tokai ls with dowel tenor and tokai routing ????

[muccax]

hi
saw this one ,,,,, it has the dowel tenor and tokai routing
serial number 0100688
never seen that before ,,,, has anyone seen one like this ?
http://imageevent.com/chingo123/february2012/tokailoverockls50csb1062?p=34&n=1&m=-1&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=2
all the best
otto

 

[Cali Girl]

Classic ink stamp serial number features (cheaper, non-Tokai construction).

-Heel cap
-Dowel neck joint
-Short tenon

 

[muccax]

hi
yes i know that part
but have you ever seen a doweled neck with the tokai routing in the pickup cavity ????? ... as far as i have seen they look like greco routing in the pickup cavity
all the best
otto

 

[jacco]

What do you mean Otto?
I have only seen inkies with Tokai cavity routing.

 

[muccax]

hi
i can not find the picture ,,,, but i am pretty sure i have seen one with greco routing ... and did belive it was the way that they were made ... not with the tokai routing in the pickup cavity
all the best
otto

 

[muccax]

hi jacco
see here
http://www.k4.dion.ne.jp/~yjibika/en_1980TokaiLS60.html

a tokai with greco routing
all the best
otto

 

[wulfman]

That reminds me of my Bison guitar with the rougher routing...perhaps some Fujigens were made for Tokai?

 

[spikeymikey]

I think I may have owned this guitar. Need to check my records. It was a great sounding one - is it for sale? It went to the US a couple of years ago. The neck joint was the same - no issues there at all.

 

[Reborn Old]

a tokai with greco routing
all the best
otto

Hi Otto,

That Mr Yamauchi channel cutout is consistent with all Tokai wire channel cutouts.

I have seen a few inkies with the square end tabs.
I think it's more a case of Tokai Nagano routing omissions, rather than a copy of the Fujigen routing style (which do have narrower oval end tabs).

There are often no "Inkie" pickup cavity end cutouts, because Gotohs were the main pickup used, (since all inkies are LS-50 and 60 models), and Gotohs are shallow pickups without ears, that don't require end cutouts. The down side of this, is that pickup swaps are limited or difficult.

At the main Hamamatsu plant, pickups were varied with some Gotohs, some 57 PAFs, and Dimarzios, and most had the deeper pickup ear designs, so all pickup end routs were cut. I don't know why long tenon routs were ever cut on vintage Tokais, and neither did Nagano plant techs apparently.

Cheers !