Unusual Script Logo With Snowflake & Eagle Inlay

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Very unusual guitar. Not sure what to think about this one.

It has the script logo which suggests GMC 1970/71 import.

It has a truss rod cover, which is 1975 or earlier?

It has an eagle in lay which looks like it could be associated with the American Bi-centennial in 1976?

It has very crude looking snowflake, or something similar, fret markers.

The case dates to much later than the guitar I think. The case is circa 1980.

Rare item Tokai logo details unknown prototype? Eagle inlay avalon top veneer blue case velute anonymous delivery

Description of item​

Unidentified
A rare prototype?
Tokai
Eagle inlay on head
Avalon
Comes with blue case (manufactured by Tokai Musical Instruments)
Comes with volute, the proof of a high-quality guitar
New cow bone saddle octave adjustment

This device has a Tokai logo on the head, maybe an eagle? A rare item with inlays and pojon marks cut into dots is decorated with Avalon.

This is the first time I've seen a position mark like this.

It's probably made by Tokai Musical Instruments, but it's not Humming Bird or Cat 's Eyes , it uses the Tokai logo , which looks like the logo on electric guitars .

It's the first time I've seen a guitar like this, so I don't know the details, so I couldn't look it up on the internet, and there's no label, so I have no idea.

The top is made of veneer, and the back of the neck has a velute found on high-end guitars.

It's probably a guitar from the 70 's .

When you remove the truss rod cover, there is a countersunk hole in the shape of the truss rod cover, allowing the truss rod to fit neatly into it.This is the first time I have seen such processing. (See photo 9)

Overall, there are no noticeable scratches, dents, or cracks, and the paint is shiny and clean, so I think it is in good condition.

Playability is good, with no peeling of the bracing, no floating bridges, and no bulges on the top .

The binding has turned amber with age and is cool.

Looks like the pegs have been replaced.

The saddle has been replaced with a new one made from cow bone and has an octave adjustment.

Comes with a Tokai Gakki Cat 's Eyes blue case.

*Since there is no label, the details of this guitar are unknown.


Product Summary
details unknown
Tokai
no label
Around 1970s
Top : Spruce veneer
Side : Rosewood?
Back : Rosewood?
Neck : Mahogany?
Fingerboard : Rosewood?
Bridge : Rosewood?
Nut width : approx . 43.8mm
Scale : approx . 645mm
String height : Approximately 2.6mm for 6th string 12F , approximately 1.9mm for 1st string 12F
Accessories : Blue case (manufactured by Tokai Musical Instruments)



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1975 catalog showing Marin fret markers and is the source of the Cat's Eyes name.

Note that these fret markers are unlike any of the martin ones. Much more crude outline.

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Very similar inlay to the one on this Tokai banjo from a 1973 (?) catalog?

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Again in the 1975 catalog

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