Has anyone seen or heard of the Budget version of the 80's Goldstar St.
My own Tokai started out as one of these.
The main givaway's were flat polepieces.
Inferior trem block/Saddles and chrome budget encased tuners.All other
parts,body/neck etc appeared equal to the upmarket models, except maybe the timber quality.I mentioned above, that my no 1 gigging Tokai(cream colour) started life as one of these, so I upgraded it with kluson type tuners and fitted 3 early Bill Lawrence L220 pickups.GREAT SOUND & RECCOMENDED
I wouldn't part with it for the world.You can see it in the picture gallery with my Tokai TV Junior.The one with the neck angle problem.
Gibsons and Fenders have come and gone, but this Tokai remains.I also aquired another of these budget versions in black later on.
What concerns me is, I've seen a couple of these on Ebay.com passing as "Lawsuit" models
so buyer beware.Incidently, can anyone date my other Goldstar 50, S/B, M/N, no 15423 on backplate
Cheers.
My own Tokai started out as one of these.
The main givaway's were flat polepieces.
Inferior trem block/Saddles and chrome budget encased tuners.All other
parts,body/neck etc appeared equal to the upmarket models, except maybe the timber quality.I mentioned above, that my no 1 gigging Tokai(cream colour) started life as one of these, so I upgraded it with kluson type tuners and fitted 3 early Bill Lawrence L220 pickups.GREAT SOUND & RECCOMENDED
I wouldn't part with it for the world.You can see it in the picture gallery with my Tokai TV Junior.The one with the neck angle problem.
Gibsons and Fenders have come and gone, but this Tokai remains.I also aquired another of these budget versions in black later on.
What concerns me is, I've seen a couple of these on Ebay.com passing as "Lawsuit" models
so buyer beware.Incidently, can anyone date my other Goldstar 50, S/B, M/N, no 15423 on backplate
Cheers.
