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bluesyrat Guitar God
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Weird? No, Tokai!
very interesting... _________________ fusion music make me puke |
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Peter Mac Guitar God
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 1060 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2012 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Hi guys,
I have a feeling that the PAF stickers on those pickups are not for DiMarzio. They are for the next generation of Tokai 'A' pickups or the C.A.R. pickups used on the U.S. models being exported.
It's hard to tell without seeing all the guitar, body and neck codes, etc to determine what is is and its age.
Some recent information outlined that ONLY the ST-100 had DiMarzio VS-1 and all the other models had Tokai-made 'E' or 'U' pickups.
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Peter Mac _________________ The world will not end today...because it is already tomorrow in Australia. |
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bluejeannot Guitar God
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Peter Mac Guitar God
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:13 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry for the confusion, let me clarify.
'Slab' fingerboards were used on Fendah Strats from 1959 - 1962
Until the end of Springy, all ST-80 had 64U necks and Tokai 'E' pickups - only the ST-100 had VS-1 and ST-70 had a 'slab' neck.
By 1984 Goldstar specs had changed to TST-80 with slab board and VS-1.
The introduction of the 'slab' neck was largely due to the U.S. model TST-62 being released with 1962 specs (which included a slab board.)
SRV was still an endorser and his No.1 guitar was a 1959 slab board Fendah.
Interestingly the slab board only lasted a few years before going back to a 64 lam board.
For the record, I have always liked the Slab board neck - it is a little chunkier with great tone and feel, i've just never been able to aquire one.
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Peter Mac _________________ The world will not end today...because it is already tomorrow in Australia. |
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bluesyrat Guitar God
Joined: 17 Feb 2012 Posts: 395 Location: Latina, Italy
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Peter Mac wrote: |
Until the end of Springy, all ST-80 had 64U necks and Tokai 'E' pickups - only the ST-100 had VS-1 and ST-70 had a 'slab' neck.
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Not all the st100 Springy had VS-1, is it right? I'd never seen one but that means nothing... my st100 springy has "E" stamped pick ups... _________________ fusion music make me puke |
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bluejeannot Guitar God
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 1621 Location: London
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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It seems to me that a slab board gives the guitar a little more midrange.This could be purely subjective though.What does everybody else think. Gabe _________________ bluejeannot |
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Peter Mac Guitar God
Joined: 16 Dec 2001 Posts: 1060 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Bluejeannot,
I'd love to see some more pics of that sunborst TST-80 YSOR.
Things like headstock, serial#, stamp codes if possible, bridge and pickups.
This will go a long way to finding the sequence patterns for Tokai.
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Peter Mac _________________ The world will not end today...because it is already tomorrow in Australia. |
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bluejeannot Guitar God
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Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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As soon as I get the time I`ll do that for you Peter. Gabe. _________________ bluejeannot |
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bluejeannot Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 6:02 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Peter, here are the photos.The neck plate serial number is a little hard to see but it`s L11357,and the machine heads are stamped Tokai like a Springy not De Luxe as on other Goldies.Hope this helps.All the best, Gabe.
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bluejeannot Guitar God
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Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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I have just seen this on the Strat Forum,some more Di Marzio VS 1s with the PAF stickers fitted to another Goldie ST 80. http://imgur.com/a/MjYfG _________________ bluejeannot |
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