are a bit confusing.

I’ve seen them called TST-50A and ST120 MK on handwritten COAs.

They seem to be high spec special order guitars going back to 2012 at least.

 

[Sigmania]

2019

https://reverb.com/item/28910935-tokai-tst-50

Translation:

The absolute hammer! After almost a year of waiting, we couldn't wait to receive this Custom Order Tokai. We are presenting the guitar in a small number of pieces and absolutely exclusively for the Swiss market with the following ingredients: Body - light swamp ash with 60's body shape with a beautiful shimmering blonde finish Neck - one-piece fat C-shape neck with 9.5" radius and in flamed maple and beautiful tinted vintage finish and of course with original F***** headstock hardware - from Gotoh and kept in gold throughout. Try it out immediately and give yourself a huge gift is the order of the day. The photos may not correspond to the guitar in stock. Please ask us for photos of the available instrument.

Really nice TST, definitely NOT a TST50! Converts to more like an TST350!!

 

[Sigmania]

Someone got a heck of a deal!!!

$882

Flame neck special order version.

Tokai Goldstar Mary Kaye 2016 Blonde | Reverb

 

[Sigmania]

No idea why these would be called a TST50.

Tokai Goldstar Sound Mary Kay NEU

 

[Sigmania]

2013

2009 Tokai Goldstar Sound strat, is this one a rarity?

 

[Sigmania]

Tokai TST-50A Goldstar Sound MIJ, Ash White Blonde

Rosewood board.

 

[Sigmania]

The Mystery of the "Tokai Mary Kaye"

theriffjunky:

"I suppose we are all guilty of high praising a new guitar we have just acquired but the playability of this is truly amazing. The workmanship on this is top notch and it just feels right in your hands. The bridge pickup sounds fat, not spikey, position 4 is Mark Knopfler-esk which I love. Neck pick up gives an SRV impression without muffling out or sounding hollow, just big fat rounded tone."

 

[Sigmania]

Tokai Stratocaster ST120 Mary Kaye Signature | Reverb

2012 Special order Springy in Germany.

SN 120794

Faber?

SPECS:
Tokai Mary Kay Strat,
2-pcs. selected US swamp ash body,
One pcs. Canadian Hard Rock Maple Neck
Poly finish
Fretboad radius is 9,5,
Frets are 6105
C-shape neck profile
Tokai Pickups
Steel trem block

 

[togps]

12 pcs. with Springy Sound on headstock logo

 

[Sigmania]

Are these your oders? What was the model actually called? Hard to believe it was called a TST50 unless it was an anniversary model or something?

 

[Sigmania]

Mary Kay special order.

Circa 2009

Tokai Gold Star Sounds - Mary Kaye

 

[Omiewise65]

Tokai Goldstar Sound Mary Kay NEU Video

Here is another one for sale in Germany , for a reasonable price tag

 

[Sigmania]

Yep linked above. I don't think people understand what these are.

Not sure what the equivalent TST would be with a one piece ash body? I am sure it's not a TST50.

750 Euros = 815 USD

815 USD = 105587 Japanese yen

That's the equivalent of a TST105

That is still way below it;s value.

One Reverb one is selling for twice as much with a flamed neck.

 

[Sigmania]

AST version?

Tokai AST-118 GH WBL | eBay

 

[Sigmania]

Tokai AST-118GH WBL Limited Edition white Blonde with Gold Hardware | Reverb

Tokai AST-108GH WBL Limited Edition White Blonde with Gold Hardware "Mary Kaye" Style is a mix between modern and traditional, ST-type electric guitar handmade in Japan with carefully selected tonewoods and high quality parts based on the vintage 50's ST style as an homage to Mary Kaye but tweaked with modern features and stunning visuals.

The Tokai AST-118GH WBL has an ash body and one piece maple neck with a glossy finish, with 22 medium sized frets and 9.5" radius for easier playability.

The Contemporary model is equipped with vintage-style Gotoh Gold Tremolo, ST-Vintage MK3 pickups and Gotoh Vintage machine heads with gold finish.

The gorgeous White Blonde color has a gloss Poly finish, beautiful combination of a mint green pickguard with ivory knobs and Gotoh gold hardware.

Includes a durable Tokai Vintage Hard case.

Guitar Specifications

• Body: Ash
• Neck: One Piece Canadian Hard Rock Maple, Glossy Finish
• Fingerboard: Maple (M)
• Frets: Sanko Japan SBB-214 22x Medium Jumbo
• Machine Heads: Gotoh Vintage with Gold Finish
• Bridge: Gotoh Tremolo with Gold Finish
• Pickups: Tokai ST Vintage MK3 Set
• Electronics: 1x Volume, 2x Tone, 5-way Switch
• Hardware: Gold
• Pickguard: Mint Green
• Color: White Blonde (WBL)

Tokai Guitar is definitely one of the most famous and popular Japanese electric guitar brand which has captured the heart of guitar players worldwide and have been used by legendary guitarists!

All MIJ Tokai guitars are hand-made with their original production line in the Hamamatsu factory in Japan since 1977....

For Set Neck models, Tokai specifically uses "glue" for attaching fingerboard and neck.

Only few craftsmen and skilled luthiers are allowed to do gluing, this process needs special skills to make no gap between the fingerboard and neck and creating the perfect and smooth playing experience.

All MIJ Tokai guitars has a very resonant body and the built quality is superb, paired with premium hardware and electronics.

 

[Sigmania]

12 pcs. with Springy Sound on headstock logo

Here is another one from the 12 piece 2012 Springy order.

SN 120795 to go with 120794 above.

ST120 MK

Tokai Guitars

 

[Sigmania]

2011/12 UK catalog

 

[JohnOscarDee]

Few months back I bought this beauty. Seller said that its supposed to be TST-50 Mary Kaye edition, but was not certain, since there's not much information on this model. I have tried to google it everywhere, but many of these TST-50A or TS120MK version are a little bit different from each other. Some of them comes with "flaming" neck and the paint is somewhat different even between the 50's. Other thing that I have noticed is that every MK version serial number starts with 12XXXX or 13XXXX, where this one is 10XXXX. Question here is that: Is there any way to actually know the model number for this guitar? I even contacted Tokai Japan to ask for this, but they told me that they do not keep track on the guitars based on the serial number.
BTW: Bridge and tuners are not original. Previous owner changed them.

 

[Sigmania]

I believe these were special/store orders. I know Faber in Germany placed some of these orders. I believe the person making the order names the model? Not positive but that is what it seems like.

Try contacting Faber. The owner is a member on this forum as well, but you may have better luck messaging him through his web site.

 

[JohnOscarDee]

Thanks! I just sent message to Faber. Lets see