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Brady9 Plucker
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:37 am Post subject: Tokai LS200 from 2001 ?? Help Serial Number |
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Hey,
I bought a tokai and the seller described it as LS200 from 2001. But it has tokai Pickups inside and that makes me wonder cause I thought they have Better pickups. Please help me if it is a LS200. thank you !!
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marcusnieman Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:49 am Post subject: |
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Need photos. |
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Brady9 Plucker
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 7:52 am Post subject: |
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I Cant Upload them here :/ |
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Paladin2019 Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:09 am Post subject: |
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Photos are essential.
An ls200 from 2001 would have tokai (gotoh) pickups. Mine did. |
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Brady9 Plucker
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:10 am Post subject: |
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I sent you a pm  |
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Paladin2019 Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 8:32 am Post subject: |
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Brady9 wrote: | I sent you a pm  |
No you didn't  |
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Brady9 Plucker
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Paladin2019 Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:34 am Post subject: |
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Can't see it, need public permission. |
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Brady9 Plucker
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:01 am Post subject: |
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Now? |
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Paladin2019 Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 11:38 am Post subject: |
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Ok. It looks like it *could* be a 200, but there are a couple of issues. First, it's has some mods. I think the selector switch is new, as are the tuners, truss rod cover, and if it's a 200 then the scratchplate has been fitted aftermarket as well. This sort of thing always muddies the waters.
Second, 200's are supposed to have ebony fretboards. Yours is only a couple of serial numbers away from mine, and mine is jet black whereas yours could be very light ebony or dark rosewood.
It's hard to make out the flame pattern, or see how many pieces the back is made from.
You're going to need to take the covers off the back and take photos of the switch and electronics. If you want to be sure then you will also need to take the pickups off and photograph their undersides and the cavities. Get good shots of all sides of the pickup cavities. The most reliable way to tell if this is really a 200 will be if the top is solid, so we need to see if the centre joint and grain lines match up. |
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Brady9 Plucker
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 1:39 pm Post subject: |
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So.. I Opened the neck pickup. Hope Now its Crystal clear:)
Pics are uploaded. |
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brokentoes Guitar God
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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You need to take a picture of the sides of the cavities. A close up of the fretboard wood would also be good.
Here's and example of what i mean.
Cheers |
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Brady9 Plucker
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 10:45 pm Post subject: |
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But the new Pictures shows that or not?
I can See there is no long tenon. So it's a Korean maybe? |
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brokentoes Guitar God
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:34 am Post subject: |
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It's a Made In Japan Tokai 100 %.
Your pictures I can see of the pickup cavities are more of a straight down effect. If you can't see what i mean by a side cavity shot by the pic i posted i'm not sure how to get the idea across.
Can you not tell yourself if your fretboard is rosewood or ebony ?? |
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Brady9 Plucker
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 7:42 am Post subject: |
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The fretboard is rosewood. I don't know what u mean with cavities but I make a picture like yours. If it's not a 200 whatelse is it ? What do you think of the short tenon? |
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