My favorite Tokai catalog page...

togps · Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject:

I'll ship it next week.
Take care of it. 'Cause i paid JYen 27,500 for it. I'll ship it insured with a value of 2000 US$.

hans-j?rgen · Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:42 am Post subject:

hans-j?rgen · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:27 pm Post subject:

Marcus · I only know 3 chords Joined: 25 Dec 2005 Posts: 25

I now have downloaded, enlarged and printed out the Japanese page in question, and have begun to translate it. Please be patient, as I have to do this in my spare time. I will post a full translation here once completed.

luis · Guitar God Joined: 15 Sep 2001 Posts: 2305 Location: Spain

OK Marcus, thank you so much.If we have wait some years I think we can wait any time more....

hans-j?rgen · Last edited by hans-j?rgen on Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:01 am; edited 1 time in total

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Peter Mac · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 10:11 pm Post subject:

Hi guys

For starters the 1979 pages on the Forum are wrong. The '79 catalog is the same as the 1978 catalog with the exception that there are new models added (SS and PB ) and a different cover.
1982 Vol 5 and Vol 6 are identical except for the cover and the print. Vol 5 (Joe Walsh) is glossy and Vol 6 (Rick Derringer) is paper.
1983 Vol 7 and 1984 Vol 8 are very similar, both called Tokai World, but the covers (Vol 7 - Chester and Lester * Vol 8 'The Band') are different and 1984 features the TALBO launch.

I pretty much have all the catalogs from 1978 to 1989, either in hard copy or Hi-res scan ( my gratitude to Reborn Old and Greco Burst for their help)
but still require 1979 Vol 2 and 1985 Vol 9 to complete.
I will buy catalogues or accept Hi-Res scans

regards
Peter Mac
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jacco · Posted: Thu Jul 18, 2013 11:05 pm Post subject:

I think you are talking about the Japanese catalogs, right?
There is a 1985 volume 11 in Japanese on Vintaxe. Does that mean there were 3 Japanese catalogs in 1985? Odd for such a bad year for Tokai.

Peter Mac · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:50 am Post subject:

Correct, as usual, Jacco.

The Japanese catalogues are the only ones that are consecutively numbered however by 1987 they were in English.

Again I did a typo - Vol 9 is from 1984, not '85 my apologies.

Peter Mac
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Sigmania · Posted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 8:35 am Post subject:

I have a bunch of catalogs that I would love to have translated. One I have in hand the others are shipping from Japan as we speak.

I have a Japanese guitarist friend who may be able to help.

I will work on scans when I get a chance and post to photobucket.

I have the 1981 Carved Top, 1980 Flat Top, 1982 Concept with Joe Walsh on the cover, 1984 The Tokai World, and a rare DiMarzio catalog from 1979-80.

Peter Mac · Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:48 am Post subject:

err....don't you mean 1981 Flat-top?

Peter Mac
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Sigmania · Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 7:36 pm Post subject:

Peter, You are right. Seller said it was 80 but its an 81 like you said.

Thanks

Peter Mac · Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:06 pm Post subject:

No worries I am uploading the JP Tokai catalogue images by year -

...............Vol 1-1978 ;.........Vol 2 - 1979 ;.........Vol 3 - 1980

--------------Vol 4 - 1981 Arch + Flat .......;.......Vol 5 & Vol 6 - 1982

---------------Vol 7 - 1983 .......;..........Vol 8 & Vol 9 - 1984

--------------- Vol 10 - 1984........;........Vol 11 - 1985........;........Vol 12 - 1986

--------------- Vol 13* - 1987........;........Vol 14* - 1988........;........Vol 15* - 1989

These are the original Factory catalogue faces. There are 3 original English catalogue from 1983 and 2 for 1985. *1987 - 1989 are also in English.

Peter Mac
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