St50 goldstar daphne blue

Jonwe · Plucker Joined: 05 Mar 2017 Posts: 14

I'm looking at this st50 on eBay in daphne blue allegedly 1984. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/192283378339

The seller kindly shared photos of the neck, cavity and pickups here : http://imgur.com/a/aso2Q

questions for the forum:

1: is it an st-50?
2: is the lack of serial number normal?
3: is that a Tokai body and neck?
4: is the price realistic?

Thanks for your help on this - GAS for a Tokai strat is bad right now.

dombat · Guitar God Joined: 17 Feb 2008 Posts: 311 Location: France

No serial number on the neck plate?
"made in Japan" on the neck heal ?

J.E.M. · Guitar God Joined: 27 Jun 2011 Posts: 83

I have an 84 LS50 and 84 TST80 both with that made in Japan sticker, the LS50 has it across the top of the headstock above the 50 sticker, the TST80 has it in the same place as that Daphne Strat, below the 80 sticker at the bottom of the heel - so the MIJ sticker as I'm sure others will tell us, is legit.

That whole guitar looks legit to me except for the neck plate which would for sure have the serial number and I think has been changed - so there may be a reason that's the only part of the guitar that's been changed - everything else looks right to me for an original Tokai...

mdvineng · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 1:03 am Post subject:

some Tokais from around the 80's had no serial number on the neck plate, see example http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=23118&start=15

http://www.tokaiforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=23415&highlight=serial+number

Suki · Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2017 7:23 am Post subject:

Looks OK to me. Brass plate and innards are correct. The only anomaly is the neck plate.

J.E.M. · Guitar God Joined: 27 Jun 2011 Posts: 83

iam · Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2017 12:55 am Post subject:

you have a PM

Peter Mac · Posted: Wed Aug 30, 2017 6:36 pm Post subject:

Hi guys,

This is a pretty nice guitar but some of the details are incorrect . .
The model is a TST-55 SO (Sonic Blue) not Daphne Blue. The wiring, pickups and scratchplate are all 100% ; the neck and body stamps match [ 6=7 ] and the 'Z' shows it was an export model.
The neckplate should/would have had a 5 digit number starting 21xxx - similar to the 1958 Strat this guitar was replicating.
One 'amusing' thing is that in 1958, Fender did not use custom colours - you had a choice of Black, 2T-Sunburst or Blonde. . . but never mind.

Congrats

Peter Mac
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Jonwe · Plucker Joined: 05 Mar 2017 Posts: 14

Thanks Peter - appreciate the detail you give and the effort you put in.