Relic- Aged 1959 Les Paul Tokai ---found!! Too Cool!

[bear925]

Some of the regulars may have seen these, but I just ran across my first absolutely gorgeous '59 flame top LP Tokai- "aged" just right- a little bit more than Tom Murphy does on the $8500 Gibson aged Historic models- looks road worn and ready to rock! Just go to belfastguitaremporium.com Some good ol boys over in Ireland have a very nice store with some new guitars, and some nice vintage pieces. I wrote to check on prices. Soon as I hear from them, I'll post price on the relic LP. I've seen the Edwards relic model- there's something weird about the way they try to dull their guitar finish on an aged model. May be they final spray it in a flat, or satin finish, then age it. Also- the one I saw still has bright new looking chrome parts- only the wood is aged a bit on the Edwards. It appears from the pictures, the Tokai has been fully aged to perfection....Enjoy!! Bear.

 

[LoveRocksRule]

yeah i spotted that reliced Love Rock on www.belfastguitaremporium.com and instantly fell in love...

if only i had loads of money to splash out on such beautiful guitars like this one

there is no price on their website for this guitar but i would imagine that it would be around ?1200 or somthing.. i wonder which model it is??

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[LoveRocksRule]

that would be great if u could post the prices of this guitar once they let u know i am in the UK so if u could tell me the price in UK pounds that would be great...

the Edwards Relic model that u are talking about is it the Edwards Jimmy Page Model like the one that this guy is selling on Ebay??

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Edwards-ESP-Les-Paul-Jimmy-Page-Relic-CTM-Shop-Style_W0QQitemZ7378060983QQcategoryZ33038QQssPageNameZWD2VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

they look real nice to, and they are very reasonably priced to, although they arenot solid tops only flamed veneer they still look awesome!!!

but i still prefer the look of the tokai one

 

[magentaplacenta]

Eh, the one pictured above looks cheesey/fake to me, perhaps it looks better in person. Why not just buy a higher end late 70s/early 80s model that's got real wear to it?

 

[LoveRocksRule]

Eh, the one pictured above looks cheesey/fake to me

i like it... to each their own...

 

[bear925]

WOW! Ok guys- a relic'd Tokai 59 Paul has shown up on ebay- around $1450 US- that seems a bit high- the Tokai Love Rock- LP models I see are going new for around $500-600 US. Those aren't the high end models- just the ALS models coming into Canada now. The Edwards Jimmy Page guitar that has been aged sells around $950-to-$1050 US + $120 shipping. The Tokai on ebay now is from an English guitar shop. It is not the one I first found at the Irish music store. Want a big secret on aging parts?? I've done it myself overnight! Very easy- first go take the parts-screws-pick up covers- metal parts off your guitar that you want to look older. Go grab an eyedropper and head out to your car- pop the hood, and pop the top on your battery- be careful- get a good couple of teaspoons of battery acid in a cup- then go to the refrigerator and grab a Coke. Drink all but the last swallow- put twice the amount of Coke in the cup with the acid- get some steel wool or fine sandpaper and rough up the metal parts a bit, toss them in a flat bowl, and overnight, you'll have hazy- worn- nasty aged parts. If it's not aged enough- rough up more with sandpaper and toss back in for another night or so. Go easy the first time- you can always age the metal parts a bit more each time, but of course you can't bring them back to look newer. The steel wool makes the parts look tarnished, while the sandpaper really goes further. Bear