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aroomstudios Guitar God
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brokentoes Guitar God
Joined: 01 Jul 2008 Posts: 1353 Location: Bronte by the Sea, Canada
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:18 am Post subject: |
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Hard to say for sure what's going on there. Could 103rd be some kind of military
Dealio ? 1992 is vintage for 1992 but not what we here consider vintage as far as ls80 go. If that's not a veneer top I'd be very surprised. The cavity shot that proves it's solid does nothing but prove it's a tokai.
Highly doubt the xlr Jack is factory |
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aroomstudios Guitar God
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:23 am Post subject: |
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Look at picture 6. The guitar is flattened down at the xlr jack and is then stained/clear coated to blend. The top binding is also flat. I doubt someone did this later and re-finished the guitar to match that would cost too much money. If someone did this later there would just be a curve at the jack like any other guitar. That is the reason it looks factory to me Very strange. |
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Paladin2019 Guitar God
Joined: 06 Sep 2002 Posts: 2016 Location: Cardiff, UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:09 am Post subject: |
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I agree the jack looks factory. A refinish would destroy the flame veneer.
I also agree that it's a '92 LS80 but I have no idea what's going on with the 103. Again, a refinish would have destroyed the Love Rock Model text. |
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aroomstudios Guitar God
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 11:29 am Post subject: |
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An XLR jack on a guitar is very strange. I wonder if it is actually wired like a normal 1/4 jack just to not get pulled out. Like maybe the owner used the guitar live with a wireless and preferred the XLR as it would not get pulled out. Very strange though and I have never seen anything like this on any guitar from any manufacture. |
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wulfman Guitar God
Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 886 Location: Ottawa
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:20 pm Post subject: |
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Here is an interesting one I had for a while, a Good Times Tokai. My guess is that 103 is just another example of a custom-order from Tokai.
Good Times (1 of 23).jpg by Harold Wulf, on Flickr |
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Loudmouse Guitar God
Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 176 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:25 am Post subject: |
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The old 1970's Gibson Les Paul Signature hollowbodies had an XLR out for low impedance right in to the recording console, as well as a standard 1/4 jack. _________________ I heard they threatened Tokai with a lawsuit, but they never got to Cort? |
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aroomstudios Guitar God
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:31 am Post subject: |
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That actually makes a bit of sense. So, basically just a passive DI box built into a guitar. Weird, but I can see the point of that. |
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