julianz
New member
I recently bought my second Tokai, this time it's a 160F 12-string labelled "Humming Bird" which appears to date from the 70's or thereabouts. It needs a new set of tuners as the old owner ran it as a 6-string for a long time but is otherwise in pretty good condition - and I paid very little so I'm happy to get the work done.
It's a 2-piece solid top and has a one-piece back (I was surprised at this but it's definitely a single piece of wood). It has a zero fret and a height-adjustable bridge. The neck is huge and baseball-bat like and the guitar has a big, authoritative sound. I'm really looking forward to getting it fully strung up!
I'm drawing a bit of a blank searching for more info on the 160F, does anyone else have one or know anything? I found an ebay auction for one and some info about a 150F that looks similar. Also I looked through the catalogs on this site and found some similar beasts but the scans are too low-res to read anything.
(oh, the first Tokai I bought is a 1984-era Goldstar in an unusual light metallic blue, it has the II-V pickups and is very much blues-approved).
Cheers,
Julian.
It's a 2-piece solid top and has a one-piece back (I was surprised at this but it's definitely a single piece of wood). It has a zero fret and a height-adjustable bridge. The neck is huge and baseball-bat like and the guitar has a big, authoritative sound. I'm really looking forward to getting it fully strung up!
I'm drawing a bit of a blank searching for more info on the 160F, does anyone else have one or know anything? I found an ebay auction for one and some info about a 150F that looks similar. Also I looked through the catalogs on this site and found some similar beasts but the scans are too low-res to read anything.
(oh, the first Tokai I bought is a 1984-era Goldstar in an unusual light metallic blue, it has the II-V pickups and is very much blues-approved).
Cheers,
Julian.