Roadrunner 451
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I bought a new Tokai Love Rock about a month ago,an LS75 Gold Top with soap bars. All in all not a bad guitar, but cetainly nothing special. The hardware is pretty good and the Gotoh single coil pickups sound good as well. But the guitar itself is nothing to write home about. Thr fret work is rough, there are lots of sharp frets that need to be dressed. The intonation on the D string is flat and there isn't enough adjustment to fix it.The jack came loose , no big deal, so I removed the inspection cover from the back to make sure I didn't twist up the wires when I tightened up the jack.I figured they would use a metal pan for shielding like Gibson, but it has some kind of "metalized paint" instead. It works OK, but it is kind of cheap. Also, the hole for the jack on the bottom of the guitar is too large and the jack plate screws had broken through the wood and into the hole for the jack, really kind of poor build quality. I thought this model was suppose to have a one piece neck but it's actually two pieces, there's a little piece added to the back of the neck in the heel area. Just for comparison I also own an 82' Gibson Les Paul Standard that I bought brand new back in 82' for $600.00. I have no issues with this guitar, it has been a tried and true friend for over twenty years. It plays great and sounds great, with no set up or quality issues( well almost,the bridge pickup became microphonic a couple of months ago, and I replaced both pickups with Torres custom Humbuckers).
I'll probably make some people angry with this post, sorry, I'm not trying to piss anybody off. It's just that I read so many wonderfull things about Tokai's on this site, and my experience has been a little different. I guess it just goes to show that nobobodys perfect, even Tokai. I don't think Tokai will be getting any more of my money anytime soon.
Regards,
Bill
I'll probably make some people angry with this post, sorry, I'm not trying to piss anybody off. It's just that I read so many wonderfull things about Tokai's on this site, and my experience has been a little different. I guess it just goes to show that nobobodys perfect, even Tokai. I don't think Tokai will be getting any more of my money anytime soon.
Regards,
Bill