Tokai the noo
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Hi, I've just signed up today and wondered if anybody could help me to date this guitar ? My name is Brian and I live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
I bought this guitar recently as I had heard so much positive press about Tokais. I'm hoping that I'm posting in the correct part of the forum as I've been told that the guitar is mid 80's. Obviously the Seymour Duncan pick up is not original and I assume that the Kahler has been a later addition but I was hoping that I could get an approximate age from the serial number (L14425 ) and the images below.
I have a sizeable collection of guitars including Gibsons, Fenders ( USA,MIJ & MIM ) and a selection of the more desirable Squiers, but my favourite guitars of of them all are this Tokai and G&L asat. My normal course of action on buying any guitar would be to strip it down totally and set it up from scratch, but this guitar plays so well, I've not even re-strung it yet !
If this is an indication of what to expect from Tokai, I couldn't be more impressed. Any help would be greatly appreciated !
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mj9c5xl4dccwusq/2014-02-02%2012.22.57.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8own3albboktsht/2014-02-06%2000.46.30.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/323zqt7z2480xgl/2014-03-20%2019.51.19.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7d7tfo4ogd1jaqq/2014-03-20%2019.56.15.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/afg2qefxjw5prsv/2014-03-21%2000.26.55.jpg
I bought this guitar recently as I had heard so much positive press about Tokais. I'm hoping that I'm posting in the correct part of the forum as I've been told that the guitar is mid 80's. Obviously the Seymour Duncan pick up is not original and I assume that the Kahler has been a later addition but I was hoping that I could get an approximate age from the serial number (L14425 ) and the images below.
I have a sizeable collection of guitars including Gibsons, Fenders ( USA,MIJ & MIM ) and a selection of the more desirable Squiers, but my favourite guitars of of them all are this Tokai and G&L asat. My normal course of action on buying any guitar would be to strip it down totally and set it up from scratch, but this guitar plays so well, I've not even re-strung it yet !
If this is an indication of what to expect from Tokai, I couldn't be more impressed. Any help would be greatly appreciated !
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mj9c5xl4dccwusq/2014-02-02%2012.22.57.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8own3albboktsht/2014-02-06%2000.46.30.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/323zqt7z2480xgl/2014-03-20%2019.51.19.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7d7tfo4ogd1jaqq/2014-03-20%2019.56.15.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/afg2qefxjw5prsv/2014-03-21%2000.26.55.jpg