In 1999 I bought my 1st Tokai, a black MAT.
Impressed with reviews, and the quality of Tokai guitars, I bought more. And more. And you know the rest.
Now I need to prune the collection to a reasonable level, but need your advice. I would like to keep some player guitars and some special models.
What would you keep?
How do I identify these models?
I have gleaned a lot of info from this website on identifying headstock scripts and dating the guitars, but have a problem whether the guitar is an *# 40, 60, 80, 120 or whatever. I know that the numbers relate to the original list price, but how do I tell?
It seems a common selling practice to disassemble guitars to show neck and pickup stamps. This seems like a lot of work and ( I think) affects the originality of the guitar. Is it really necessary? Or only on certain guitars?
The list follows. These guitars range in condition from simple projects to OhMyGod gorgeous condition.
Any constructive thoughts, suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan
Custom Edition White
.38 Special Butterscotch
Acoustic Natural
AST 56 Candy Apple
AST 56 Tobacco burst
ATE 52 Butterscotch
Blazing Fire Aluminium
Breezysound Paisley
Breezysound Wine
Custom edition Purple
Fernandes/Fender Fiesta Red
Goldstar Red
Hummingbird Blue
Hummingbird Rosewood
Hummingbird Rosewood
Love Rock Flame burst
Love Rock Flame burst
M.A.T. Black
M.A.T. White
Magnum .44 Flame top
NES 100 SB Sun Burst
NES 160 Orange
Super Edition Blue burst
TPB-57 Butterscotch
TST 62 Sunburst
TST-56 Tobacco burst
TST-56 Gold
Tsunami Red sunburst
Impressed with reviews, and the quality of Tokai guitars, I bought more. And more. And you know the rest.
Now I need to prune the collection to a reasonable level, but need your advice. I would like to keep some player guitars and some special models.
What would you keep?
How do I identify these models?
I have gleaned a lot of info from this website on identifying headstock scripts and dating the guitars, but have a problem whether the guitar is an *# 40, 60, 80, 120 or whatever. I know that the numbers relate to the original list price, but how do I tell?
It seems a common selling practice to disassemble guitars to show neck and pickup stamps. This seems like a lot of work and ( I think) affects the originality of the guitar. Is it really necessary? Or only on certain guitars?
The list follows. These guitars range in condition from simple projects to OhMyGod gorgeous condition.
Any constructive thoughts, suggestions or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Alan
Custom Edition White
.38 Special Butterscotch
Acoustic Natural
AST 56 Candy Apple
AST 56 Tobacco burst
ATE 52 Butterscotch
Blazing Fire Aluminium
Breezysound Paisley
Breezysound Wine
Custom edition Purple
Fernandes/Fender Fiesta Red
Goldstar Red
Hummingbird Blue
Hummingbird Rosewood
Hummingbird Rosewood
Love Rock Flame burst
Love Rock Flame burst
M.A.T. Black
M.A.T. White
Magnum .44 Flame top
NES 100 SB Sun Burst
NES 160 Orange
Super Edition Blue burst
TPB-57 Butterscotch
TST 62 Sunburst
TST-56 Tobacco burst
TST-56 Gold
Tsunami Red sunburst